Six years ago, a teacher’s aide told Keith Schumacher that when he showed up at his daughter Gracie’s kindergarten classroom, the students sat up straighter. “She observed that there was a difference in the air when I was there,” says…
Sometimes the best way to get a clear perspective on Georgia politics is to head out to the country and get back to nature. Here we see the ecological advantages of our state in all their glory, and at times,…
Poitevint Redux: Alec L. Poitevint II of Bainbridge, a key GOP player on the national and state levels, has been reappointed to the Georgia Ports Authority Board of Directors by Gov. Nathan Deal. Poitevint will be running the 2012 Republican…
My friend, Randy Jones of Americus, has often wondered why so little has been written about the Reconstruction period after the War Between the States – as others have. So, as part of the sesquicentennial commemoration of Georgia’s role in…
If you had a dollar for every time you’ve heard the phrase “creating jobs,” you’d probably have enough cash to start your own company, employ a few people and make a dent in Georgia’s troublingly high unemployment rate. Everything from…
The sun preceded humans by four billion years, give or take an eon, and in another billion years it will consume us, if we don’t kill ourselves first or we somehow avoid being dispatched by plague, meteors, aliens or some…
Andrei Bersatti is having trouble finding the words, and it’s not because English is his second language. It’s one of the aftershocks from the explosion in his brain. He’s also having a difficult time making decisions and thinking quickly. …
The Georgia Cities Foundation’s 2011 Heart and Soul Tour began on about the same route taken by Union General William T. Sherman when he led his troops out of Atlanta in 1864 on a historic slash-and-burn march to Savannah. …
Thirty years ago, a key decision put Georgia Southern College, as it was then known, on a remarkable growth trajectory. Against vocal opposition from faculty and students, then-president Dale Lick managed to drum up support for reviving the institution’s football…
Miller Union 999 Brady Ave. NW, Atlanta 678.733.8550 www.millerunion.com Parking: Complimentary valet. Reservations: Accepted, and usually necessary. Dress code: Artsy I have a theory about Miller Union, one of Atlanta’s best (and most celebrated) newer restaurants: If you love it,…
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