Dark days in Hog-land
A week ago, right here, Pearls dipped its toe into the prognostication waters ever so lightly, projecting a couple of modest year-end benchmarks for a Razorback basketball team that was in another...
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Almost magic
'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' is all mixed up. by Sam Eifling"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" is a crass, chaotic jumble of a movie that squeezes several laughs out of the raw talent of its...
View ArticleUPDATE: Legislative update: Nonpartisan prosecutor bill clears House
At the legislature today:* NONPARTISAN PROSECUTORS: The House approved, 63-24, a bill to provide for nonpartisan election of prosecuting attorneys. The bill had bipartisan support and bipartisan...
View ArticleNot quite over the hump open line
The day's not done, but I am. You're on. Final notes:* CUTTING EDGE ARKANSAS:More deep review of Arkansas's novel"private option" approach to expanding Medicaid in the Washington Post, with a couple of...
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Questions to the Tech Board — from the Tech Board
Little Rock Technology Park Authority Board member Jay Chesshir has sent to all members of the board, their consultant, Charles Dilks, and realtors Jim Hathaway and Hank Kelley an email titled...
View ArticleAFP Arkansas still mulling "private option"
The Arkansas chapter of Americans for Prosperity sent out a tweet today expressing opposition to expansion even under the so-called "private option" that many Republican lawmakers have shown interest...
View ArticleNSFR: Not suitable for Republicans working in legislature
Wider circulation on YouTube of Rep. John Walker's powerful remarks on efforts to make it harder to vote in Arkansas, a speech that a white-faced Republican unborn when Walker faced institutional...
View ArticleNow come the tax cuts
The legislature is close to rolling out the final outline of the tax cut parade.Rep. Charlie Collins' windfall for rich people seems to lead the list of favorites, though House speaker Davy Carter's...
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Friday: Lucie's Place fundraiser, Big Silver and more
"A Hair Affair" is a fundraiser for LGBT homelessness advocate Lucie's Place and HIV/AIDS support group LACorp, with a fashion show, competition between local hair salons, local arts and crafts and...
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Words for a new age at UAMS
Why not dig into the Deepak Chopra playbook for the UAMS move to consolidate with St. Vincent Infirmary? Some spiritual healing, if not alternative medicine, is definitely in need at the med center,...
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Nucor steps up opposition to steel mill subsidies UPDATE
Nucor, the big steel producer with a mill in Mississippi County, is increasing its attack on the state proposal to give tens of millions in subsidies to a startup competitor run by a former Nucor...
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Speaking of tax cuts for the rich
Rep. Charlie Collins is doing his part for the wealthy with state income tax relief.But he's a piker compared with U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. An analysis of his latest budget shows that it would be a bonanza...
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Coming Friday: Ron Meyers
Ceramicist Ron Meyers is credited with helping revitalize American studio pottery with his functional earthenware vessels and other forms, carved and painted with animals — rats, bats, rabbits, etc....
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Win a pair of tickets to see Pink Floyd tribute Brit Floyd at Verizon Arena
On April 30, Brit Floyd, one of the biggest Pink Floyd tributes going, will stop off at Verizon Arena for a three-hour show featuring lasers, lights and other assorted trippy what-have-you. The band...
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Notes on CBMAA: Warhol, Judd acquisitions
The Art Newspaper's Judith Dobrzynski today revealed two new acquisitions by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, including an Andy Warhol serigraph on canvas, "Hammer and Sickle." The symbol of...
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The legislature today — highway money, damage suits, body arts
Lots happening on many fronts at the Capitol today.* HIGHWAY RAID ON GENERAL REVENUE FAILS IN COMMITTEE: The highway industry bill to divert sales tax on vehicle sales from general revenue to road...
View ArticleRepublican Party as 21st Century Shakers?
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem. - G.K. ChestertonIn the 1800s there was a religious sect known as the Shakers. While passionate about their beliefs,...
View ArticleLuella and the Sun deliver "Sign of the Judgement"
The latest installment of "Live at Fellowship Hall Sound," our video series collaboration with Greg Spradlin and Camp Friday Films, spotlights a band that seems destined for fame in the future —...
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Friday-Sunday To-Do: Little Rock Horror Picture Show
LITTLE ROCK HORROR PICTURE SHOWVarious times. Argenta Community Theater. $40 pass. $7 for individual screenings.This writer has never been one of those happy-go-lucky types drawn to rom-coms and Woody...
View ArticleCounty attorney finds flaws in watershed measure
County Attorney Karla Burnett has analyzed the surprise amendment by Pulaski Justice of the Peace Tyler Dentonthat may torpedo the land use ordinances aimed at protecting the Lake Maumelle...
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