The Savannah Morning News is reporting this afternoon that The Coastal Bank is under an FDIC consent order, which is often a first response when regulators decide that a bank has too many non-performing assets on its books. Pretty much…
Month: June 2011
Some worrisome data in new study of U.S. life expectancy
A new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation — “Life expectancy in most US counties falls behind world’s healthiest nations” — is sobering and disturbing. The Washington Post has a piece about the study here, and it…
Calculated Risk predicts continued sluggish and choppy growth, no double dip
A little over a week ago, I made the case that we might be entering a new recession right now. Lots of other commentators have chimed in with similar warnings. But Bill McBride, at Calculated Risk, is sticking with his…
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s former pastor, to speak at Savannah conference
WTOC in Savannah is reporting tonight that there is an upcoming conference on the family at St. Philip Monumental AME Church. WTOC quotes the pastor: “After reviewing data that focused on the number of low-birth weight babies born in the…
Savannah Music Festival – Various Venues – 03/22/12
The Savannah Music Festival is a 17-day, world-class event that includes performances from the great musical traditions throughout the world. For information about the festival, its educational initiatives, fundraising and other info, visit the festival website. I’ve written a lot…
Passafire – Live Wire Music Hall – 06/18/11
“Submersible”:
4 minute video captures essence of Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy’s 33rd Annual Covered Dish Supper
As of this month, Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy has one video on YouTube and it’s a pretty darn good one. The organization, which pairs citizens diagnosed with developmental disabilities with other citizens in the community who can provide various means of…
Kool Keith – The Wormhole – 07/01/11
More thoughts on Lucinda Williams, scheduled for 7/30 at Fort Stewart
[Note: info on this gig has been sketchy from the beginning and apparently it has been postponed, but I have not had a chance to confirm everything. I have removed it from my music calendar. 7/25/11] I’ve already added Lucinda…
Larry Summers: economy needs temporary stimulus via tax cuts, spending, other policy moves
Before the recession took hold, former Clinton Treasury secretary Larry Summers wrote some of the most incisive columns about the state of the U.S. and world economies. But when he was an economic advisor for Obama in 2009-2010, I thought…
Financial Times columnist Clive Crook slams U.S. political pandering
Just doing a little Sunday night news reading and ran across Clive Crook’s latest column in the Financial Times, in which he lambasts both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. for not engaging in a more serious debate about future…
Savannah area gas prices down 35 cents a gallon from recent peak
Since we see the price of gas more than the price of anything else, it’s easy to get caught up in very small changes, especially when the price is going up and up and up. According to GasBuddy.com, Savannah area…
Koolhaas challenges the preservation movement
After debuting at the 2010 Venice Biennale, “Cronocaos†— an exhibition about the increasingly urgent topic of preservation in architecture and urbanism by OMA / Rem Koolhaas — is now at NYC’s New Museum. And it’s sure creating some interesting…
Decline in air passengers a sign of economic weakness (but pleasant for travelers)
I hear pretty much nothing but complaints about air travel, and sometimes I wonder whether I occupy the same world that other people do. Most of my flights are roundtrips from Savannah to other small market airports. Six or seven…