Dependability doesn’t automatically come with the lowest bid on a job, especially in a crisis.
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Relationships You Can Count On
Atlanta Enters The Amazon Olympics
How much is it worth to cities to attract projects like Amazon’s proposed “second headquarters?”
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Surprise Fees Are A Last ‘Resort’
The sleazy practice of adding “resort fees” to advertised rates is spreading to hotels that hardly qualify as resorts.
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New Accounting Reveals Another Empty Promise
Besides unfunded pension promises, states and cities are making empty health care promises too.
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The Privilege Of Teaching Future Heroes
A suspended instructor was right, but for the wrong reasons, when he acknowledged the privilege to teach ‘future dead cops.’
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Hurricanes, Holidays And Heirloom Gefilte Fish
Hurricanes are awful, destructive and deadly phenomena, but on their fringes they can bring beneficial rains and even treasured memories.
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Turning Out The Lights In A Power Town
The Montana town of Colstrip was built to turn coal into electricity. What happens when the mines and power plants shut down?
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Remembering History By Forgetting It
Some residents of a Florida city founded 60 years after Appomattox have a fuzzy memory of their community’s Southern history.
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Giving After Disaster Strikes
Natural disasters can make humans feel powerless. The impulse to help in their wake is both natural and admirable. But while there is no such thing as “bad generosity,” some gifts are more valuable than others.
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The Timeless Politics Of Race And Sport
Remember the good old days when sports did not mix with racial politics? They never happened.
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