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Civil Rights icon draws formidable challengerSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:05PMATLANTA — As if 25 years in Congress isn’t enough to make a person unbeatable for re-election, John Lewis also has the distinction of being an historic leader of the civil rights movement. For Georgians and blacks across the country, Lewis is considered an icon. So, it’s noteworthy that he faces his most formidable primary challenge to his re-election next year. Fulton County Superior Court ...

Buzzkill: Fan may owe taxes on rewards for Jeter’s 3,000thTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:23PMChristian Lopez might end up wishing he kept that baseball after all. Lopez became more than a footnote to the spectacle of Derek Jeter getting his 3,000th hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium by returning the milestone baseball to the New York Yankees shortstop rather than cash it in for a likely six-figure payday. That touched off a debate still raging among fans days later: Would you have given ...

Telescope: No, I don't see the emperor's clothesSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 7:30AMHe feels sorry for CIOs. Thinks they are treated like butlers. When he arrives to teach IT at a B-School’s executive program, the CEOs hate him. And while everyone is chanting about business-IT alignment, he makes you feel how corny the whole concept actually is. He is Peter Hinssen.

Abatements: How much good do they do?Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 4:28AMPoliticians routinely promise to create jobs. And one of the tools they use in job creation is the property tax abatement, which usually cuts by about half the amount of property taxes due on new business investment over a 10-year period.

Another View: San Joaquin Valley farmers are not water villainsFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:47PMThe commentary in The Bee alleged that San Joaquin Valley farmers are using distortions to steal water from Northern California with new legislative efforts. That description is unfair. Nowhere is there an acknowledgment that valley farmers have already given more water for the environment than any other region of California over the past two decades.

A heritage hedge fund?Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:08AMWhere the public sees a closed navigation canal and locks next to a shuttered paper mill, local officials see a chance to leverage an investment toward persuading Congress to designate a Willamette Falls National Heritage Area. The exact dimensions of the area are still being hashed out, but it ...

HTML5: what's behind the hype?Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:23AMI can’t wait until 2023. The HTML5 specification will finally be complete and all browser-makers will know precisely what it is and it can be uniformly implemented.

NEWS ANALYSIS - Staffing: it's a warThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 6:06PMDon't take your staff for granted - that's the message from IT employment industry experts.

Australians must increase productivity: Treasury headThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 3:55PMTreasury Secretary Martin Parkinson is warning Australians face declining living standards if they do not increase productivity.