TWO WEEKS AGO, 33–year–old Tariq Brown was arrested on the southside for burglary and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. It marked the 25th time Brown has been […]
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Fighting the next war
TEN YEARS LATER, you have to say he was pretty much right about a couple of things. His philosophy was an epic fail on everything else: superstition instead of science, […]
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Did someone say ‘desert island discs?’
In this age of downloaded music, kids will never know the delightful serendipity of hanging out in a record store and being turned onto a great band they’ve never heard […]
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Default position
The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president. – Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Oct. 2010 Looking back, this had to […]
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The next Savannah fault line
FAULT LINES ARE SPREADING through Savannah. The biggest crack in the earth became visible at the now-infamous townhall meeting in February, orchestrated by the mayor to give voice to public […]
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‘We are bound in history and they are not'
I HAD A NIFTY COLUMN on the nation’s 235th birthday all ready to go for this Independence Day issue. It was awesome, I tell you. And then I had to […]
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Sacrificing the Ogeechee
We could really use Theodore Roosevelt today. His crusade against the dangers of monopoly is more than relevant, as was his particular distaste for “special interests,” a phrase he more […]
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Don’t talk about it
It’s technically not even summer yet. But as I write this it’s 100 degrees. Savannah is experiencing its 25th consecutive day of high temps in the 90s or above. So […]
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Cultural notes
We’re heading into a slow time of year, but there are a few important cultural happenings that we should talk about. As part of its outreach and education component, the […]
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‘Ebb and Flow’ into local history
Local vernacular history is a recurring theme for us this month. Regular readers will remember Patrick Rodgers’ spread a couple of issues ago on the Ebb and Flow documentation project […]
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Protesting the protestors
There’s real hate in this world, no doubt. There seems little question about that. But there’s hate, and then there’s just plain old-fashioned greed. Westboro Baptist Church uses elements of […]
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Last chance to vote for the Best of Savannah
Let me get right to the point: You have only until April 30 to go here and vote in our Best of Savannah Readers Poll. After that we will download […]