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Cap, baby, cap?

We are a nation prone to knee-jerk overreaction, short attention spans—and long memories.  Not the best mix for long-term policy making and strategic thinking. There is no question that the deep ocean oil spill and continuing environmental damage ...

Marist earns 11th state baseball championship

Above, Marist players and coaches celebrate the team’s Class AAAA state baseball championship after sweeping Lakeside Evans in a best-of-three series.
It was a typical Marist moment. So subtle that the casual onlooker probably missed it. But for Marist baseball coach Mike Strickland, it was the defining moment for the War Eagles on their way to a sweep of Lakeside Evans for the Class AAAA state cha...

Royal treatment extended to all at The King and Prince Resort

The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, St. Simons Island, Ga. Photo by Chris Johnson
It’s a funny thing about our first impressions—sometimes we can be so wrong. Pulling into the sprawling and palatial The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort on St. Simon’s Island with its stately soft yellow building and distinctive red tile ...

Former schools chief, three others indicted in school construction racketeering scheme

Former DeKalb County schools chief Crawford Lewis and his top construction official were indicted last month on charges they profited off a racketeering scheme focused on school construction. In the largest school system scandal in recent memory, a g...

PHOTO GALLERY: DECATUR ARTS FESTIVAL

There were music—including blues, funk and gypsy jazz on the bandstand—more than 140 artists from around the nation selling paintings, jewelry and more; dancers; storytellers and comedians at the 22nd annual Decatur Arts Festival Memorial Day wee...

Decatur marketing company launches record label

Nathan Beaver performs a song from his second CD, Universal You, at a CD release party at Lenz marketing company in Decatur on May 28. Photo by Jonathan Cribbs
One night during a house party in his Decatur home several years ago, Richard Lenz said he passed an acoustic guitar to Nathan Beaver whom he’d never heard before and asked him to sing a song. By the time Beaver was done, the room was silent, and s...