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Fighting power then and now

Updated: May 20, 2013 9:08pm

This 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...

<p>Matthew Pate</p>

Oily prodigal son returns

Updated: May 18, 2013 10:00pm

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<p>Thomas Sowell</p>

Is thinking obsolete?

Updated: Apr 29, 2013 9:00pm

While 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

Updated: Apr 27, 2013 12:04am

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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

Updated: Apr 27, 2013 11:15pm

Often 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...

<p>Matthew Pate</p>

Martian Bigfoot joins NRA

Updated: Apr 27, 2013 11:12pm

Fans 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”...

<p>Steve Brawner</p>

There’s a hole in the bucket — and the overpass

Updated: Apr 27, 2013 11:10pm

Remember 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

Updated: Apr 27, 2013 12:05am

It’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

Updated: Apr 27, 2013 12:04am

Brava 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

Updated: Apr 27, 2013 12:04am

On 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

Updated: Apr 25, 2013 9:00pm

From 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-...

<p>Steve Brawner</p>

Reject the spirit of contempt

Updated: Apr 25, 2013 9:00pm

My 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...

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