With gay marriage, the feds are giving some states the finger. With weed, they’re waving a white flag. In both instances, we see a president bowing to the will of the people — which isn’t a bad thing. But there’s an elephant in the room.
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Editor’s Note: The Zimmerman trial and speaking back to justice
Saying ‘the justice system has spoken’ is nearly as meaningless as saying ‘the sun will rise’ or ‘the water is wet.’
Of course the justice system has spoken. The question is: What did it tell us?
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Editor’s Note: Sense of the senseless
Of all the cascading, dizzying events last week, the most demoralizing development by far was the defeat of the firearms background check bill in the Senate.
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It ain’t ‘broke.’ So let’s fix it.
It’s become the vogue thing for politicians and the mainstream media to endlessly repeat the mantra “America is broke.” I hear it every day from some blow-dried congressional blowhard or […]
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The Palin Ultimatum
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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Shirley Sherrod in 2012!
Many who voted for Barack Obama did so in part because they felt the country was ready for a courageous, inspiring African American president who could help heal the racial […]
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Where are the environmentalists?
EVEN IF THE BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is plugged soon — an almost impossible likelihood — the damage it has already caused will be a devastating, possibly lethal, blow […]
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Shooting for a comeback
As the fond memories of our brush with celebrity during last summer’s shoots for The Last Song and The Conspirator begin to fade, the state and the greater Savannah area […]
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Hail to the Chief(s)
It’s been interesting listening to some of the reaction to President Obama’s upcoming visit here March 2. Much like the hysteria over his Sept. 2009 speech to public school classrooms […]
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An exclusive interview with The Wiyos
BELOW YOU’LL FIND THE COMPLETE, unexpurgated text of my recent chat with two members of this wonderful, increasingly well-known Old-Time Americana quartet. This will be the first time you have […]
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Prayin’ in the Gamblin’ House
FOR FOLKS WHO APPRECIATE HEARTFELT EMOTION, understated, poetic lyricism and rough, unadorned, bluegrass-inflected country music that pulls no punches, Malcolm Holcombe is among the very best talents alive today. Raised […]