More on a theme I’ve been writing about regularly. While Americans say that they want to cut government spending generally, Americans — by considerable margins — oppose cuts to specific programs. From the Pew Research Center for the People and…
From the Savannah Morning News’ Savannah council OKs bigger St. Patricks festival zone: The city has authorized creating a festival zone from River Street south to Broughton between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and East Broad Street. Adults who pay…
Despite the facts that Stop Light Observations is based just up the road in Charleston and has over 17,600 fans on Facebook, I first listened to the band just a few weeks ago after they were announced for the Stopover.
How did I miss such a great sound for so long?
There’s a lot going on these days at Armstrong Atlantic State University. CNN was recently on campus for major coverage of immigration issues, there’s a significant new academic initiative for first-year students called First Class, American Idol winner Phillip Phillips…
Sometimes I feel really out of it. I follow a lot of economic and political news. I analyze a lot of census data. I keep in touch as best I can with some trends in contemporary music and try to…
In my City Talk column on Tuesday in the Savannah Morning News, I noted the big crowds for Saturday’s Savannah Book Festival and also mentioned the beautiful backdrops for many of the presentations. I already posted some thoughts and a…
As more data is becoming available, it’s now clear that Georgia’s economy will be particularly hurt by the sequester.
USA Today’s Services lay out sweeping state-by-state spending cuts suggests that defense cuts will cost Georgia 17,163 jobs, the 5th worst among the states.
Another promising show at The Sentient Bean. The Hermit Kings are an indie rock band from Asheville. The Ghost of Galapagos by The Hermit Kings
From the NYT’s “Not in My Port, Charleston’s Cruise Ship Opponents Say”: In this Southern coastal city that runs on history and hospitality, a raucous civic debate belies a genteel veneer. Like several communities that hug the nation’s coastline, Charleston…
Jonathan Richman had played a couple of gigs in Savannah in recent years, but circumstances kept me from attending either the Tiny Team production at Savannah Smiles or the 2011 show at The Wormhole.
OK, it has already been established that I love Doug Mains & the City Folk — see here and here — so I’ll keep things short in this post.
In the ongoing debate about the federal budget, there are frequent demands for cuts in entitlements. Ironically, most of those demands come from politicians on the right, while the biggest objections to cuts in Social Security and Medicare typically come…
