From Former vice president Al Gore joins 2013 Savannah Book Festival in the Savannah Morning News today: To a list that already includes celebrity authors James Patterson, David Baldacci, T.C. Boyle, Dave Barry, Jeff Kinney, Bobby Deen and Gregg Allman,…
Mary Lee — a 16.5 foot, 3500 lb. great white shark — in surf off Jacksonville
OCEARCH’s remarkable story of two great white sharks off the East Coast of the United States continues. [UPDATED, 1/9.]
What do our federal taxes get spent on?
Of the major expenditures in the budget, defense seems the most logical to cut. After all, in 2011, we spent more on the military than the next 13 nations combined.
SMN: The local economy in 2013
The key paragraph: “The economy is expected to continue its moderate — but still subpar — pace of growth, as consumers, businesses and governments adjust to the new normal of fiscal constraint.”
NYT: SCAD Hong Kong leading the way for international design schools in Asia
“SCAD Hong Kong is one of few cross-border design schools that are actually up and running in Asia.”
Nancy Pelosi should take down altered photo of Democratic women in the House
Even if the primary interest is PR, political leaders creating images for the historical record should follow the same ethical guidelines that news publishers do (or are supposed to). And that means no deception like this — no adding or deleting of people, no fundamental changes to the images in ways that compromise their integrity.
More on the rebound in construction jobs
As a close follower of the work of Bill McBride at Calculated Risk, I’ve been keeping up with and writing about construction employment and residential investment for many, many months.
Savannah Morning News: City likely to revise alcohol ordinance again
Businesses like those named in the article want to do everything legally and above board — bar cards, carding clientele, getting a beer and wine license if necessary — but they don’t fit anywhere in current law.
Doug Mains & the City Folk / Adam Sams – The Sentient Bean – 02/02/13
I’m thrilled to report that Doug Mains & the City Folk are coming back to Savannah on their South for Winter tour. The Lansing-based band put on a beautiful and soulful show last time around at The Sentient Bean.
Private sector vs. public sector job growth
In a perfectly logical world, public employment (i.e., government jobs) would increase on pace with population growth.
We would add more teachers, police officers, sanitation workers, health services employees and the like as the population warrants.
U.S. economy added 155,000 jobs in December, unemployment rate unchanged at 7.8%
A few weeks ago, it was widely assumed that fears of going over the so-called “fiscal cliff” would cause employment to stagnate.
Things didn’t really work out that way. Hiring continued at a decent pace in December.
NYT: You Won’t Stay the Same, Study Finds
“‘The end-of-history effect may represent a failure in personal imagination,’ said Dan P. McAdams, a psychologist at Northwestern who has done separate research into the stories people construct about their past and future lives. He has often heard people tell complex, dynamic stories about the past but then make vague, prosaic projections of a future in which things stay pretty much the same.”