I’m probably not the first to point out that 40 years after America landed on the moon, we still don’t have a workable health care system. Nearly 50 million Americans […]
Editor’s Note
A walk towards freedom
If all goes according to plan, the local group ‘Savannahians Against Ticketing for Jaywalking’ will deliver several thousand signatures to City Hall this Friday, the day before Independence Day. The […]
Government vs. the people
We are at another of Savannah’s infrequent civic crossroads. The level of public unrest here is more than I can remember at any time since 1991, when longtime Mayor John […]
Jaywalking into oblivion
It takes a lot to bring Savannah together on a civic issue. The city is famously apathetic – you may recall that at least one writer became a millionaire by […]
Best of Savannah Introduction
OK, our latest edition of our annual ‘Best of Savannah’ readers poll, the first and still the best in the market, is ready for you to click through. Just find […]
Requiem for a heavyweight
BACK IN THE DAY when I did such things, I had the opportunity to see the band AC/DC in concert. Several times, actually, but I digress. They’re a juggernaut onstage […]
Toughing it out, old-school
IN THIS time of dire crisis and national malaise, the visit to town this past weekend of an original copy of the Declaration of Independence was strangely comforting. The timing […]
It’s not just a piece of paper
PRUDENCE, INDEED, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, […]
Through a lens, darkly
I believe the common character of the universe is not harmony, but hostility, chaos, and murder. – Werner Herzog The great director Werner Herzog spoke those words in a voiceover […]
What I did on my summer vacation
OK, I’M back from a nice, long summer vacation and ready to amp this thing up. Next week we’re going to feature our College issue, with a big Fall Arts […]
China syndrome
You never know how things are going to turn out. A few weeks ago it seemed a foregone conclusion that the Beijing Olympics would be overshadowed by controversy, whether having […]
