Police: Teen beaten in Earle while mother of aggressor eggs it on.
WREG 3 News in Memphis has the shocking story of a brawl between two teenage girls in Earle in which, police say, the mother of the aggressor accompanied her daughter to the fight and then egged her on...
View ArticleThe steep climb for the "private option" referendum (enter AFP?)
An item in this morning's paper led me to the blog of Glenn Gallas, the Tea Party activist leading the charge to get a referendum on the healthcare expansion on the ballot in 2014. Turns out he really,...
View ArticleBloomberg v. Pryor, round 2
Critics of the recent Mayors Against Illegal Guns ad buy taking on Sen. Mark Pryor and other Democratic senators for votes against background checks for gun buyers clearly haven't gotten through to New...
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The birds and Jen Bielema farm-to-table open line
*HOW 'BOUT A LITTLE NEPOTISM? The picture above comes from Bourbon and Boots, the Little Rock-based storefront cum lifestyle web magazine. It's an interesting model. Maybe the Times should start...
View ArticleTech Park deconstruction, round 3
The board of the Little Rock Technology Park, which two years ago thought that by now it would be demolishing 30 acres of neighborhood between the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the...
View ArticleRabies on the ground
Reports in Pulaski County are first in 30 years. by Leslie Newell PeacockFor the first time more than 30 years, terrestrial rabies has been reported in Pulaski County, all five cases occurring in...
View ArticleRegnat Populus
hat Democracy is rule by the people was once considered self-evident in this country, but that changed with the Supreme Court's disastrous ruling in the Citizens United case."Democracy is rule by the...
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Hysteria over leaks
Spy work holds deep allure for many people. My own career as a secret agent began as an outgrowth of training beagle hunting dogs. See, I needed new antennas for the little radio transmitters in the...
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Mosaic Templars grows Juneteenth
Music, theater highlight weekend festivities. by Robert BellFor several years, Juneteenth in Little Rock meant a big concert downtown at Riverfest Park hosted by Power 92-FM.But what Juneteenth really...
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Will Dawna Natzke's killer ever be brought to justice?
More than a year and a half later, the murder of a Hot Springs Village police dispatcher still has residents puzzled. by David KoonNo matter how good forensic science gets, the truth at the core of...
View ArticleIt was a good week for 'games of skill'
It was also a good week for wine lovers, a protest, campaign announcements and a delay. It was a bad week for the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival and U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton.It was a good week for...
View ArticleOxford House support
Read your article about Oxford House in Little Rock with considerable interest. My wife and I opened the first Oxford House in Arkansas back in March of 2008 — very similar reaction from most of the...
View ArticlePryor and the politics of provincialism
Provincialism — that sense that Arkansans have limited use for the world beyond Arkansas's borders — has been a defining characteristic of the state's politics and society for its entire existence. by...
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Windy City import
Lynn's Italian beef a sandwich work seeking out.Lynn's Chicago Foods is an unassuming establishment in Southwest Little Rock that has been serving many of Chicago's honored foods to Arkansas for over...
View ArticleTo Of and Of Not
Elaine Scott spotted what she tactfully calls "an unfortunate juxtaposition" in the May 23 Arkansas Times. Sitting right next to the "Words" column was an ad that said, "Thank you to all of our...
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Semi-pro
Arkansas Xtra's Eli Nelson sheds a tackle Saturday during the semi-professional Elite League championship game at J.A. Fair. Austin topped Arkansas 42-26. by Brian Chilson Arkansas Xtra's Eli Nelson...
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'Purged' commentary
Not much to dystopian fantasy. by Sam EiflingIn the annals of terrible American ideas — the War on Drugs, the sequester, chocolate bubble gum, "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?"— the worst may...
View ArticleArkansas Shakespeare Theatre continues
Also, Cory Branan at White Water.THURSDAY 6/13Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre continues, with its one non-Shakespearean show of the season, "Oliver!" The musical is based on the Dickens classic "Oliver...
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Rembrandt, and more slo-art
Arts Center shows the sumptuous and masterful from Kenwood House. by Leslie Newell Peacock"Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: Treasures of Kenwood House, London" opened to a full house last Thursday...
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