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The Monday night line UPDATE
The line is open. Finishing up:* BET ON IT: Here's one of several reports recently on the purchase of land near the Little Rock Port by the Oklahoma-based Quapaw tribe. Preservation of ancient burial...
View ArticleNY Times expands reporting on Walmart bribery in Mexico
Major new investigative piece by the New York Times on bribes paid in Mexico to aid Walmart expansion.It reveals a pattern of payments last decade to clear the way for store development and — worse —...
View ArticleMike Huckabee targets birth control in school shootings
Mike Huckabee knows a winner when he sees one. He sold a previous book, after all, on the backs of dead kids in Jonesboro. The outcry over his outrageous comments linking the Connecticut school...
View ArticleGuns — the discussion continues
The death of 20 children has cleared the way for a national discussion about guns. It's overdue, as many have said.Some points of interest:* THE PARTISAN DIVIDE: Nate Silver reports a wealth of...
View ArticleDarrell Walker gets UA degree 33 years later
Why not some good news this morning. Video above marks Razorback basketball star Darrell Walker's graduation from the University of Arkansas nearly 30 years after his glory days on the court.Walker,...
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Judge Tim Fox writes legal thriller
I wouldn't be looking for cover blurbs for Chief Justice Jim Hannah and Gov. Mike Beebe just now, given his criticized ruling in the school finance case, but Circuit Judge Tim Fox has a book out, "The...
View ArticleWear your kneepads
"Afterward, Pryor said it was difficult to engage in a detailed conversation, especially on issues such as the fiscal cliff — a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that are set to go into...
View ArticleThe guns we need
"One of the worst days in the history of our country," my friend Dan Kennedy wrote on Facebook. "The worst day since 9/11." by Gene Lyons"One of the worst days in the history of our country," my friend...
View ArticleSinking Michigan
Michigan is our sister state, and yet we've always been a little resentful of her, what with her higher wages and better services and all. Now we can drop the resentment and the accompanying guilt and...
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Arkansas entertainment in 2012, an A-Z list
The year-end roundup. by Robert BellA is for "Antivenin Suite," Isaac Alexander's latest solo album. Alexander's last solo record, "See Thru Me," was an Arkansas favorite, landing at No. 6 on the...
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Downton Abbey reception at Argenta Community Theater
Also, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Walton Arts, Hornucopia at Stickyz, Lucero and Jimbo Mathus at Revolution, LR Horror Picture Show End of the World Party at Lulav, Bonnie Montgomery at White...
View ArticleMike Anderson at Downtown Tip-Off Club
And Matt Stell at Revolution.WEDNESDAY 12/19The Clinton School of Public Service hosts Saudi Arabian artist Manal Al Dowayan, who will discuss her exhibit "I Am: Arab Women in Islamic Society," 6...
View ArticleIt's Groundhog Day
It's become something of a Christmas season ritual: The city of Little Rock rolls out a new budget. It includes special assistance for a corporate lobby that works against broad community interests. I...
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Unexpectedly good
'The Hobbit' may move slower than 'Rings,' but it's still a good ride. by Sam EiflingThe early knocks against "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" are only knocks if you're not really interested in...
View ArticleBullets or ballots?
Given a choice between gun control and ballot control, Arkansas legislators would rather keep people from voting than shooting.Given a choice between gun control and ballot control, Arkansas...
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Look cityward, evangels, for dough
The city of Little Rock is negotiating a contract with the Union Rescue Mission to run its outpost for the homeless on Confederate Boulevard, apparently unbothered by the organization's hiring...
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Collector alert: show and sale at Arkansas Arts Center
The 44th Collectors Show and Sale at the Arkansas Arts Center is not, alas, for all who would buy art. by Leslie Newell PeacockThe 44th Collectors Show and Sale at the Arkansas Arts Center is not,...
View ArticlePizza with grief
Taking a break from Christmas shopping on Friday night, the Observer and Spouse stopped in at a pizza buffet in West Little Rock, Yours Truly always drawn as moth to flame by the idea of a potentially...
View ArticleChildren pay price
Universal shock and grief over a single cataclysm like the mass slaughter of tiny children and their teachers would have been enough for most of our history to move a stubborn government to fix an...
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