A reader remembers the year’s outstanding reading

Ten of the year’s best CDs

A critic chooses his favorite albums

Michael Venezia helps us ring in the new year in style

The perfectly light flavors of seafood at the Oceanaire during the holidays are a refreshing break...

Bloody Mary mixes on the hot seat

Feasts and festivities for NYE

SP’s sports editor looks at the year gone by—and the year ahead

A local veteran’s predictions for ’08

SP’s Sports Personality of the Year

A lot of baby boomers are thinking about warehousing aging parents, or being warehoused themselves, so it’s surprising we haven’t seen more movies like “The Savages.”

Right on Target

For dogfighting, statute has been man’s best friend

Georgia Senate committee considers “brain fingerprinting”

Reviews mixed on Georgia’s “twin law”

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s twice-before and almost-future prime minister, was assassinated in a way that will likely make her Pakistan’s John F. Kennedy—the hope for a better future cut down before it bloomed.

Look, look, master; here come two religious caterpillars...

Part Three of a four-part series of editorials on the ways that current presidential candidates are telling us their versions of U.S. history.

Local design duo Poppysam puts their own spin on classic fabrics

Raise the beauty bar this NYE

I love him a lot, and I’m proud he’s getting a degree, since he had a really rough childhood and parents who constantly put him down. But I’m getting fed up!

Caught up in the annual clean-slate momentum, it’s not unusual to hear many Americans make a weight-loss resolution on January first...

Outstanding films of 2007, from ‘Atonement’ to ‘Zodiac’

The best—and the worst—of the year in film

SP’s picks for the best and worst of film in 2007

Womanizer, raconteur, bon vivant...

If you’ve given “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets” even the slightest bit of thought, then you already know what to expect.

You can earn a degree in political science without learning as much about how things work in Washington and around the world as you will from “Charlie Wilson’s War.”

Nothing makes a man feel more manly than really hating a “chick flick” or a “woman’s picture.”

Spirits books for the holidays

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” feels like two different movies stitched together.

Mr. Inge, I disagree

Indulge in a luxurious retreat at the Grove Park Inn

The Sunday Paper’s Person of the Year (and four also-rans)

Last week, President George W. Bush openly flirted with a foreign reporter...

To Read or Not to Read: A Question of National Consequence

By Mark Douglas

Part Two of a four-part series on the ways—better and worse—that current presidential candidates are telling us their versions of U.S. history.

A couple of months ago in this column, I trashed the whole idea of global climate change being caused by mankind.

Atlanta actually places on pedestrian hot list (seriously)

The steady thrumming noise you heard coming from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce offices last week was an orchestrated performance of civic breast-beating over transportation woes, with a coda of denial.

Tim Burton gives ‘Sweeney Todd’ the perfect cut

Books to read during the holidays

Fall in love with must-see ‘Juno’

‘Kite Runner’ brings Afghan story to life

Has music lost its power to get us all shook up?

Paul Johnson seeks to fulfill Tech’s fondest wish—to be a contender

Let’s welcome the 800 lb. gorilla to the party

Atlanta Falcons cheerleader heats things up with her own cooking show

It’s now as easy as ABC to find out how your favorite restaurant scored on its last health inspection.

Let’s Eat! opens in Johns Creek

"Plug yourself into something bigger. For me, that was community service.”

My grandmother taught me the love of handwritten letters...

Sometimes we, ourselves—the creators of film, art and prose—don’t even know where the compulsion to tell our stories comes from.

My family adored my boyfriend, and I’m bracing myself for nonstop comments about how in the world I could let him get away and do I want to be single and alone for the rest of my life?

Besides tweaking my technique for all four strokes, one of the best things about attending swim clinics on a regular basis is the opportunity to try out the newest training gadgets.

This is a week to celebrate birth, with all the trimming that comes with observing spiritual holidays such as Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

Arts & Entertainment events this week

99x Concert Calendar

If African American families looking for holiday movies they can relate to think their cups are running over this year, they should know two things about “The Perfect Holiday”...

“Exclusive”
(Jive)

All we want for Christmas … and Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Halloween, our birthdays and April Fool’s Day

Ellen Page and Diablo Cody discuss “Juno,” pregnancy and awkward boys

Holiday shows offer little joy to theater critic