Considering all the desperate calls for the U.S. to weaken environmental standards and to make other moves to encourage oil exploration, it comes as a surprise to many — including me — that the U.S. is now exporting more fuel…
Months ago, I posted about Dare Dukes’ successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the making of his upcoming album Thugs and China Dolls. I love Dare’s sound — here’s “Meet You at the Bus”: Meet You at the Bus by Dare…
Recently, I wrote: Are struggling downtown areas shortchanged by local elections? That post deals specifically with Savannah’s urban core, but there’s a broader issue: cities have been consistently underrepresented at both the state and federal level. The problem is especially…
Because of out-of-town family commitments, I had to miss the sold-out Savannah appearance earlier this year of The Unchained Tour, a storytelling project that traveled throughout Georgia in support of independent bookstores. But that local gig was obviously a big…
The AJC has interesting piece today updating some of the political tensions and concrete moves in the ongoing saga of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) and late-to-the-game attempts to get a similar dredging of the Charleston harbor fast-tracked. Read…
Just a quick follow up to some recent posts about immigration. I’ve posted twice now about a restrictive new Alabama law that has resulted in not one but two foreign auto executives getting ticketed or detained. The most recent encounter…
We’ve entered the homestretch in the Savannah mayoral runoff between Jeff Felser and Edna Jackson, which will be decided on Tuesday, Dec. 6. I’ve written a lot about the 2011 city elections. See my page of links to posts, and…
Regular readers of this blog know that I rely on Calculated Risk for a lot of basic economic data. CR presents hard data, compiles key numbers into graphs, and generally gives people like me much of what we need to…
My memories begin on the west side of town, when we lived in the Meadows, a then-new suburban neighborhood. We had a big yard, a big basement, several great trees — all on a quiet dead end street that had enough slope to be perfect for biking and other activities. Like so many suburban areas that are now a few decades old, Knollwood Street and those around it aren’t as impressive as they used to be. The housing boom fueled growth in other areas, with bigger — if not necessarily better built — homes with master suites and more bathrooms.
Last week, I posted Nothing “unintended†in arrest of Mercedes executive in Alabama. Now Alabama’s strict anti-immigration law, which has done some serious damage to the state’s agricultural sector and has caused all sorts of other problems, has led to…
UPDATE, 12/7: I just looked at the Met’s website and didn’t see anything about the audio for this getting posted, but there’s a nice blog post with a few pics at the Village Voice. UPDATE: This broadcast is over, but…
I was looking for something else at the PBS website when I ran across this fascinating interview by Jeffrey Brown of Andrew Graham-Dixon, author of Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane. I suppose if you’re reading this, you already know…
