More Bell bashing
I am a resident of Massachusetts and the aunt of Lauren Rousseau. You might recognize her name; her body was blown apart by some of the 154 shots of the Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle that Adam Lanza...
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Good grub at Hardin's
Scott outpost serves up barbecue and local edibles.People in the food world these days are always talking about "farm to table" as if that's some kind of new concept. For us, the idea of serving...
View ArticleMade By Few comes to the Clinton Center
With tech talks that matter. by Lindsey MillarArlton Lowry is not your average event planner. For one, he's a 31-year-old web designer with plug earrings and a big beard, who works from home in Little...
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Fleetwood Mac to Verizon
Also, Cinco de Mayo at the Clinton Center, the Arkansas Times Heritage Hog Roast in Argenta, the KABF Pledge Drive Launch Party at Revolution, Whale Fire at White Water, Titus Andronicus at Stickyz...
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The city of Beebe or Mike Beebe? It's not an easy question. They're both from White County, both have their merits, and their advocates. The town has gained fame for its dead birds; the man as a...
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Lost Bayou Ramblers headline Times Heritage Hog Roast
To most Arkansans, Cajun French is a foreign language. But that doesn't mean Arkansans can't relate to the Lost Bayou Ramblers, who will perform at the Arkansas Times Heritage Hog Roast on May 4. by...
View ArticleRace doesn't fit in a checkbox
Lamentably, the Boston Marathon bombing re-opened some of the most poisonous arguments in American life. Specifically, are the Tsarnaev brothers "white"? It's a meaningless question. by Gene...
View ArticleIt was a good week for celebrity visits to Little Rock
Also, de-ducktions. It was a bad week for U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, lottery reporting, animal survival in an oiled marsh and breaking into cars.It was a good week for ...Celebrity visits to...
View ArticleThe perils of accommodation for Pryor and Ross
"The hardest thing about any political campaign," Adlai Stevenson said at the end of his last race, "is how to win without proving yourself unworthy of winning." by Ernest Dumas"The hardest thing about...
View ArticleUAMS hires new CFO
Chancellor Dan Rahn has told staff that he's hired Bill Bowes, a Connecticut college CFO, to be the UAMS CFO. David Wilcox has been serving on an interim basis since Melony Goodhand left for another...
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Must a GOP candidate be from Northwest Arkansas?
Jay Barth, Hendrix politics prof and Times contributor, offers the following analysis on Republican primary voting patterns and what they could mean for a candidate from outside Northwest Arkansas, the...
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Overestimating the gun lobby — and conservatism generally
Here's another look — lengthy and full of multiple poll citations — on the premise that it would NOT have been politically dangerous for the Fearful Four (Democrats Begich, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor,...
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Friday: Pokey LaFarge, Mark Chesnutt, 'The Paris Letter' and more
If you dig ragtime and early jazz and string bands and so forth, don't miss Pokey LaFarge at White Water Tavern, 9:30 p.m., $8. LaFarge has a new LP coming out this summer on Jack White's Third Man...
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Friday To-Do: Fleetwood Mac
FLEETWOOD MAC8 p.m. Verizon Arena. $39-$147.Is there another band that rose to fame during the Classic Rock Decade — let's call it 1970-1980 — for which there is broader consensus than Fleetwood Mac?...
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The Turkish Food Fest is sure to be terrific
Maybe you’re not interested in our competition-style, whole hog roast this coming Saturday, The Heritage Hog Roast at the Argenta Market, and maybe you’re not interested in cramming down dozens of...
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Feel like praying? Send Huck some bucks
I joked yesterday about how Mike Huckabee ties a commercial pitch to just about every breaking news event, often soliciting Huck PAC contributions tailored to the latest Fox slant on President Obama....
View ArticleArkansas tax revenue up sharply in April, but ...
The monthly report on Arkansas tax collections in April was in keeping with the announcement yesterday that the annual forecast was being revised upward because of improving economic conditions.But the...
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Arkansas Republicans hate on Nancy Pelosi, in LR today
The Arkansas Republican Party is positively thrilled that Nancy Pelosi is speaking in Little Rock today (noon at Statehouse Convention Robinson Center to accommodate an expected large crowd). If...
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About those non-partisan justice system offices
I wasn't much impressed by the legislation to end election of prosecutors through a partisan process. Republicans, particularly, have managed to retain a strong partisan flavor in offices removed from...
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