My life as a “Low Information” Voter
First marriages being fodder for all sorts of stories, comical or otherwise, I have gone back to the well of my marriage to Bobbie Jean time and again for stories to amuse or, in a few cases, actually...
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Highway Department plans investment in median barriers
Transportation DepartmentFOR SAFETY: Barriers such as these can prevent deaths from cars crossing over into oncomng lanes. The Arkansas Highway Department says it will spend $74 million over the next...
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Report just in of a robbery in the First Arkansas Bank and Trust on Main Street in Jacksonville. UPDATE: It's unclear whether the bank was robbed. But a caller who's been talking with employees said a...
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Race and Republicans: Kochs use racial imagery to support Republican extremists
MESSAGING: Is it just a coincidence that pro-Republican political mailings that attack Obamacare employ images of black doctors? The Huffington Post has put two and two together on the Republican...
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'Education,' AFP-style: Cut-rate gas for the right kind of politics
NONE DARE CALL THIS ADVOCACY: Missy Irvin campaign was on hand for cheap gas today at a Mountain View Valero, courtesy of the Koch billionaires' political front group. LEST YOU MISS POINT: $1.84 gas,...
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The midweek line: Death Row, Romney, abortion, German, UAMS
We're done, other than checking in on the Little Rock Technology Park Authority Board meeting this afternoon. Until then, some final words: * LAWYERS STRUGGLE WITH A MAN'S LIFE IN THE BALANCE: Mara...
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Thursday: American String Quartet, Polica, 'Booker's Place'
Polica plays at Stickyz Thursday night. The Chamber Music Society of Little Rock hosts the American String Quartet, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, $10-$25. Stickyz has Minneapolis-based avant R&B...
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Tech Park Authority sets site hearings
MIXED MESSAGE: Jay Chesshir (left) said residential areas remain 'off the table,' but Michael Douglas commented that current site finalists are not the 'be all end all.'The Little Rock Technology Park...
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The Dutch read about Charlie Fuqua
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Kuhl Brown at Christ Church
Christ Church's new exhibition for the 2nd Friday Art Night gallery stroll is "The Watercolor Series of Kuhl Brown." The show will include the Hillcrest artist's landscapes and other subjects. The...
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Drugs, lies and the race card: Family Council fights medical marijuana
FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Group backing the act produced this image. The Family Council is going to take time off from beating up on gay people and restricting women's medical services to work at keeping...
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Friday: 'Staring Into the Sun' and more
The film "Staring Into the Sun" will screen at Vino's Friday. Olivia Wyatt is a filmmaker, photographer, member of the Sublime Frequencies collective and Arkansas native. She'll screen her...
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There'll be Music in the Garden tonight
Dunbar Community Garden hosts Music in the Garden Thursday. Kinda last minute on this one, but Dunbar Community Garden hosts its Music in the Garden series tonight from 5:30-9 p.m., with live tunes...
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Win tickets to see Rufus Wainwright
Barry J. HolmesWin tickets to see Rufus Wainwright Oct. 18 at UCA. Your ol' pals here at the Arkansas Times love few things more than giving away tickets to concerts, dance recitals, plays, films,...
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UPDATE: Halter tapes ad for Kizzia, McLean over GOP cranks Mauch, Fuqua
DAVID KIZZIAFormer Lt. Gov. Bill Halter is taking to the airways in support of Democratic legislative candidate David Kizzia of Malvern, who's opposing incumbent Republican Loy Mauch, who's finally...
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Jeff Nichols to chair International Jury for Rome Film Festival
Jeff Nichols will chair the International Jury at the Rome Film Festival. Indiewire reports that Little Rock native Jeff Nichols will chair the International Jury at this year's Rome Film Festival,...
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Thursday night line
Over to you. Closing out: HEY, I'M HISPANIC: AFP's Teresa Oelke.* KOCH HEAD PLAYS THE VICTIM CARD: A post here yesterday noted the racial undercurrent in the anti-Obama messaging that the...
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Pre-order the forthcoming Big Cats 3xLP
The new Big Cats album is out Nov. 6. Surely The Big Cats need little in the way of introduction 'round these parts. The band is closing in on two decades of turning out catchy, melodic rock 'n' roll...
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Janet Huckabee to the rescue of Todd Akin
Janet Huckabee, wife of Florida tax fugitive Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, has been enlisted to lead the charge of a series of "Women Standing with Todd Akin" events to overcome the...
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