Bielema coaches balance
The name "Bret Bielema" is just ripe for parody, but the style of play really isn't. by Beau WilcoxThe name "Bret Bielema" is just ripe for parody, but the style of play really isn't.Arkansas's 32nd...
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Not trendy but true
Venerable Trio's serves some of best food in town.Trio's is not the swanky new kid in town. It's not the latest hipster hangout. The clientele (generally speaking) aren't donning skinny jeans, long...
View ArticleRepublican rapture
Just when I thought the right-wing Republicans have sunk as low as a snake in a wagon-wheel track, here they go again.Republican raptureJust when I thought the right-wing Republicans have sunk as low...
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Gay Walmart group PRIDE comes out
But company's embrace of equality uneasy. by Jacqueline FroelichWalmart's red-bricked headquarters in Bentonville is an inscrutable place for good reason. The world's largest and most successful...
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Republican politicians deny that they make war on women. Their actions reveal otherwise.Republican politicians deny that they make war on women. Their actions reveal otherwise.When Todd Akin, a...
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Thick Syrup, Last Chance founders talk shop
Two Little Rock labels that have been prolific over the last five to six years both happen to be operated by guys named Travis — Travis Hill and Travis McElroy, who run Last Chance Records and Thick...
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There are things I've done that I've got to undo, and things I've left undone that I've got to do. by Bob LancasterThere are things I've done that I've got to undo, and things I've left undone that...
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Thirty years of Motley's Tree Farm
Though last week's 75-degree-plus temperatures probably didn't put you in mind of chestnuts roasting on an open fire and Jack Frost nipping at your nose, there's one place where it's Christmas...
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The Arkansas Supreme Court made a couple of large decisions recently. It got one right.The Arkansas Supreme Court made a couple of large decisions recently. It got one right. The judges were...
View ArticleLight and poetry
The Observer's only child turned 13 years old on Thursday of last week. If you've watched this space over the past 10 years or so, you've been witness to a good bit of that boy's growing up, from the...
View ArticleMarriage Equality's Loving case: Is it time?
As the U.S. Supreme Court accepted two marriage equality cases for full review, last Friday marked another key moment in the nation's progress towards marriage equality that has accelerated across the...
View ArticleEllison shooting
The news of the fatal shooting of 67-year-old Little Rock resident Eugene Ellison by Little Rock Police Officer Donna Lesher on Dec. 9, 2010, after an altercation in Ellison's apartment, has jumped...
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'Cameras in the Courtroom'
Also, the Buzz Celebrity Karaoke at UALR, Isaac Alexander at White Water Tavern, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra at Robinson, Kingsdown's Toys for Tots at Revolution, Bun B at Club Xclusive, Flavor...
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Letter from India: Low prices every day
Here I sit in Chennai (Madras). I'm 10 hours from a 4:45 am plane to Abu Dhabi. 40 hours from a scheduled arrival in Little Rock for reasons not easy to explain. An observation: India is still...
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From MOD to MASM: Diane LaFollette
Diane LaFollette, chief operations officer of the Museum of Discovery, has changed jobs: She'll be the new executive director of the Mid-America Science Museum in Hot Springs. LaFollette was also...
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Albert King inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced yesterday that Albert King—"The Velvet Bulldozer"— would be among the 2013 inductees, alongside disco diva Donna Summer, prog mainstays Rush, singer/songwriter...
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17-year-old girl arrested in Mena murder
Police in Mena have released the first mug shot of the teenage girl arrested in connection to the murder of an 80-year-old man whose body was found in a ditch on Monday morning.Cheyenne Fink, 17, will...
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Mr. Dunderbak's grand re-opening is veggie friendly
Today is Mr. Dunderbak's soft opening, and this weekend marks the grand opening of the McCain Mall stalwart. After retiring from the Air Force in 1973, Richard Davidson decided to open a restaurant in...
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Wednesday-Thursday To-Do: 'Cameras in the Courtroom'
'CAMERAS IN THE COURTROOM: THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE CASE'7 p.m. Wednesday, Argenta Community Theater. Free.6 p.m. Thursday, Clinton Presidential Library. Free.To call "Paradise Lost" one of the most...
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