Maybe you’ve seen Roberta riding her bike around town or tapping out prose on her laptop or even guffawed with her as she directs her laser-sharp commentary to whatever daily drama is going down in national politics.
The (Civil) Society Column
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Summertime unsupervised
If you’re a parent, give a big yawn for getting up at exactly the same time as always and clutching at faded end-of-school memories about setting your Trapper Keeper on fire in one of the cafeteria’s metal trash cans.
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Simply the Best
Of course, there’s plenty to champion about living here that we can’t quantify, like the dynamic tango of creativity and commerce and the dogged work of those who persevere against poverty and violence.
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Doggies make everything better
Surely this pup-praisin’ city can find compassion and create solutions for the bipeds in dire need of help, and vice versa.
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It’s all about the Woman Card
The Georgia WIN List’s year-long leadership academy provides policy briefs and vital training on how to run a campaign, and the class of 2016 has a record-breaking 21 women.
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Ride on for MS
What would you do if a doctor told you that you’d be in a wheelchair in ten years? If you are Tamara Feldman,you’d tell MS to go screw itself and the horse it rode in on. Moreover, you’d throw a saddle on that horse and ride it 2500 miles to show it who’s boss.
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April in Savannah: Full dance card, full heart
In the sun-dappled parks and on the porches ‘til dawn, it’s hardly a wonder that every day of this fairest of months brings myriad opportunities to frolic with our fellow humans.
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Name shaming the Talmadge Bridge
Efforts over the years to change the name of our bridge—to Oglethorpe, to Tomochichi, to anything else—have always fizzled.
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Opting out of the GMAS: Check all that apply
If you have a child in public school, you already know that standardized testing has gotten a whole lot messier and inexact.
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Don’t feed the animal
The lively parade that takes place every year in Lafayette Square outside “the childhood home” is one of the reasons I joined up in the first place, with its unique combination of literary homage and reverential silliness.
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Social Science and the Simple Solutions
Better Block Party this weekend in conjunction with the First Friday Art March aims to show what people can achieve when they mobilize their resources.
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‘Savannah struck’ in Ardsley Park
The benevolent hosts opened their sumptuous home for full access, allowing guests to amble around the azalea-fringed brick courtyard and through the second-floor bedrooms bedecked in vintage wallpaper.