Burningbird
Recently I did another run through of the doge.gov listing of office closures. The five Social Security offices in our region that were to be closed had been narrowed to one, in Columbus, a week ago. In today’s list of lease closings, however, none of the five are now showing up with closures. The removal of the […]
Next Monday the annual Savannah St. Patrick’s Day parade makes its way down our historic streets. The parade is now celebrating its 201st anniversary, an extraordinary achievement. And though it has had a reputation for being one of the biggest “kiss me I’m Irish” bashes in the country, the wild parties and uncontrolled drinking in […]
Recent updates to the DOGE.gov ‘savings’ page now list Social Security Administration (SSA) office closures in the following Georgia cities: Columbus Gainesville Vidalia Brunswick Thomasville There is no rhyme or reason for these closures, other than it’s a simple checkbox on a computer screen and a complete lack of concern about the consequences. SSA offices […]
Trust. Once won, not easily lost. But once lost, forever gone. In his first month in office, Trump’s greatest harm has been to trust. Our allies are no longer our allies, but our enemies, and trust between us has been shattered. We supported Ukraine…until we didn’t, and somehow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the fault […]
Musk, DOGE, and the phantom promise of AI