Atlanta Forward: Leadership

For years, Georgia’s been blessed with quiet hurricane seasons, but a state emergency management executive suggests we not take that for granted. Despite forecasts of a silent 2015 season, he advises all Georgians to prepare. In the other column, a Taiwan diplomat writes about the efficacy of the sovereign state’s health-care system.

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Rick Badie

If you don’t get Bad Bunny now, learning Spanish before the Super Bowl won’t help

Bad Bunny will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show and his presence and comments have provoked a negative reaction from critics who question the artist's American-ness.

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