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Election Day 2026

tl;dr: if you haven't voted yet, please vote today. Bear the History Hound has put on his Election Hound hat and has lots and lots of articles for you to read to either rise or lower your blood pressure, no matter your party preference. “We must accept

Cowardice: Week ending October 25, 2026

I need your help. Seriously. Somehow, I've talked myself into doing yet another thing, though, it is still immigration focus. While I work on the documentary, I've accepted a temporary position with a non-profit here in Miami-Dade County to find a solution to some

Deporting the sick to a foreign continent

By Philip Cardella October 24, 2026 Miami, FL On 20 October 2026 I received notification of an emergency press conference being held about an hour and a half after I got the message. The purpose of the conference: to tell the world what ICE was telling detainees in Miami'

American Viva

By Philip Cardella October 24, 2026 Miami, FL Last week my youngest performed in the America Viva production at Miami's Arsht Center. Telling the story of Hispanic culture in the Americas, each year's production centers on a sensational dance spectacular from multiple troops and vocal performances

Still Holding Vigil: Week ending October 18, 2026

Sometimes I wish I could focus on this more and get these out more than once a week. A lot happened this week. A lot of depressing and scary thing happened this week. Still, I found hope in the simplest action of just showing up. “We must accept finite disappointment,

Week ending October 11, 2026

Good grief. What a week. Elections are almost here. Are you ready to vote? If you're not registered in Florida, well, the great leaders of Florida say TOO BAD WE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO VOTE ANYWAY. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Andrew Carnegie, Carl Fisher and Ken Griffin Walk Into an Affordable Neighborhood--Week ending October 4, 2026

As I was finishing up most of this week's post the hard drive where most of my recent work has gone stopped working (I have 7 hard drives–one shoot this previous week took up 500GBs all by itself). It was the only drive I hadn't

Fact Checking Byron Donalds' Claims about David Jolly's Hurricane Tax

By Philip Cardella October 3, 2026 Miami, FL Tis this season for political ads to be ruining your streaming service that used to be commercial free. Yay! Today I wanted to take a look at how these ads work and how we should view them–whether we like the candidate

Ken Griffin's Philanthropy and Andrew Carnegie

Ken Griffin seems to operate his life according to the Gospel of Wealth. It is fitting both that he's teaming up with the university that bears Carnegie's name and that they are doing this to gentrify a neighborhood in Miami that is prone to flooding.

Week ending 26 September 2026

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington DC in February of 1968. Table of Contents Support This Work Finite Disappointment Florida Gonna Florida Historic Interlude Infinite Hope Bear the History Hound Finds Finite Disappointment ICE is more active than ever–you

Week ending September 20, 2026

A new mini documentary about faith leader and member of the Miccosukee, Betty Osceola was screened this week and filled me with hope. It was beautiful and meaningful and I wish you were there! I got distracted and I'm sending this out later than I wanted to but

The end of an era: reporting in Florida comes to a close

Alligator Alcatraz (even the name is racist and cruel–see the image in the Florida Going to Florida section for the inspiration of the name) is back in the national headlines. The documentary I'm making on the prayer vigils that helped shut it down remains as relevant as

Florida is a mountain of guano left by a flock of birds

It's been a poopy week, literally, in many ways. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington DC in February of 1968. Table of Contents Support This Work Finite Disappointment Florida Gonna Florida Buy Local! Not an ad–an endorsement!

Some quick thoughts on Florida this past week

The documentary efforts on what I'm calling A Congregation of Alligators is consuming almost all of my time lately and along with my attention. So a quick one here. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington DC in February