Some school boards have no real understanding of their role, which is to focus on the big picture, not to interfere in the day-to-day operation of the school system.

For the China-bound, two-handed business card exchanges sounded easy enough, but multiple-toasting prospects caused some concern.

Atlanta To Beijing

Most working mothers, at some point, wish they had the luxury of not working and most stay-at-home-moms, at some point, would like the opportunity to claim or reclaim a career. But everybody is grateful for a little help

It doesn’t take much for a simple home improvement project to get complicated, and the combination of high-tech systems, chain of customer-service command and plain old good intentions just can’t compensate.

Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta has been around more than 50 years and is justly proud of its tradition of camaraderie and conversation. It was founded by the late Manuel Maloof, longtime commissioner and CEO of DeKalb County.

There’s a lot of waste involved in combating traffic and considerable harm done to the environment. But there’s also a loss of civility. And, occasionally, a little payback.

Detractors like to make Atlanta the scapegoat for everything they see as a problem, from the unprecedented drought north Georgia is experiencing to escalating prices at the gas pump. Not so.

Frankly, all of us – private citizens and public officials alike – were a little late to the water conservation party. Why were people still watering their lawns in August?

There’s a new awareness of the need and the urgency of the need to make the benefits of good healthcare more broadly available, especially to the 1.7 million Georgians who have no health insurance.