I love this news. The Israel Museum now has a new site with incredibly high-res images of five of the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls. Here’s a video overview — just a couple minutes along — on…
Five of The Dead Sea Scrolls now online
Will Sunday sales pass in Savannah and other local municipalities?
I’ve already written a post about one choice that Chatham County voters will have at the polls this November: the removal of term limits on the chairperson of the Chatham County Commission. Today’s topic is Sunday package sales. Here’s what…
AJC: Voters in Atlanta suburbs “warm to mass transit”
I’ve been following a number of related transportation issues: the congestion of suburbs (especially Atlanta), the toll on our economy if energy prices and spending continue to rise, and the general feelings about transit. The AJC has a fascinating piece…
A few more thoughts on third places
In my City Talk column today — When third place isn’t so bad — I talk again about Ray Oldenburg’s theory of third places: In his book The Great Good Place, Oldenburg demonstrates why these gathering places are essential to…
Can Savannah city leadership walk and chew gum at the same time?
I don’t really mean the title of this post to sound so snarky. I’m just asking the logical question in response to alderman Van Johnson’s words at the end of an excellent article today in the SMN As repairs mount,…
Savannah area gas prices near $3.36 per gallon average, likely to fall further
I’ve started doing periodic updates regarding gas prices. Spikes in gas prices have clear negative impacts on economic conditions. Declining prices don’t necessarily spur economic growth, but they certainly are welcome news for cash-strapped consumers. According to GasBuddy.com, the average…
Four years after recession began, Americans still driving less
The number of vehicle miles driven is one bit of data from the 2007 to 2009 recession and subsequent slow recovery that has been especially interesting to me. As Calculated Risk notes, we’ve now gone a record 44 months with…
Tinkering with the machinery of death: thoughts on the execution of Troy Davis
I’ll begin here: I feel enormous sympathy for the family of slain Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail, and I hope they are able to move on as much as possible now that the execution of convicted murderer Troy Davis…
A look at some of the poverty data for 2010 — tough numbers for tough times
There’s been a lot of press the last couple of days about poverty in the United States and in Georgia. I’m not going to give a full recap of any of that, so check out news items like this one…
So long R.E.M., it’s been good
I first saw R.E.M. on October 6, 1984 (I was just 3, haha) at Graham Chapel on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. No I wouldn’t have remembered the date, but the internet can do some magical things,…
Savannah Film Festival announces some special screenings and guests, including Oliver Stone, Lily Tomlin, and James Marsden (Cyclops!)
The full schedule hasn’t yet been announced for the Savannah Film Festival, but most of the high-profile special screenings are now known — and so too are some of the major guests who have committed. Once again the SCAD-produced event…
Sonia Leigh – Live Wire Music Hall – 10/06/11
Sonia Leigh and her band put on a GREAT show on the opening night of last March’s inaugural Savannah Stopover. Highly recommended.