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Family Council gets one right: They're gambling at Oaklawn and Southland
The Arkansas Family Council isn't right often in our editorial view — and downright mean-spirited in the process for an organization putatively founded on Biblical principles — but we'll give credit...
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Tonight at Boswell Mourot: Hye-Young Go
Boswell Mourot Fine Art opens an exhibition tonight of work by Korean folk artist Hye-Young Go. The artist works in what is called the minhwa traditional style of Korean colored painting, but with a...
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Work really has begun on Main Street lofts
The mayor and county judge turned out with developer Scott Reed for a ceremonial introduction of work getting underway on the K Lofts at 315 Main, a project announced years ago but delayed. As the...
View ArticleDigital membership FAQ
We've gotten a number of questions concerning our announcement that we're introducing digital subscriptions beginning Aug. 1 for our four blogs. On the jump, we've attempted to answer all those. We'll...
View Article8th Circuit dismisses Arkansas school choice lawsuit
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed as moot the lawsuit challenging an Arkansas school choice law because the legislature has passed a new school choice law. It is heading, too, for...
View ArticleCarlos Danger: The creepy immaturity of the men who get involved with online...
Well, it’s a pretty safe bet that Anthony Wiener has never read anything by Erica Jong. If he had, his “seductive” Tweets wouldn’t have been nearly so immature.I am not as surprised by Anthony Wiener’s...
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Thursday: Bobgoglin at White Water Tavern
Dallas-based veterans Bobgoblin play at White Water Tavern with Little Rock indie troupe Knox Hamilton, 9:30 p.m. RIYL Nada Surf, Supergrass and other contemporary power-pop acts.After the jump, check...
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Another big year for Arkansas Commitment
A newsletter just arrived with a report on the 2013 class of Arkansas Commitment, a Little Rock program that works with bright area African-American students and points them toward demanding colleges...
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Buddy's Broadway Bridge takes shape
The state Highway Commission yesterday signed off on County Judge Buddy Villines'plan to dress up a replacement Broadway Bridge with flags, painted walks, installations honoring veterans and a light...
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Friday: Rodney Block & The Real Music Lovers, Earl & Them
Neo-soul/hip-hop favorites Rodney Block & The Real Music Lovers team up with singer Bijoux for "We Want the Funk," a '70s dance party, 9:30 p.m., The Joint, $10-$15.Cajun's Wharf has a big night of...
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Little Rock makes a Top 10 list as a great place to live
Kiplinger's personal finance magazine has put together a top 10 list of great places to live. They say they used good jobs, reasonably priced homes, decent schools, great health care and manageable...
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ExxonMobil ending housing assistance for Mayflower spill victims
Sam Eifling, newly at work for us on our Mayflower oil spill project with Inside Climate News, is at work on a news story about ExxonMobil's notice to owners of property in the Mayflower subdivision...
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A. Walton in the top 10
The Waltons are always making the Forbes' richest persons lists (for example, Christy Walton is No. 11 on Forbes'"The World's Billionaires" list, Jim Walton is 14, Alice is 16 and S. Robson is 17). But...
View ArticleMore fallout from U.S. Supreme Court gutting of voting rights law
A challenge of a Florida voter purge has been dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gutted the voting rights act.The controversial purge produced a list that was 61 percent Hispanic...
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BREAKING!!!! University of Arkansas books balance
I'm not going to trouble you with a recitation of the sordid tale of busted budgets, excessive salaries, University of Arkansas secrecy, special dealing and other nastiness associated with the debacle...
View ArticleThe line is open
I open the line tonight gratified by response to our announcement of the beginning of digital subscriptions Aug. 1. A lot of people had a lot of things to say — pro and con. Let a hundred conversations...
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A time before concealed carry
Today's blast from the past: A 1995 cover story by John Haman on Arkansas preparing for a newly passed concealed carry law to take effect. The law pushed by Sen. Bill Walters of Greenwood and signed...
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UPDATE: Exxon to cut off Mayflower housing support
More from Sam Eifling on my earlier report on ExxonMobil's notice to Mayflower residents receiving housing assistance as victims of the Pegagus pipeline break that the assistance will end Sept. 1:By...
View ArticleHow to enroll in Arkansas's Obamacare program
For every Tea Party booster railing against the federal Affordable Care Act there are multiple uninsured who could benefit from the expansion in health coverage it will provide.To that end, the...
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Chief Justice John Roberts' influence on secret surveillance court
The New York Times reports today on Chief Justice John Roberts' immense influence on the shape of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the secretive body that approves surveillance wiretaps,...
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