Did the alien pack?
I've never been drawn to conspiracy theories, but I kinda like this latest one — the one claiming that the recent massacre of school children in Newtown, Conn., never happened. by Bob LancasterI've...
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The Rep brings "Gee's Bend" to the stage
The play follows a mother and two daughters in an insular Alabama community as they quilt, marry, fight and fight for their dreams. by Cheree Franco"Gee's Bend," which opens at the Arkansas Repertory...
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Hogs short on talent
Let's just lay it out there at the start: this isn't Mike Anderson's fault. by Beau WilcoxLet's just lay it out there at the start: this isn't Mike Anderson's fault.The halcyon days of Arkansas...
View ArticleTrue believers
Conceived in a dream of reason, what the Internet too often reveals is mass credulousness and fathomless irrationality. by Gene LyonsConceived in a dream of reason, what the Internet too often reveals...
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Buddy's bridge to Dogtown
I mentioned the Quorum Court's discussion last night of Judge Buddy Villines'$20 million proposal go gussy up a replacement Broadway Bridge with a hump of nonfunctional ironwork and a tricolor paint...
View ArticleUA poll finds regional, racial, gender splits on president
The Blair Center for Southern Politics and Society at the University of Arkansas and the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock have released results from a new poll on political and other...
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Wednesday To-Do: Drive-By Truckers
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS8 p.m. Revolution. $22.Man, it's shaping up to be a great year for fans of Americana and bluesy Southern rock in Central Arkansas. In the span of a month, Revolution hosts American...
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Wednesday To-Do: T.J. Holmes
T.J. HOLMES6:30 p.m. Philander Smith College. Free.West Memphis native T.J. Holmes has had the type of career that many of his broadcast media colleagues no doubt envy. After graduating from the...
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How to eat well at the mall
I am generally a fairly pleasant guy. But there a few things which I absolutely loathe: Oompa loompas. Grocery carts with rickety wheels. Ke$ha...and malls. Yes, that megatropolis of merchandise and...
View ArticleBackpack notes: OK with guns?
Little Rock School District parents were surprised in a few cases yesterday at notes that came home in elementary student backpacks.They were asked about their feelings on armed security guards in...
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Charges dropped against occupiers
The prosecuting attorney's office this morning asked that the case against the four members of the Occupy Little Rock group who were arrested last year for refusing to leave their camp downtown be nol...
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Thursday To-Do: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION8:30 p.m. Revolution. $15.Back in the '90s, there were few groups hipper than the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. They exuded effortless, leather-jacket cool. They were rawer,...
View ArticleA rich Delta
The gentleman who guards the galleries at the Arkansas Arts Center gets to see a lot of art, and so he knows whereof he speaks when he notes that there are lots of familiar names in the Delta...
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"Partial expansion" ideas keep coming in Medicaid debate
***UPDATE: Just now, Sen. Dismang was grilling Surgeon General Joe Thompson in the Public Health committee meeting on the 100-138 group. He didn't explicitly mention the idea outlined below, but...
View Article“They are just doing it to get their names in the papers.” Reaching out once...
I have been reading plaintive requests in the letters columns of newspapers that the names of those who engage in mass shootings not be included in news accounts, on the grounds that publicity is all...
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Huckabee backer indicted
Jay Odom, a developer of property in Destin, Fla., where former Gov. Mike Huckabee now lives, surrendered to federal authorities this morning after his indictment on charges that he illegally channeled...
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Anti-Hagel group targets Sen. Mark Pryor
Just when you thought you were safe from out-of-state attack ads, here comes a new group, Americans for a Strong Defense (no relation, as far as we know, to those Americans that are for prosperity)...
View ArticleArkansans in House OK debt limit suspension
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to lift the debt ceiling for three months, kicking the can down the road until May. The vote was 285 to 144; all of Arkansas's congressional delegation (even...
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G & F commissioner arrested
KTHV reports on the arrest last night of Game and Fish Commissioner Richard T. Watkins for being drunk and disorderly, and the account adds some detail this morning's item in the Democrat-Gazette,...
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