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Lies about Libya
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 13, 2013 9:10pmThere can be honest differences of opinion on many subjects. But there can also be dishonest differences. Last week’s testimony under oath about events in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 makes...
Worthy of debate
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 13, 2013 9:07pmBill Halter may or may not win the Democratic nomination to be the next governor of Arkansas, but the central idea in his campaign should be a subject for major debate in the 2014 gubernatorial...
Unconditional love distorted by fear
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 11, 2013 9:00pmThe longer he talks, the easier it becomes to discount almost anything Rev. Pat Robertson says. Last Tuesday’s broadcast of his long-running 700 Club television program provides a perfect case in...
The art of legislating
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 09, 2013 9:00pmLet’s start this column with the kind of quote that usually would appear at the end: “To me that’s the art of legislating,” Key said. “I go into it with what I want, what I think is best,...
Holding energy captive
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 09, 2013 7:55pmFor decades, Americans have been told of the evils of importing energy. It sends our money abroad, the argument goes, makes us vulnerable to supply disruptions, strengthens our enemies and weakens...
Bouncing ball politics
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 08, 2013 9:00pmIf there is ever a contest for words that substitute for thought, “diversity” should be recognized as the undisputed world champion.
You don’t need a speck of evidence, or a single step of...
Pryor catching it from left and right
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 08, 2013 7:52pmSen. Mark Pryor, who is seeking a third term in next year’s Democratic primary, is catching it from left and right. Hardcore conservatives regard him as another “Washington Democrat,” the...
Does new law legalize open carry?
Columns and Blogs Comments May 07, 2013 9:00pmBeginning July 1, Arkansas citizens will be cable to carry a handgun openly almost anywhere. That’s how various gun-rights advocacy groups interpret Act 746, passed last month by the state...
Davy Carter: Man in the middle
Columns and Blogs Comments May 07, 2013 9:00pmAfter emerging as a leader during the legislative session, many are wondering what is next for Arkansas House Speaker Davy Carter.
Carter wasn’t even in the picture seven months ago, other...
Good schools build thriving communities
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 06, 2013 9:00pmOver 40 years ago, my husband and I settled into our first home on West Orlando Street in Pine Bluff. For ambitious 20-somethings, locating a half block from the newly built Edgewood Elementary...