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Is thinking obsolete?
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 29, 2013 9:00pmWhile it is not possible to answer all the e-mails and letters from readers, many are thought-provoking, whether those thoughts are positive or negative.
An e-mail from one young man simply...
Seek quality and equality
Editorials Comments Updated: Apr 27, 2013 12:04amThumb up
Historically black institutions of higher education must focus less on their heritage and more on creating the most academically rigorous programs possible, students and faculty...
Pryor takes temp from wrong end
Editorials Comments Updated: Apr 27, 2013 11:15pmOften we wonder what state Sen. Mark Pryor thinks he represents. As has been well reported, Pryor recently voted alongside Senate Republicans in opposition to increased background checks for...
Martian Bigfoot joins NRA
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 27, 2013 11:12pmFans of the classic sci-fi drama, the X-Files, will recall the poster hanging in Fox Mulder’s office. It showed a grainy gray disk hovering above a wooded horizon. The words “I want to believe”...
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...
Majewska, Stradley earn kudos
Letters Comments Updated: Apr 27, 2013 12:04amBrava and Bravo to Kathy Majewska and Jack Stradley for their ongoing commitment to Pine Bluff and its future. First, it was the restoration of their lovely home on 5th Ave.and now it is their...
Orchestra fundraiser is big success
Letters Comments Updated: Apr 27, 2013 12:04amOn April 4 the Pine Bluff Symphony and the Pine Bluff Orchestra Association (PBOA) of the Pine Bluff School District held a Taco Salad Supper fundraiser to support both organizations. I have not...
Global service, local results
Editorials Comments Updated: Apr 25, 2013 9:00pmFrom today through Sunday, cities all across the United States and the world will observe Global Youth Services Day (GYSD). The event is organized by Youth Services America (YSA), a non-...
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...