So, while American TV news was mesmerized by the Royal baby bump and the...
If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers...
View ArticleBloodworth Thomas has a documentary winner
It's a quiet Sunday morning, but here's a winning note of someone with an Arkansas connection.Linda Bloodworth Thomason ("Design Women" and more) was a winner in the Tribeca Film Festivalfor best...
View ArticleSpring has sprung open line
Doesn't get much better than today does it?Spring planting is done. Pots are full of geraniums and daisies. And in a triumph of hope over available sun, I put some Better Boys in the ground. Just, as...
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Morning report: Taxes, oily birds, power lines
A slow start this morning. A couple of things popped up:* GROVER NORQUIST DEFEAT LOOMS ON INTERNET SALES TAXES: If the New York Times has it right, the tide has turned on the battle to require on-line...
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Celebrate in style at the 15th Annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
If you’ve been reading Eat Arkansas for, say, more than 2 days, you probably already know we have a particular fondness for Mexican food. This specific cuisine, perhaps more than any other, hits that...
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Tuesday: Brit Floyd at Verizon, Jackyl at Juanita's
Verizon Arena is bringing in Brit Floyd, one of top Pink Floyd tribute acts in the world, performing five full albums, 8 p.m., $55. Juanita's hosts chainsaw-wielding '80s rockers Jackyl, with Syn City...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court refuses Alabama appeal on immigration law
Federal law rules on immigration enforcement. That's the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court'sruling today not to hear an Alabama appeal of the decison striking down parts of its anti-immigration law,...
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NBA player Jason Collins comes out
The decision by NBA journeyman Jason Collins to announce he is gay is making headlines all over today. He's the first among the major pro sports to come out of the closet while still an active player....
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The Mayflower oil spill continues to make headlines
The ExxonMobil pipeline break that drenched a Mayflower subdivision with tens of thousands of gallons of tar sand-like heavy crude from Canada continues to stir media.From environmental groups:Starting...
View ArticleTorture: Are some really concerned with obtaining information, or do they...
Human history is filled with stories of prisoners, every ounce of information being wrenched out of them, who were tortured still . . . because it amused their captors. From the torture chambers of the...
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Eat some mudbugs, drink some beer and tour a spooky former orphanage at...
The Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas hosts its annual crawfish boil fundraiser, Preservation Crustaceans, on May 2 at the historic St. Joseph’s Center, 6800 Camp Robinson Road in North Little...
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Local food network, Matt Bell to team up for event
South on Main Chef Matt Bell will lay his capable hands on Arkansas-grown produce and meat for the Arkansas Local Food Network's"Southern Roots: An Evening of Local Food and Farmers," set for May 31 at...
View ArticleNuclear One unit back on line
Entergy announced this afternoon that Unit 2 of the Arkansas Nuclear One generating station near Russellville was reconnected to the grid at 3 p.m. Sunday. It shut down March 31 when a lift carrying a...
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Tonight: Governor's Culinary Challenge
Still time to get tickets to tonight's Governor's Culinary Challenge, 6:30-9 p.m. at the Capital Hotel. So who's cooking? Glad you asked: Gilbert Alaquinez, the Governor's Mansion chef; Stephen Burrow,...
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Monday night line
The comment line is open. Final words:* TOM COTTON STATEMENT ON OBAMA: 'MOSTLY FALSE': Politifact has reviewed U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton's overhyped statement on the House floor on terrorism during the...
View ArticleMorning report: Ethics, gambling
Of interest this morning:* YOU WANT ETHICS? TIM JACOB WILL GIVE YOU SOME ETHICS: I wrote an item not long ago when Tim Jacob, a native Arkansan and national figure in the term limits movement, filed a...
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Tom Cotton burnishes his warhawk image
"Media sweetheart" is how this piece in Politico puts it and they should know, having been pumping U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Club for Growth) since forever.Somebody — gee, I wonder who? — leaked to...
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Wednesday: Aaron Hartzler, The Lonely Wild, Randy Rogers Band
WordsWorth Books & Co. hosts UALR graduate Aaron Hartzler, who'll read from and sign copies of his new book "Rapture Practice," about growing up in a fundamentalist Christian environment, 5 p.m.,...
View ArticleObamacare application simplified
The Washington Post's Wonkblog reports that the feds have developed a simpler application for health coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.Many more people in...
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The last waddle for Peabody LR ducks
The Peabody Hotel ducks took their last swim today in the lobby of the Little Rock hotel, which makes the changeover to a Marriott hotel tomorrow. David Goins of Fox 16 took the shot and sent it around...
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