Arkansas Times Daily Blog
- Late breaking
Sarah Palin has endorsed Cecile Bledsoe as a Mama Grizzly. That's all I need to know. Steve "TIF Guy" "Beaner Banger" Womack, I hardly knew ye.
... also, totally unrelated. Another news release from the U.S. attorney about yet another bookkeeper caught tapping the company till, this one to the tune of $162,000. Is this kind of thing epidemic, or what?
- Over to you
I'm off to the Film Festival.
- Lincoln v. the liberals
Blanche Lincoln's dying gasp will be caterwauling about the liberal interest groups backing Bill Halter.
Her words, and those of moveon.org, speak for themselves.I guess it depends on where you sit on which is a disqualifier for support.
Arkansas Times Headlines
- Fact-checking Charlie Daniels
March 21, researching voting-rights development for U.S. minorities, I found Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels' page titled ?A Chronology of American Suffrage 1776-2002.? I study media and other public-information accuracy, and see many faulty ?authoritative? reports. Here?s a partial sampling of Daniels? page.
- Robocalls are illegal
Robocalls ? recorded messages sent to thousands of phone numbers ? are a fact of life in political campaigns. Their legality? That?s a more complicated question.
- Zoo needs change of master plan
Since 2001, the zoo has operated under a master plan prepared by a private consultant. But now the zoo?s plan has bumped up against a city government plan for development of War Memorial Park.
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- Maybe?
Gary, do you think we might get Bonnie to do a show?
- School/ Art supplies
My favorite time of year is (almost) here. I love buying school supplies for my home school. I have to make a distinction with the kids on which...
- Big city stuff
While minding the store today it occurred to me that we stock THOUSANDS of paint brushes ranging in price from about one dollar to about two hundred...