Arkansas scores high with NRA
Another national survey, but surprise: Arkansas scores high.Sorry it's about how much the NRA likes the people we send to Congress.A New York Times analysis shows the NRA gives a grade of A (plus...
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More than just great coffee at Guillermo's
Having just recently spent a week in Seattle, the heart of coffee country, I have to say that Guillermo's Gourmet Grounds on Rodney Parham Road can hang with any coffee shop I visited. The crew at G3...
View ArticleClaims Commission recommends $1.5 million in case of man killed by youthful...
The Arkansas Claims Commission has reached a decision on a claim seeking $5 million for the death of Maurice "Beau" Clark, 67, who was killed during a Little Rock home invasion robbery by four men,...
View ArticleWe're over the hump
The line is open. Finishing up:* IDIOT OF THE DAY: The rush to pin the Connecticut shooting on a favorite demon has produced plenty of excesses. Mike Huckabee's scapegoating of homosexuals stands out....
View Article'Turning state legislatures into brothels'
Daily Kos posts a deep look (link corrected) — another in a series — on the growing influence of the Koch/corporatist American Legislative Exchange Council, which plants its agenda in state legislators...
View ArticleDenny Altes will be back with Bible bill
Rep. Denny Altes promises to try again in 2013 to pass legislation to require the state Education Department to establish a curriculum for teaching the Bible in public schools.Stephens Media reports.He...
View ArticleThe facts about guns
Charles Blow of the New York Times assembles a good chart on gun and other violence in countries around the world in the context of gun ownership.The U.S. is among the tops in gun ownership, also in...
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Friday To-Do: Lucero, Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition
LUCERO, JIMBO MATHUS & THE TRI-STATE COALITION9 p.m. Revolution. $21 adv., $26 day of.As has been pointed out by many highly credible sources, Friday is the end of the world because a long time ago...
View ArticleThe heroes of Newtown
Many blog readers have already made this point, but thanks to the Daily Howler for highlighting an editorial in the Baltimore Sun titled "The heroes of Newtown."Some excerpts:... Let a banner be raised...
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Friday To-Do: LR Horror Picture Show End of the World Party
LR HORROR PICTURE SHOW END OF THE WORLD PARTY8 p.m. Lulav. $30.As previously noted, the end of the world is scheduled for Dec. 21. While I tend to think it's just the day that whoever came up with the...
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Friday: Genine Perez, Mike Anderson, Fuggins Wheat Band and more
The Downtown Tip Off Club hosts Razorback men's basketball coach Mike Anderson, Wyndham Riverfront Hotel, 11:15 a.m., $15-$20. So it's the last day of existence as we know it. Why not celebrate the end...
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Saturday To-Do: Bonnie Montgomery
BONNIE MONTGOMERY10 p.m. White Water Tavern.How do you follow up a year like 2011, when you played a ton of shows and were featured in all kinds of national publications and got interviewed on MSNBC...
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Tornado hits Sheridan mobile home
The storms last night spawned a tornado near Sheridan, the National Weather Service reports.John Robinson of the Weather Service provided the photo of a doublewide mobile home destroyed about a mile...
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Oil and vinegar store Strippaggio now open in Promenade
Strippaggio, a store dedicated solely to ultra-high-quality olive oils and vinegars, is now open in the Promenade at Chenal. The store is named for the process by which professional olive oil tasters...
View ArticleThe public favors gun restrictions
Public Policy Polling has released a batch of poll findings that show strong support for stricter gun regulation, including restrictions on military-style semi-automatic rifles with high-capacity...
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UPDATE: Dustin McDaniel: He can hide, but can he run?
I'd just sent questions to the attorney general's office relative to, among others, the school choice case involving both the office, headed by Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, and Hot Springs lawyer...
View ArticleThe Fanciful World of Fort Teacher
ome of the finest human beings I have ever known have been teachers, men and women who have inspired me over the years, who brought the light of education to me so that I truly enjoyed coming to school...
View ArticleThe alternatives to Medicaid expansion are not pretty
You know Arkansas Republicans keep saying that there's a magic potion for the $140 Medicaid shortfall that doesn't require taking $700 million in free federal Medicaid money to serve more of the...
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Chipotle proposes more fast food, more traffic at Markham and University
The Chipotle Mexican Grill fast food chain filed a request with the city of Little Rock Monday for approval for a new one-story restaurant on the southwest corner of Markham and University, a site now...
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Combat winter's chill with a pork intestine hot pot
Has their ever been a more wonderful animal than the pig? We cure and smoke its hind quarters to adorn our holiday tables, eat its jowls for good luck come the new year, cut strips from its belly and...
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