Commentary Archive

Business Casual: Business Clout, Civic Pride

The tradition of business leaders leveraging their economic power to bring about public good is still strong in Atlanta, due in part to the city’s willingness to get newcomers involved.

Susan Percy

Georgia View: Saving Our Counties

While it’s easy to locate efforts to Save the Whales, Save the ‘Hooch,’ preserve historic buildings or any other number of causes, where is the call to Save Our Counties?

Bill Crane

Economy: Prospects For The A-Team

Atlanta, Athens and Augusta are seeing recoveries fueled in part by new manufacturing projects, the healthcare sector and higher education.

Jeffrey Humphreys

Sustainable Georgia: Surf's Up

For Georgia’s coastal communities, climate change is no myth. A projected 3.2-foot rise in ocean levels will shift the coastline inward by half a mile, but there are solutions to combat rising sea levels.

Ben Young

Sustainable Georgia: Water Watch

Another water war with Florida, in the form of a lawsuit that’s been filed with the Supreme Court, could last another expensive 10 years, a water official warns.

Ben Young

Economy: Golden Rules

In the interest of economic development, retiree recruitment makes good sense for some of Georgia’s rural areas.

Jeffrey Humphreys

Georgia View: An Inconvenient Senator

If the Don Balfour of 1991 were to meet the Senator Balfour of 2013, he might see a bloated and well-past-his-prime incumbent ripe for the picking.

Bill Crane

Business Casual: The Children's Hour

Couldn’t someone have made a few waves or rocked a couple of boats in the interest of saving two young lives?

Susan Percy

Neely Young: Wishing And Hoping

A legislative wish list that starts with help for not-for-profit hospitals and ends with hope for a calm and productive session.

Neely Young

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