Book: Reporter, a memoir Author: Seymour M. Hersh Reviewed by Paul Varian, retired CNN and UPI editor/ writer/reporter On Oct. 22, 1969, freelance Washington reporter Seymour Hersh got a vague tip that the U.S. Army was preparing to court-martial one of its soldiers at Fort Benning, Ga., for the mass killing of civilians in South […]
Books 2018: The Underdog Empire of the Portuguese
Book: Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire Author: Roger Crowley Review by: Kirk Bowman, Jon R. Wilcox Chair in Soccer and Global Politics, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology One of the great curiosities of history is how Portugal, a peripheral, poverty-stricken country of less than a million inhabitants, was capable […]
Books 2018: Coates on What It Really Means to Be Black in America
Book: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Reviewed by Cedric L. Suzman, retired founding EVP & Program Director, World Affairs Council of Atlanta Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and this book is a collection of his essays, including his iconic “The Case for Reparations” that […]
Retired General: New U.S. Approach Needed to Counter 21st-Century Threats
If the 20th century was the era of tanks, planes and bombs, the 21st is shaping up to be a time when bits, bytes and “soft power” are becoming weapons of choice. That’s according to retired Air Force Gen. Phil Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and now a distinguished professor at Georgia Tech’s Sam […]
A Life of Labor: Former Mayor Sam Massell Says His Biography Highlights Work Ethic ‘From 9 to 90’
At 9 years old, former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell operated a successful corner Coca-Cola stand called Bud’s Place, but some days he was even more enterprising than usual. Buddy, as he was known back then, would sneak a Guinness beer from his father’s refrigerator and sell it on the side. “It was 100 percent profit,” he said […]
Jimmy Carter to Headline Methodist Church’s Korea Peace Forum in Atlanta
Former President Jimmy Carter is set to headline the United Methodist Church’s three-day summit in Atlanta on achieving lasting peace on the Korean peninsula. The peace forum will be hosted by UMC Global Ministries, the denomination’s Atlanta-based missions arm. Along with ecumenical leaders from Korea and beyond, the event will be attended by a range […]
Who Owns the News? European Journey Shows Press Freedom Is More Fragile Than We Think
Editor’s note: This commentary piece is written by Rickey Bevington, local host for NPR’s “All Things Considered.” The author’s views are her own and don’t necessarily represent those of the Global Atlanta editorial staff. Imagine if nearly every news organization in the United States only published stories that promoted one political or social viewpoint. In such […]
Traveling the Globe to Interview Korean War Veterans, ‘Like Weaving a Great Quilt’ on Behalf of Peace
For years now, Hannah Y. Kim has been focused on July 27 — the date that she would like to see a peace treaty signed with North Korea officially recognizing the end of the Korean War. The Korean War unofficially ended on July 27, 1953, when a negotiated agreement was signed in Panmunjon, a village […]
AJC: Nonprofit Reimburses City for South Africa Airfare With Reed’s Money
Former Mayor Kasim Reed caught flak from many sides last year when it was revealed that the city spent $90,000 on his team’s trip to South Africa, largely on business-class airfare. At the time, the mayor said he had lined up “private funds” to pay for nine team members’ upgrades from coach class on the grueling […]
Expert: Turkey Fast Becoming ‘Elected Autocracy’ Under Erdogan
Turkey was once held up in the West as a model of how a predominately Muslim country could thrive as a secular democracy. With the consolidation of power by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in recent years, that illusions is gone. And that’s complicating the way the U.S. deals with its NATO ally at a tumultuous time […]
