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Wess Moss: How Don Draper Ruined Retirement in America
Why do so many Americans have trouble funding their retirement? I blame Don Draper. OK, no, I don’t really blame a fictional TV character. But Draper, the advertising genius from AMC’s “Mad Men,” does symbolize my real the culprit: the relentless marketing that has created a consumer culture built on ...
AJC special report: SAT scores rise with family wealth. A notable exception in state: Norcross High
The AJC education team looked at recently released 2013 SAT scores for metro Atlanta high schools and found something that critics have long said: Scores are closely tied to a factor beyond any student's aptitude: the amount of money their parents have. For its special report, the newspaper matched high ...
No sign of deal to end budget impasse
As the federal government shutdown rolled through the weekend, there were no signs either party was giving in, as lawmakers in the Congress and the White House traded more shots over who is to blame for the ongoing budget impasse. Republicans in the House plan to push through more mini-funding ...
Got a Tech Business? Tell us your story
Another Sunday, another great story in the AJC related to tech and entrepreneurism. Last week the AJC's Michael Kanell wrote about Helping Tech Grow in Atlanta, and today business assignment editor Matt Kempner profiled entrepreneur Diana Harbour and her Athens-based online business that's on track to earn $ 8 million in ...
Licensing bicycles requires a red-state reaction
The government can have my bicycle when it pries the handlebar from my cold, dead fingers. Because when bicycles are outlawed, only outlaws will have bicycles. The rest of us will have to make do with tricycles, or Segways, or roller skates. None of which are covered by House Bill ...
Cherokee board member incurs censure, fine. And Kelly Marlow still faces more trouble ahead.
Many Cherokee parents probably hope their school board sideshow ends. But there are a few more acts left in the tragicomedy starring board member Kelly Marlow. Her colleagues voted this week to censure and fine her for ethical violations. One of her violations was sending a letter to the district’s accrediting ...
Klezmer meets rock and roll? Oy vey
OK, see, this is why you can't lose faith in America. We keep coming up with creative cross-fertilizations like the Shondes (a Yiddish term for shame or scandal). They're a bunch of Jewish kids from Brooklyn, putting out what a Rolling Stone reviewer calls "a mix of riot-grrrl furor, arena ...
GigaOM Coming Back To Atlanta
One of the first tech events I attended in Atlanta was back in July when GigaOM came to town. Well, it looks like that first impression was a good one becasue I just got an email letting me know that they're coming back -- next week. I've cut and pasted ...
Fox News' hilarious redefining of 'equally fed up'
Hilarious. You really have to admire the effort, if not the results. Here's how Fox News describes the results of its own newly released poll: "WHILE CONGRESS CONTINUES to point fingers over who is to blame for the current budget impasse, Fox News polls show Americans appear equally fed up ...
Free and cheap: Pink events this weekend
Macy's “Pink Pony” shops: On Sunday, Oct. 6 beginning at noon, enjoy a range of events at Macy's Lenox Square in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Pink ...
What the Capitol car chase did have in common with recent shootings
When news broke that shots were fired outside the U.S. Capitol, a lot of people jumped to the usual conclusions and made the usual comments about the usual answers. It's beginning to look like this situation was far from ordinary (via the Associated Press): "The mother of a Connecticut woman ...
Free tickets to Disney on Ice at Philips
Free is always a great price, especially when you need to entertain the entire family. I have two sets of "Disney on Ice" Let's Celebrate" Family Packs (four tickets) that I will award to two randomly selected winners. "Let's Celebrate!" which runs from Wed. Oct. 9 through Sun. Oct. 13 ...
Your daily jolt: Blue Cross/Blue Shield chief ‘not anticipating’ a defunding of Obamacare
Over at WABE (90.1FM) on Thursday, Denis O’Hayer offered up an interview with Morgan Kendrick, president of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Georgia, the only health insurance carrier offering policies in all 16 areas of the state under the new, federally mandated exchanges. “We understand the business is shifting, and we ...
Weekend Deals: Free cocktails at First Friday, Hawks Practice, cheap chili and BBQ cookoff
Floataway Community First Friday: Join this artist's enclave on Zonolite Road for its First Friday series on Oct. 4, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Stroll through the community and enjoy exhibits from tenants such as Quickshot, Garnish & Gather, Habersham Gardens and more. There will be complimentary cocktails and beers ...
'... know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em'
To pull off a manuever of this magnitude with control of just one chamber of just one branch of government, three things are essential for Republicans: 1.) A clear plan of action, with a clear goal; 2.) A party committed to and fully united in support of that plan. 3.) ...
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