Good morning! Less than one week until the eclipse – make sure your glasses are legit.
- More contact between the Trump campaign and Russia, this time featuring an inexperienced staffer named George Papadopoulos (not this George Papadopoulos).
- Senator Johnny Isakson talked with Bill Nigut yesterday about the repercussions of Trump’s failure to immediately condemn the murderous Nazis and racists who organized this weekend’s Charlottesville tiki torch rally.
- Fast Company explains how the City of Atlanta’s planning department uses good design to improve communication with the public.
- Berrien County needs jobs, and they especially need jobs that pay more than minimum wage.
- A new report details what climate change means for the Southeast.
- Augusta National is suing Florida-based Green Jacket Auctions, Inc., to prevent them from auctioning a green jacket and other (probably purloined) Masters memorabilia.
- More gross information about your gross kitchen sponge.
- Next time I’m in Savannnah I’ll be sure to stop at Zunzi’s for a sandwich.
- Generation X is this nation’s “last, best hope.”
- What’s blue, gray, and safety orange, and just won the American Association of State Troopers’ award for the best-looking cruiser?
- Happy early birthday to Rosalyn Carter, who turns 90 this Friday, August 18 (which also happens to be the 97th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment)!