"I spent 90 percent of my money on women, drink, and fast cars. The rest I wasted." -- Irish-born soccer icon George Best Ah, St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah — when we celebrate our great local Irish heritage, the schools are closed, unrelated business stops, and our population at least doubles with the influx of visitors to the nation’s second–largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration (second only to New York City). Because the issue of ...

Two lovely, bright and talented local women are up to great things this weekend. JinHi Soucy Rand and Grace Diaz Tootle, two of Savannah's key figures in the performing arts, are each involved in their own fun and important events that are guaranteed to be great entertainment. JinHi's new labor of love, the Indigo Arts Station - formerly the Old Freight Station Theatre on Louisville Road - is the site of a special benefit performance ...

It's been interesting listening to some of the reaction to President Obama's upcoming visit here March 2. Much like the hysteria over his Sept. 2009 speech to public school classrooms -- a commonplace enough thing for presidents before him -- the negative feedback has taken on an ugly overtone.

Despite their instant pop culture notoriety from that YouTube video of the young man begging a University of Florida cop, ‘Don’t Tase me, bro,’ Tasers are really not such a laughing matter.

As the nation's thirteenth colony, Georgia has a lot of history to archive, protect, and brag about. The group most responsible for this job is the nonprofit Georgia Historical Society (GHS), one of the oldest such groups in the country.

Every now and then, just when I get sick of this silly town, I come across something utterly unique and special about it that gives me faith again.

"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini

"You already give to Haitian relief - it's called the income tax." - Rush Limbaugh I'm usually sympathetic to the point of view that says charity begins at home. But I've never seen the point of complaining when the most desperate among us get some help on someone else's dime. No matter how much money is sent to Haiti, none of us would trade places with them in a million years. So why complain? Just ...

There's one in every crowd: The comedian who says, "How can there be global warming when it's so damn cold outside, ha-ha-ha."

And so we begin a new year that is rife with possibility — and not without continued risk.

As anyone knows who’s seen me maniacally cleaning out my office any given December, I’m a strong believer in using the new year for new beginnings.

Eight years ago, I set up a CNN e-mail alert for "Osama Bin Laden." It was to alert me when he'd been caught or killed, you see.

When you’re in the business of publishing reports and opinions that are sometimes critical, you also have a responsibility to give credit where it’s due. A few weeks ago I wrote a column exhorting city leaders to take a more professional and engaged stance toward downtown Christmas decorations — as a matter of civic pride as well as of marketing.

For those of you who were out of town or under sedation last week, a severe weather alert for Wednesday afternoon prompted a community-wide reaction - overreaction, in the minds of some - including the cancellation of half the school day on very short notice.

There are a lot of important issues these days: Health care, joblessness, Afghanistan, a terrifying rise in random shootings... and of course the state of Tiger Woods' marriage.