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Education notes: Pray for Conway and Teach for America
A couple of education items;* CHURCH AND THE CONWAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: I wrote last night about a new batch of internal documents from the Conway School District relative to Superintendent Greg Murry's...
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Jason Rapert is not happy. He also lies
Yesterday morning, I picked up and quoted from an item in The Nation. It unearthed a campaign speech Sen. Jason Rapert once gave to a Tea Party assembly in which he was in full revivalist flower...
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Saturday night fights. Or not.
The line is open. Finishing up:* IS IT 2014 YET? Answer, no. But Curtis Coleman is saying he'll announce as a Republican candidate for governor on Feb. 21. Monroe Schwarzlose, alas, is no longer with...
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Super Sunday: Predicting the death of football
The Super Bowl brings a rash of articles about the future of football. Permanent injuries. Escalating costs. Overemphasis that warps academic missions and sacrifices children to predators. In this...
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The Three Stooges Redux: Jim Walton, take back that Rapert money
A group that targets Walmart and its billionaire heirs turns its attention to Arkansas politicians again.The Walmart 1 Percent is dedicated to providing information about how the Waltons are...
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Fact: Guns don't make homes or women safer
Garry TrudeauSAFE? Doonesbury today makes point similar to that in NY Times.Speaking of topics certain to be not so warmly received in certain regions of Arkansas: Check this New York Times editorial...
View ArticleNorovirus proves need for paid sick days at work: isn’t it interesting that...
last week, Tracy commented upon how tired the young woman behind the counter looked. Oh yes, she told us. She hd been deathly ill with the flu for some time now, but she couldn’t afford to take off...
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The line which goes. "Oh yes, she told us. She hd been deathly ill with the flu for some time now . . ." should obviously read:"Oh yes, she told us. she'd been deathly ill with the flu for some time...
View ArticleOOPS again - Entropy in Action
This is why I should drink more coffee.The line which reads:"But as the old gambling cliche cliche . . .Should be:"But as the old gambling cliche goes . . ." I have a really good excuse for that...
View ArticleThe Super Sunday line
The line is open. Have some cheese dip. To finish up;* SINCE JASON RAPERT WON'T SHARE IT, WE WILL: Received this note today from an Arkansas lawyer:Hello Mr. Brantley, My name is Nader Afsordeh and I...
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Why the lights went out at the Super Bowl
In case you wondered if Arkansas's major power company, Entergy, had culpability in the 34-minute power outage at New Orleans' Superdome during the Super Bowl last night, the Times-Picayune has the...
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A few other items to mention on a slow Monday morning:* BLOWING UP THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Republicans have backed off, for now, a plan to game the electoral college system by dividing state electoral...
View ArticleJustice meets justice in Arkansas case
Amicus curious brief from Arkansas Business:Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson attended the Jan. 7 oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court of a case out of Miller County over...
View ArticleState tax report for January again mixed
The closely watched monthly report on state tax revenue again tells a contradictory tale in January:Net and gross revenues were up sharply against both the same month last year and the forecast. (Gross...
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Tuesday: Harlem Globetrotters at Verizon Arena
B-ball fans take note: The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to Verizon Arena Tuesday for more crazy dunks, hilarious hi-jinks and all around high-flying hoop action than you can probably even handle....
View ArticleThe ballad of Rapert
This Conway-grown musical commentary hasn't gone viral yet. But it's worth a click.PS — It was reported earlier that Jason Rapert shut down his Facebook page after comments started pouring in about his...
View ArticleRobbers hit Walgreen, Wendy's
Weekend crime summary from the Little Rock Police Department includes a report that a masked gunman interrupted Walgreen employees unloading a truck about 6:30 a.m. Saturday at 3901 W. Markham near...
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Hussman feels the pinch in Chattanooga
jimromensko.com pointed me to an article about the Chattanooga daily newspaper, whose publisher Walter Hussman, also publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, has sent a letter to readers that...
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Doyle Rogers Sr. dies at 94
Doyle Rogers Sr., the developer and banker, died today. He was 94.His company helped shape the Little Rock skyline.He developed what is now the Peabody Hotel and connected Statehouse Convention Center...
View ArticleDuh — Rapert bill is unconstitutional
Gov. Mike Beebe'spreliminary assessment is thatSen. Jason Rapert's bill to ban most abortions (after first jamming a probe up an unwilling woman's vagina) is unconstitutional.Duh.This didn't require a...
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