Flagler Cares Coalition meets, the Bunnell and Flagler Beach city commissions meet, Rediscovering pianist and composer Moritz Moszkowski, William least-Heat Moon in a Nevada house of pleasure.
America Appears to Have Passed ‘Peak Trump’
The failure of the expected GOP “red wave” might mark a passing of the high watermark for the political fortunes of Donald Trump. Or, to put it another way, America may have passed peak Trump after he took a big share of the blame for the failure of the Republican Party to capitalise on the highest inflation figures in 40 years, America’s rising murder rate, and what Republicans’ perceive as Joe Biden’s underperformance as president.
A1A Reopens 4 Days After Nicole Shut It Down as 600 Truckloads Dump 11,000 Cubic Yards of Sand
State Road A1A reopened to traffic in both directions Saturday evening just four days after Hurricane Nicole made the road impassable, and after two contractors worked frenetically to repair 4.8 miles of road in three segments between Flagler and Volusia counties.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, November 13, 2022
Final day for “Driving Miss Daisy” at the Playhouse, why Robert Reich is hopeful, celebrating Louis Brandeis, the great dissenter.
Why Mastodon Won’t Be a New Twitter
Like Twitter, Mastodon allows users to post, follow people and organizations, and like and repost others’ posts. But while Mastodon supports many of the same social networking features as Twitter, it is not a single platform. Instead, it’s a federation of independently operated, interconnected servers.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, November 12, 2022
The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, funeral for Palm Coast Firefighter-Paramedic Brant Gammon, “Driving Miss Daisy” at Flagler Playhouse, Kissinger on Israelis.
Devastation on Flagler’s Coastline: Houses and Roadbeds Hanging on Sand Cliffs, Vanished Dunes, Yards Turned Beach
Flagler County generally survived Tropical Storm Nicole well. The coastline did not. Out of sight, it has been devastated even more than by Hurricane Ian, with houses left teetering on cliffs of sand, A1A’s roadbed left defenseless for most of its length, a dune system now entirely vanished the length of the county, and coastal residents left wondering why officials are not reacting. A documentation of the damage in photographs and video.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, November 11, 2022
Flagler County and the City of Palm Coast host Veterans Day ceremonies at the Flagler Auditorium, Funeral arrangements for Palm Coast Firefighter-Paramedic Brant Gammon, “Driving Miss Daisy” at Flagler Playhouse, Dostoevsky and Kurt Vonnegut, plus Bill Burr.
The Workplace in Contemporary Capitalism Is Fundamentally Flawed
First it was the “Great Resignation.” Then it was “nobody wants to work anymore.” Now it’s “quiet quitting.” Yet it seems like no one wants to talk about what I see as the root cause of America’s economic malaise. The inability to dictate and meaningfully control one’s own working life is the problem.
Nicole’s Damage to A1A ‘Much Worse’ Than Matthew, Over Longer Stretch; Parts of Flagler Beach Flood
An assessment of Tropical Storm Nicole’s damage of the shoreline from the north end of the county to South 25th Street in Flagler Beach left county officials disheartened at the flooding and the recurring destruction of State Road A1A, which is severe in many places and may require the road to be closed for weeks or months at least in one direction.