Congressman Steve Womack teams up with pro-business forces to change the face...
Why Those Who Punch a Time Clock Should Pay Attention to the News - Chapter 906The Scowling One, ever the champion of the working class, has informed his constituents about H.R. 1406, the Working...
View ArticleBasin Street Blues open line
Well, I've made it as far as Dallas. I'm going to take advantage quickly of a dying battery to begin the open line. Otherwise:* HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY: I got a nice note from a Republican Twitter foe who...
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Meet Blair Graves, a cheesemonger among us
There are few foods in this world as sublime as a fine cheese. Cheese is found in nearly every corner of our culinary infrastructure—appetizers, hors d'oeuvre, entrees, even desserts—you find it...
View ArticleMorning report: Prescription drug watch
The morning again begins slowly. But among others:* MONITORING DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTION PRACTICES: Pro Publica has published with the Washington Post a deep look at doctors' prescription practices under...
View ArticleThe IRS' Tea Party blunder
I tried to say this the other day, but Ezra Klein at Wonkblog says it better.Let’s try to keep two things in mind simultaneously: The IRS does need some kind of test that helps them weed out political...
View ArticleWaltons working on school takeover in Massachusetts
The Walton family effort to redesign publicly financed schools in their image — they prefer essentially privatized operations unanswerable to elected school boards and stripped of teacher association...
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Tuesday To-Do: Kvelertak
KVELERTAK7 p.m. Downtown Music Hall. $13 adv., $15 day of.Dudes, y'all, this band Kvelertak? Have you heard them? For real, it's like this crazy mix of blistering, balls-to-the-wall hardcore, black...
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Review: Jason Aldean, May 11 Verizon Arena
Jason Aldean dished out small-town imagery and described a perfect shindig, Jake Owen unleashed his passion for Southern summer nights and Thomas Rhett contemplated having a little talk with Jesus over...
View ArticleUniversity of Arkansas Board to discuss tuition increases for 2013-14
It's spring and that means it's time to increase tuition for the next college year. UCA got the ball rolling last week with a 3.59 percent increase.The fiscal affairs committee of the University of...
View ArticleDebra Hobbs to enter Republican race for governor
I posted a note the other day that indicated state Rep. Debra Hobbs of Rogers was giving prayerful consideration to a run for governor.She apparently got the answer. She's in, AP reports. Formal...
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Monday night's Pomp and Circumstance open line
I have an errand to run. So I'll add some odds and ends and open the evening line early, with possibility of amendments:* LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY: I lead off with a photo from a familiar sight, a high...
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Here's the schedule for Movies in the Park
The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau just released the lineup for this year's Movies in the Park, the quite popular series of free outdoor film screenings that take place at Riverfest...
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Welcome Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Upworthy, a site worth following, posts this on inaugural legislation by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Morning report: Leaks, guns and more
The morning roundup:* WHEN WILL REP. TOM COTTON PRAISE OBAMA'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT? Republican mouthpieces are howling about the news that AP reporters' phone records were gathered by the Justice...
View ArticleCatholic Diocese aims to strengthen religious identity of hospitals
A friend notes a news article in the Arkansas Catholic and the coincidence of timing with discussions about a merger of clinical operations of the public University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and...
View ArticleBenghazi, the new Whitewater
Ernie Dumas this week compares the fulminations about Benghazi — which Republicans are attempting to make an impeachment-worthy scandal from minute differences in post-attack talking points — with the...
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Fact: Speaker Davy Carter made it up as he went along
The media's rapture with House Speaker Davy Carter continues. Latest is a gushing profile of Carter at the top of Talk Business' 10 Best Legislators list.Carter is a political operator, no doubt about...
View ArticleNTSB recommends lower threshold for DWI
The National Transportation Safety Boardhas voted to urge the states drop the blood alcohol level necessary for a driving while intoxicated violation from .08 to .05. This means two to three drinks in...
View ArticleExplosion at gunpowder plant in Johnson County
I believe the River Valley Leader had the jump on this explosive news:River Valley Leader has received information that an explosion occurred Tuesday morning at a small gun powder facility in Johnson...
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Quick but mediocre at Slim Chickens
The new Slim Chickens franchise is just right down the street from me, so it was pretty inevitable that I'd be stopping by on one of those nights when the idea of cooking at home feels like winning a...
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