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There’s a hole in the bucket — and the overpass
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 27, 2013 11:10pmRemember that old folk song, “There’s a Hole in the Bucket”?
In the song, “Henry” tells his “dear Liza” about a hole in their bucket, and no matter how she asks him to fix it, he always...
Successful session? Only time will tell
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 27, 2013 12:05amIt’s over. It ran a month beyond what the authors of the 1874 Arkansas Constitution thought would be necessary to get the job done — 90 days, they reckoned, ought to do it. There was no Medicaid...
Reject the spirit of contempt
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 25, 2013 9:00pmMy dad has told the story many times of the day that President Kennedy was shot. Dad was on his way to a college class when someone shared the news and one of his fellow students, not realizing...
Conquering fear to protect freedom
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 25, 2013 7:41pmAccording to a 19th-century composer named Francis Scott Key, the United States is the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” If he were writing those lyrics today, he might add an asterisk...
Immigration gambles
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 24, 2013 9:00pmBritain’s late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said it all when she wrote that the world has “never ceased to be dangerous,” but the West has “ceased to be vigilant.”
Nothing better...
All in the family
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 24, 2013 9:00pmEdith Bunker, where are you now that we need you?
After watching, listening to and reading about the current fiasco surrounding the residency ordinances, one is quickly reminded that racism...
Torture without excuses
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 23, 2013 9:00pmThe autopsy gave a spare account of how the 52-year-old man died. He suffered blunt force injuries on his torso and legs, and abrasions on his left wrist indicated he had been tied or shackled...
Mike Ross flip flops on abortion
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 23, 2013 9:00pmFormer Congressman Mike Ross made it official last week that he is running for governor. The decision was not unexpected after Attorney General Dustin McDaniel withdrew, leaving an opening for a...
Unwanted notoriety
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 22, 2013 9:00pmA couple of Arkansas politicians managed to make national news last week for the wrong reason — bringing criticism and ridicule to their home state.
The more extreme example was a tweet...
Genes and racism
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 22, 2013 9:00pmDuring decades of watching both collegiate and professional football, I have seen hundreds of touchdowns scored by black players — but not one extra point kicked by a black player.
Is this...