Our Disappearing Shoreline

nakedcapitalism.com Yves here. Coming from a family that on one side was fishermen and sea cooks, reading about harm to ocean-dependent lifestyles, even if mainly of the tourist classes, is…

A Navy pilot had to be rescued off the coast of Key West after ejecting from an F-5 aircraft

businessinsider.com The Navy had to rescue the pilot from the water using an MH-60S search and rescue helicopter, the station said. Getty Images A Navy pilot had to be rescued from Florida…

I make sand sculptures for a living. It's a great job, and it's made me really good at letting things go

businessinsider.com Marianne van den Broek. Molly O'Brien Marianne van den Broek has been sculpting sand for 23 years. She spends about two days on each of her projects and says the biggest…

Florida's restrictions on property purchases by Chinese citizens hark back to a dark history of xenophobia

reason.com In 1913, three decades after Congress approved the Chinese Exclusion Act, California prohibited Chinese and other Asian immigrants from owning land. More than a dozen other…

Royal Caribbean Makes an Unpopular Pricing Change

thestreet.com During the covid pandemic, Royal Caribbean had very broad cancellation policies. That made sense because people had no idea whether their cruises would actually happen, and…