Did April 1st move to November 21st? Check out this piece from the Savannah Morning News: Robby Wells settles SSU lawsuit, says he’s running for president. Wells, who is white, alleged that he was fired from the historically black university…
Category: Odd & Random
White House denies knowledge of extraterrestrial presence on Earth
The White House’s We the People site guarantees official responses to petitions for action or information that reach a threshold of 25,000 digital signatures. In one of the latest responses, a White House expert in science and technology denies that…
Brunswick’s Hostel in the Forest spotlighted in New York Times
I’ve never been to the Hostel in the Forest in Brunswick — and for no good reason. Since I moved here, I’ve been listening to friends, acquaintances, and travelers rhapsodize about the now 36-year old hostel. I’ve stayed in relatively…
Slate: What we missed with a single-minded focus on the “war on terror”
Great piece in Slate, by Anne Appelbaum: The Worst Mistake America Made After 9/11: How focusing too much on the war on terror undermined our economy and global power. She writes in part: In our single-minded focus on Islamic fanaticism,…
Idaho Statesman: “Dawg pounded: Short-handed Boise State dominates Georgia”
It’s always interesting to check out the hometown newspaper . . . And one has to give the Idaho Statesman credit for the headline “Dawg Pounded”. The paper has a lot of other coverage of the game, but the main…
One word I don’t want to hear this week: “unimaginable”
As we move toward the 10th anniversary of 9/11, there will be plenty of reminiscences. And that’s fitting. A couple of thousand people died on that day, and those attacks set in motion a series of conflicts that killed many…
Irene followup: NYC orders mandatory evacuation of lowest lying areas
I worried in an earlier post that some people were not taking Hurricane Irene’s danger seriously enough. So it’s good to see New York City taking a necessary step with a storm of this size (a strong category 2 that…
Watching Irene
I’m fascinated by big storms and other major weather events. And I’m sure I’m not the only one that has been following the track and development of Hurricane Irene in pretty great detail. I was watching the Weather Channel last…
Here it is: the new Georgia license plate
It’s been a long, arduous process — and now we have a winner. Governor Nathan Deal chose today from three finalists, none of which I liked. And he picked the one that I like least. It seems he just chose…
Three finalists for Georgia license plate: how could anyone choose?
[If you’re looking for the winning plate design, go here.] I’ve been running behind with posts about some ongoing topics on this blog, and I’m quite late with this post of the three finalists chosen by online voting on the…
West Memphis Three might be freed as early as today
A bit of a departure for this blog today. I don’t comment much on national news outside the realm of politics and economics, and I try not to focus on salacious topics just for the sake of the salacious. But,…
Recession’s toll on birth rates: fewer Americans having babies
A few days ago, I posted a link to an AJC article about Georgians postponing major decisions because of the shaky economy. Well it’s hard to imagine a decision that’s more major than having children — and look at the…
Reminder: One day left to vote for new Georgia license plate
Just a reminder that voting for the new Georgia license plate ends on Monday, August 8th at 3 p.m. Just a few notes on the vote: I posted about some of the confusion and controversy over the optional $1 “In…
Not from “The Onion”: Ga. Governor sells property to owner of adult video stores
I’ve written before about the bad property investments made by prominent Georgians. Now there’s this really funny (it is, right?) wrinkle in the saga of Governor Deal and his support for his daughter and son-in-law’s failed attempt at a sporting…