Book: Jim Henson: The Biography Author: Brian Jay Jones Reviewer: Vincent Anthony, Barbara and Bill Wylly Executive Director of the Center for Puppetry Arts From the start, I must say […]
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Posted inBooks, Culture
Books 2015: America’s Fertile 19th-Century Relations With France
Book: The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris (Simon & Schuster 2011) Author: David McCullough Reviewer: Dr. Bruce S. Allen, head of post, honorary consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the […]
Posted inBooks, Culture
Books 2015: Raunchy Mafia Criminality Across 20th-Century America
Book: World Gone By Author: Dennis Lehane Reviewer: Paul Varian, a longtime journalist who retired from CNN in 2013 after nearly 30 years as a senior editor, writer and executive producer […]
Posted inBooks, Culture
Books 2015: Love and Political Intrigue in Multi-Cultural Medieval Spain
Book: Emeralds of the Alhambra (Mechanicsburg, Penn.; Sudburry Press, 2013) Author: John D. Cressler Reviewer: Jacqueline Jones Royster, Ivan Allen Jr. Chair in Liberal Arts and Technology and Dean Ivan Allen College of Liberal […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Economic Development
France’s Consul General Foresees New Opportunities for Strengthening Atlanta Ties in 2016
It was in January 2009 that the departments of Gironde and Landes in southern France, one of Europe’s largest forest areas, were pulverized by a devastating cyclone. Half the trees […]
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‘Robin Hood’ Firebrand Who Visited Atlanta in August Fires Up Politics at Home in India
Over the years, Dr. Subrahamanian Swamy, a Harvard trained economist, has developed a reputation as a firebrand both in the U.S. and in his native India, and he’s at it […]
Posted inEducation
Chinese Judicial Reform Officials Visit Atlanta to Study Public Safety Policies
A high-level Chinese delegation developing recommendations for reforming China’s criminal justice system visited Atlanta Dec. 12-14 to meet with local law enforcement officials and attorneys on a 12-day study tour […]
Posted inBusiness
Fees for H-1B and L-1 Visa Petitions and Extensions Expected to Rise ‘Significantly’
President Obama is poised to sign an Omnibus Appropriations Bill to fund the U.S. government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, 2016, including specific provisions related […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Eizenstat: New World Disorder Provides Challenges and Opportunities for the U.S.
We live in a “new world of disorder,” Stuart Eizenstat, who has served as a top policy official in three U.S. administrations, said in a keynote address at United Parcel […]
Posted inBusiness
Fees for H-1B and L-1 Visa Petitions and Extensions Expected to Rise ‘Significantly’
President Obama is poised to sign an Omnibus Appropriations Bill to fund the U.S. government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, 2016, including specific provisions related […]