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Shoffner’s troubles highlight need for qualified officeholder
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 9:00pmThe arrest of state Treasurer Martha Shoffner on federal extortion charges was not a complete surprise, although the process and new allegations were unexpected.
Shoffner had endured...
The false Nixon equivalence
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 9:00pm“The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know,” said Harry Truman, who made it his task to absorb a lot of it. Many people who have not followed his example are not averse to...
Fighting power then and now
Editorials Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 9:08pmThis week in 1958 conservative listeners all across America had their worst fears about rock and roll validated.
Arriving at London’s Heathrow airport, “the Killer” Jerry Lee Lewis showed...
Appointment process in Congress is beyond shameful
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 9:12pmWhen you win the White House, you get to pick the team you want. Sure, that sounds simple and doesn’t need any clarification, but it’s clear that simplicity and clarity is lacking in Washington, D...
Rising cost of a college education
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 9:10pmA committee of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees will make recommendations this week after conducting an unusual hearing in which chancellors of the various campuses were asked to...
Oily prodigal son returns
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 10:00pmWhy do we believe the things we do? In criminology I spend a lot time refuting the popular belief that crime could be reduced if only we had tough enough sentences. Proponents of “getting tough”...
Turning to more rational voices
Editorials Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 10:00pmSince the Department of Community Corrections first announced its plans to locate halfway houses for level 3 and 4 sex offenders on its property adjacent to its female housing facility, the...
Budget news mostly good, some bad
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 10:00pmThere was good news and bad news about the federal government’s finances this week. Let’s start, and end, with the good news.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week estimated that...
Committee gives do-pass vote to proposed residency requirement
Editorials Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 9:33pmThumb Up
The advice not to watch sausage being made was apropo for Thursday afternoon’s meeting of the Pine Bluff City Council’s Administration Committee.
On the table was a proposed...
Shooting cat was needless act
Letters Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 9:35pmEditor, The Commercial
This letter is addressed to the person who shot my cat.
I realize that not everyone likes cats and dogs, and the choice to have a pet is a personal one. I would...