Sorry, son
Years from now, I hope you discover within your heart a modicum of forgiveness for me, as I am solely accountable for introducing you to Razorback football in — of all bloody, godforsaken years! —...
View ArticleRomney: Trojan Horse
As the 2012 presidential election approaches, a debate has broken out among Democratic-leaning pundits about the wisdom of President Obama's campaign strategy. Writing in the New York Times, Matt Bai...
View ArticleThe last, desperate days
The clock rolls toward election day next Tuesday. For more than 200,000 early voters, it's already over. The posture of the dominant political parties doesn't forecast a pretty outcome. by Max...
View ArticleWhite County vote tally to be delayed
Tabulation of White County votes will be delayed election night because of corrections necessary to the ballot on account of a screwup that failed to originally list the full name of state Rep....
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Romney makes politics out of tragedy
Happily, Mitt Romney is catching flak for his effort to capitalize on Hurricane Sandy by turning campaign rallies into disaster relief rallies that only served to create headaches for relief agencies...
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Pip, pip Old Bean: Tim Griffin highlights his British connection
Just noticed Republican U.S. Rep. Tim "Cager" Griffin, a graduate of Hendrix College and the Tulane University law school lists his university connection on Facebook as Oxford University, where he...
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Little Rock city director candidates powered by usual corporate cash
MAN OF THE PEOPLE: If by people you mean the rich folks who constitute Gene Fortson's support.Financial reports for city director races were due yesterday and the yawning gap in money for the...
View ArticleMike Huckabee: Vote Republican or go to hell
It's about that simple, I think, even if direct mentions of candidate names are avoided. Huck joins hands with Catholic bishops and Republican candidates on the complementary messaging. A Slate blog...
View ArticleVote NO on Issue 2, another corporate welfare scheme
A Talk Business/Hendrix poll today shows voters mostly in the dark on a legislatively proposed constitutional amendment that is a Trojan horse for yet another giveaway to real estate developers. A NO...
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Wednesday-Saturday To-Do: 65th Annual Ozark Folk Festival
Ronny Cox headlines Saturday night at the 65th Annual Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs. 65th ANNUAL OZARK FOLK FESTIVALVarious times, venues and cover charges in Eureka Springs. For the folk fan,...
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Wednesday: Jeffrey Lewis, Jucifer, Movies in the Park
Jeffrey Lewis and The Junkyard play at Maxine's Wednesday. Maxine's has a huge Halloween blowout planned, with anti-folky Jeffrey Lewis and The Junkyard, White Glove Test, Little Ruckus, The...
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Thursday: The Sword, Gypsyhawk, Eagle Claw
The Sword plays at Downtown Music Hall Thursday. THE SWORD, GYPSYHAWK, EAGLE CLAW7:30 p.m. Downtown Music Hall. $15 adv., $17 day of. Gary slammed the door shut on his now ex-girlfriend and strode...
View ArticleAbortion and Women as 21st Century Indentured Servants
The Men with Bad Haircuts, those who devise sexually humiliating punishments for women seeking abortion in the form of vaginal ultrasound probes, would not be content to stop there, I think, in their...
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Thursday To-Do: STRFKR
STRFKR plays at Revolution Thursday. STRFKR8:30 p.m. Revolution. $12 adv., $15 day of. That right up there is the slightly sanitized shorthand for the band's name. You might think that sort of handle...
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Thursday: Dias De Los Muertos, Beer and Brats, 'Nebraskansas' and more
Day of the Dead image via tipograffias / Shutterstock.comDunbar Community Garden hosts a Day of the Dead celebration Thursday. Dunbar Community Garden hosts a Dias De Los Muertos celebration, with...
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Halloween costume, Razorback edition
Arkansas Sports 360 reports and illustrates the hot, topical Halloween garb this year. If you need an explanation .... Try here. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Mike Beebe hits the road for Democratic candidates with legislative control...
WHAT NOW: Does an Obama or a Beebe mean more in the 2012 vote? Hey, the Koch brothers aren't the only people who can hire a bus. Gov. Mike Beebe and the Democratic Party have announced a bus tour in...
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Court of Appeals upholds denial of a fence in Quapaw Quarter
FOUR-FOOT FENCE REJECTED: For this historic house. The Arkansas Court of Appeals today reversed Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen and upheld a Capitol Zoning District Commission decision that Patrick...
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Arkansas Business rolls out new web design; to close Arkansas Sports 360
NEW LOOK: Redesigned website. The Arkansas Business Publishing Group announced today that, along with some upgrades to its web presence, it would be closing Friday its Arkansas Sports 360 website....
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More Dierks gifts to AAC
O'Keeffe's "From Pink Shell Left" I wrote last week about the Thomas Hart Benton painting and Barbara Hepworth sculpture bequeathed to the Arkansas Arts Center by the late Louise and Frederick Dierks...
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