THE PHRASE “COMMON WISDOM” is one of the biggest oxymorons in the English language. Generally it is neither commonly held nor particularly wise. One of the more ridiculous examples of […]
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Don’t touch our junk!
This is just horrible… I’d much rather be blown up by a terrorist than be reduced to this crap. — Commenter on TSA’s official blog (blog.tsa.gov) IT’S BEEN A […]
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Without quality, sustainability is unsustainable
AT THE CORNER of Meeting Street and Hasell Street in downtown Charleston is a restaurant called FIG (Food Is Good). It’s generally considered one of the finest restaurants in the […]
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Where’s a Tea Party when you really need one?
SO THERE WAS an anti–incumbent wave pretty much all over the country last week. Except here. Great. While in last week’s elections the rest of the country underwent either a […]
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Halloween is always on Oct. 31, people
COMPLAINING ABOUT city and county government changing the “official” celebration of Halloween — itself a ridiculous concept considering that Halloween’s not an official holiday, nor one that government would seem […]
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The best government money can buy
It’s not only Film Fest time and Halloween season — election day’s coming up. This week, courtesy of our own Patrick Rodgers, we give you interviews with all three Georgia […]
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Lords of literature
I wrote a book at the age of ten called ‘My Relatives.’ Seven copies were printed and distributed by me. It was in the naturalistic vein and it was not […]
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Managing expectations
Unless you’ve spent the last couple of weeks under a rock, you know that former Savannah City Manager Michael Brown is once again a former manager. He recently resigned from […]
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Remembering John Lennon
For people of an older generation, the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas was the seminal loss-of-innocence moment. For those of us a little younger than that, it was […]
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Blowing up big
In a time of rapidly evolving digital media, some things still remain the same. Publications still identify separate editions with a volume and issue number, and we of course are […]
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Dealing with the calendar crush
It’s one of the more common observations about Savannah life: Why does everything have to happen at the same time? As complaints go, it’s a pretty mild one. But nonetheless […]
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Study this!
If you haven’t already figured it out, this is our annual College Issue. While mainly intended for entering freshmen or for students transferring to a Savannah college or university for […]