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Perhaps: “Yet the Great Recession has exposed some troubling cracks in the foundations of Atlanta’s success. Though perhaps it is too early to declare “game over” for Atlanta, converging trends point to a possible plateauing of Atlanta remarkable rise, and the end of its great growth phase.”

Former FEC Commissioners: “we believe that the bill proposed on April 30 by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Chris Van Hollen to “blunt” the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC is unnecessary, partially duplicative of existing law, and severely burdensome to the right to engage in political speech and advocacy.”

Malanga: “It’s become fashionable to pin the blame for our outsized national debt (to say nothing of staggering state and local obligations) on ordinary Americans who apparently want more government than they are willing to finance. In this respect, it seems, we’re really no better than those Greek protestors we’ve been sneering at.”

Our children ain’t reading. “Nearly two-thirds of students in Virginia and Maryland do not read proficiently by the time they finish third grade, a pivotal milestone when material becomes more complex and children are more likely to slip behind, according to a national report released Tuesday.”