Speed Trap: The graphic ads jolt and revolt with their images, which usually include close-ups of fresh, young faces ravaged, after a couple of hits on a drug pipe, with lesions, rotting teeth and desperation. “Not Even Once” is the…
Georgia Trend began GreenRoom in part to acknowledge good deeds in the land conservation sector. Every few months a group like Georgia Conservancy would announce that another swath of the state’s wilderness or coastal marshland was protected. Usually it involved…
Have A Seat: Results of the 2010 Census (some 307 million Americans as of last April’s official count) will give Georgia a 14th seat in Congress. Geor-gia is one of eight states to gain congressional representation in the U.S. House…
“The budget should be balanced, the treas-ury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again…
Psssst. Listen up, Georgia lawmakers and budget experts. Here’s a hot investment tip for you. Two words: Higher education. That’s where you need to put your money – and mine and other taxpayers’. I understand that it’s a tough budget…
In 1994, President Bill Clinton was facing a crisis in Haiti, where a military coup regime was crushing the rights of the country’s people and killing a good number of them. Wishing to restore a democratic government, and do it…
Sometimes, when Vince Dooley talks to his plants, he sounds like one of those father-figure Confederate generals he admires so much, calmly redeploying soldiers, or a cool-headed football coach readjusting his team, moving players from one position to another. …
Nell Morris has a long, vertical scar in the middle of her chest, a lingering reminder of the broken heart that would have finished her if not for some fortunate timing. For about 25 years she’d endured a condition…
We wanted to know how municipalities around the state are faring, as the effects of a long, painful recession seem to be taking their own sweet time to dissipate. So we selected eight cities in eight different parts of the…
The letters MBA in a title or on a resume have long signified prestige and garnered a certain amount of respect, so it’s not surprising that Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees remain in high demand among Georgia professionals. This…
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