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Savannah fiddles while the US burns

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 […]

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What’s worse than Trump/Vance on Ukraine? Congressional Republicans

I watched a partial video of a town hall by Roger Marshall, junior senator from Kansas. The topic was the Russian/Ukrainian war, and the Trump/Vance/Zelenskyy debacle on Friday. Here’s how Republicans are spinning what happened with Trump and Vance when they ambushed Zelenskyy. The war did not have a beginning, it just magically happened. If […]

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Dear Buddy Carter

Whatever happened to “Pray for Ukraine”?

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Government People

Dear Buddy Carter

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 […]

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Climate Change Diversity Government Savannah

Savannah’s Springfield Canal stormwater project likely casualty of Trump cuts

Trump’s first action on becoming President was a wholesale revocation of several Biden Executive Office actions, leading to closure of many vital programs. One of these programs is called the Justice40 initiative. For the first time in our nation’s history, the Federal government has made it a goal that 40 percent of the overall benefits […]