As we’re about to turn 250 years old, let’s ask ourselves: Can a divided nation celebrate a united birthday? The United States will turn 250 years old on Saturday, reinforcing its place as the world’s longest-living republic with a constitution. It’s a time to pause and reflect on where we’ve been, where we are and […]
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Saxby Chambliss foresees more economic strain ahead, talks China challenges
Former U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss told Atlanta business leaders Monday that the U.S. faces continuing challenges and cautioned that economic tensions, partisan divide, and China’s global ambitions are likely to intensify before they ease. Speaking to the Rotary Club of Atlanta, Chambliss stopped short of predicting a recession. He centered much of his remarks on […]
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Suwanee-based InVeris hires former Atlanta police chief – Erika Shields
Erika Shields is back in Atlanta, joining the leadership team of InVeris Training Solutions Inc., a Suwanee-based company, effective June 16.
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Saxby Chambliss and the rural-Republican arc
When Saxby Chambliss was elected to Congress in 1994, he was the first Republican to represent a rural Deep South district since Reconstruction, which made him stand out in the big freshman GOP class that came to Washington that tumultuous year.
He could have been described then as a pioneer, which is hardly the way he seemed last week when Chambliss announced he’d decided not to seek a third U.S. Senate term next year. The two-decade arc of that Washington career spans much of the story of what’s happened in American politics since the year when the Democrats lost control of Congress for the first time in decades, and Newt Gingrich declared Year One of the new Republican Era.
