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Should we arm the educators?
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 06, 2013 11:01pmSteve Anderson, superintendent of the Lake Hamilton School District, slid what looked like a business card across the table. It’s actually a commissioned security officer license. He also carries...
Buzz Bissinger
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 08, 2013 3:59pmBuzz has the literati buzzing. The sports world, too. And the sartorial.
We’re talking Buzz Bissinger, and if you don’t know him personally (I don’t) there’s a better than fair chance you...
The illusory value of the death penalty
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 04, 2013 9:00pmAfter deciding to pursue the execution of the man charged with fatally shooting 12 people in a Colorado movie theater last summer, the prosecutor declared that “for James Egan Holmes, justice is...
The legislature: Lawyers, teachers, and others
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 04, 2013 9:00pmThere are 135 members of the Arkansas House and Senate, and for all of them, it’s a part-time job, or at least, it’s supposed to be. What do they do with the rest of their time, and why does that...
Guns save lives
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 03, 2013 10:00pmWe all know that guns can cost lives because the media repeat this message endlessly, as if we could not figure it out for ourselves. But even someone who reads newspapers regularly and watches...
Elections not stolen through ‘voter fraud’
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 03, 2013 10:00pmJoe Purvis could not stop laughing. It was a serious subject, but he couldn’t stop laughing. And sometimes it’s better to laugh. Relieves tension.
Purvis, a Democrat, was laughing at the...
Why the no-fly list doesn’t fly
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 02, 2013 9:00pmFlying commercial can be a terrible hassle these days, but not for Steven Washburn. The people in charge of airport security have decided to spare him all the inconveniences. No taking off his...
Mike Ross could be Democrats best hope for 2014
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 02, 2013 9:00pmThe next election cycle in Arkansas is crucial for Democrats, who will be attempting to hold on to their remaining strongholds – the governor’s mansion and the U.S. Senate office held by Mark...
PB needs a 2013 Wanda Buckingham
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 01, 2013 10:21pmCommunity involvement is central to the approach adopted by your police department in the ongoing effort to reduce crime and improve our city’s image. Your continued interest and involvement...
Two independent studies pinpoint risks for steel mill incentives
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 01, 2013 10:14pmHaving a major industrial project in your backyard can be good or bad so it’s well worth studying the potential impact while the project is still in formulation.
Certainly, we’re glad to...