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Captain Firearm Safety vs. Militia Man
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View ArticleChurch goes to school in Conway
An interesting controversy is brewing in Conway Public Schools, periodically a scene of discord as more liberal constituents object to the heavy dose of religion that powerful local churches have...
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Jason Baldwin seeks to bring attention to wrongful convictions
With nonprofit 'Proclaim Justice.' by David KoonJason Baldwin, whose freedom from the 17-year prison term he served as one of the West Memphis Three was brought about by public scrutiny and press...
View ArticleKroger update needed
Kroger stores in the black and minority communities of Little Rock look like they are in Soweto, South Africa, in the '60s, particularly the one on East Roosevelt, compared to the designer stores on...
View ArticleA solution in search of a problem
So much easier it is to legislate based upon myth and agreeable fancy than upon hard reality. Simple, half-baked remedies serve the former well, but they wreak havoc when they are introduced into the...
View ArticleTaking issue
I thought it odd to see this item in the daily paper: "Because the stock markets were closed Tuesday for New Year's Day, there is no business section in today's edition." Odd not because the markets...
View ArticleDid the alien pack?
I've never been drawn to conspiracy theories, but I kinda like this latest one — the one claiming that the recent massacre of school children in Newtown, Conn., never happened. by Bob LancasterI've...
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The Rep brings "Gee's Bend" to the stage
The play follows a mother and two daughters in an insular Alabama community as they quilt, marry, fight and fight for their dreams. by Cheree Franco"Gee's Bend," which opens at the Arkansas Repertory...
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Hogs short on talent
Let's just lay it out there at the start: this isn't Mike Anderson's fault. by Beau WilcoxLet's just lay it out there at the start: this isn't Mike Anderson's fault.The halcyon days of Arkansas...
View ArticleTrue believers
Conceived in a dream of reason, what the Internet too often reveals is mass credulousness and fathomless irrationality. by Gene LyonsConceived in a dream of reason, what the Internet too often reveals...
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Buddy's bridge to Dogtown
I mentioned the Quorum Court's discussion last night of Judge Buddy Villines'$20 million proposal go gussy up a replacement Broadway Bridge with a hump of nonfunctional ironwork and a tricolor paint...
View ArticleUA poll finds regional, racial, gender splits on president
The Blair Center for Southern Politics and Society at the University of Arkansas and the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock have released results from a new poll on political and other...
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Wednesday To-Do: Drive-By Truckers
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS8 p.m. Revolution. $22.Man, it's shaping up to be a great year for fans of Americana and bluesy Southern rock in Central Arkansas. In the span of a month, Revolution hosts American...
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Wednesday To-Do: T.J. Holmes
T.J. HOLMES6:30 p.m. Philander Smith College. Free.West Memphis native T.J. Holmes has had the type of career that many of his broadcast media colleagues no doubt envy. After graduating from the...
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How to eat well at the mall
I am generally a fairly pleasant guy. But there a few things which I absolutely loathe: Oompa loompas. Grocery carts with rickety wheels. Ke$ha...and malls. Yes, that megatropolis of merchandise and...
View ArticleBackpack notes: OK with guns?
Little Rock School District parents were surprised in a few cases yesterday at notes that came home in elementary student backpacks.They were asked about their feelings on armed security guards in...
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Charges dropped against occupiers
The prosecuting attorney's office this morning asked that the case against the four members of the Occupy Little Rock group who were arrested last year for refusing to leave their camp downtown be nol...
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Thursday To-Do: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION8:30 p.m. Revolution. $15.Back in the '90s, there were few groups hipper than the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. They exuded effortless, leather-jacket cool. They were rawer,...
View ArticleA rich Delta
The gentleman who guards the galleries at the Arkansas Arts Center gets to see a lot of art, and so he knows whereof he speaks when he notes that there are lots of familiar names in the Delta...
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