by - May 1, 2012 8:54 pm
A Postal Service fix?
Like a Pony Express rider wobbling toward Fort Laramie with an arrow in his hat, the Senate bill passed last week to reform the U.S. Postal Service is far from…
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by - April 29, 2012 9:11 pm
Celery
A few years back there was this Facebook fad in which a friend would “tag” you to post 25 random things. Or at least that’s how it may have worked….
by - April 29, 2012 4:37 pm
A petition isn’t action
The beautiful Clayton House — home of Federal prosecutor WHH Clayton who prosecuted the cases that went before "Hanging" Judge Isaac C. Parker — was condemned for demolition in 1969….
by - April 23, 2012 9:37 pm
Hog hire: Best decision in a bad situation
When the news broke this afternoon that Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long had hired Bobby Petrino’s replacement, the initial reaction I had was, “What?!?!” People who know me know how…
by - April 22, 2012 7:01 am
Recycled memory
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it. — H.L. Mencken Recently toured several of the fine museums in Chicago. The city…
by - April 22, 2012 6:55 am
Pryor moves
Most observers are well aware the so-called Buffett rule has approximately zero chance of winning approval anytime soon in our plainly partisan, seemingly rudderless U.S. Senate, especially during this presidential…
by - April 22, 2012 6:48 am
Busyness
Busyness in a small business can be the enemy of its success. I'm an expert in busyness. I own a CPA firm where preparation of income tax returns is a…
by - April 15, 2012 6:31 pm
Complex insanity
Ready, shoot, aim. That’s been for the past several years the modus operandi of the Fort Smith Board of Directors — and that’s giving them credit on the “Ready” portion….
by - April 15, 2012 6:14 pm
True colors
As a disclaimer, I promise this column will not provide opinion on whether Bobby Petrino should have held onto his job as the University of Arkansas head football coach. That…
by - April 8, 2012 4:19 pm
The big lie
Should Bobby Petrino be fired? Incredible as it might seem, that is the difficult question resting at the heart of the all-together bracing storyline gripping Razorback Nation. To recap: Over…
by - April 8, 2012 4:04 pm
Seek first to buy
Not everybody is going to be a Steve Jobs or a Steve Wozniak and change the world by tinkering with a new idea in their garage. But when you read…
by - April 6, 2012 1:25 pm
The Petrino betrayal
It's as classic as a Hollywood plot line. A popular public figure secretly takes up with a young woman betraying his wife, family and loyal followers. Through happenstance, an accident…
by - April 5, 2012 8:10 pm
Slimy news
What’s the difference between a media report and pink slime? One is perfectly fine to ingest, while the other can leave thousands of people without jobs and raise the price…
by - April 1, 2012 5:03 pm
Actually, again
“We are actually currently considering all options at this point in time.” That’s the statement — or darn close to it — of some fella with one of the Gulf…
by - April 1, 2012 4:13 pm
The foreclosure maze
The bankruptcy case that was issued in September and put the Arkansas foreclosure market in turmoil is still lingering. The case at issue is In Re Johnson, a Chapter 13…
by - March 25, 2012 5:11 pm
Godvernment
One might think even with a superficial knowledge of history and religion one would see the advantage of avoiding God-based government or government-based God. But the level of support for…
by - March 25, 2012 4:34 pm
Fear not
I’m confused. Isn’t the economy supposed to be hurting, limping along without much hope for the future? That seems to be the theme of conversation with many the people with…
by - March 25, 2012 3:00 pm
Bill and Hillary’s airport
Some folks have been rolling their eyes at the presumptiveness the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission supposedly displayed March 20 when it unanimously elected to rename the state’s largest airport…
by - March 18, 2012 9:43 pm
Something Else
There is this thing with the Fort Smith Board of Directors about money and television and Something Else. Coincidentally, Political satirist P.J. O’Rourke once noted that the three branches of…
by - March 18, 2012 6:56 pm
Davy’s Daunting Task
Davy Carter, the Republican Arkansas Representative from Cabot, has undertaken a daunting task that may have a pretty predictable end result. As chairman of the House Revenue and Tax Committee,…