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 […]
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Weather or not
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 […]
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‘Tis the season to live up to the hype
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. So it […]
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No business like show business
The stories that Bill DeYoung and I wrote last week about hard times in the local theatre scene – Bill’s was an overview of current troubles, mine an opinion column […]
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Stages of grief
Back before Blackberries and iPhones and Facebook and the Kardashians occupied our every waking moment, there was a thriving live theatre scene in Savannah. In my previous life before becoming […]
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Barrow’s vote too far; Film Fest wraps
Congressman John Barrow of Savannah represents a district where more than one out of five people not on Medicare are uninsured. Despite this sobering statistic, this past Saturday he was […]
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Innovate this!
Hope you enjoy this week’s Halloween issue. Truthfully, we didn’t plan a special issue at all, but when we noticed how much spooky cool content we had, we just couldn’t […]
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American idiots
I’m a history buff and a total civics geek. Let me put it this way: The highlight of the past week for me was when my daughter won an award […]
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One man’s scam is another man’s treasure
Everyone has a hobby. As longtime readers will know, mine is collecting Nigerian scam letters. For those of you who’ve lived under a rock and/or had no internet access […]
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Taxes, the arts — and race
I certainly have plenty of differences with this city government and its various elected and appointed officials. But one area in which I have nothing but good things to say […]
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Failure to communicate
Here’s a little pop quiz to get you in the mood for the upcoming school year: Question 1: Let’s say – totally hypothetically – that you’re the organizer of a […]
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The whim of steel
We have a very interesting story by Patrick Rodgers this week on property taxes in Chatham County. None too soon, either – the current round of assessments should be in […]