by December 14, 2014 5:40 pm
-Asa and his code language
Ella Beth may have told her Pap paw Asa that computer coding was easy. But this week, Asa Hutchinson, aka Pap paw Asa and the Arkansas governor-elect, met some initial…
by December 14, 2014 5:40 pm
-Ella Beth may have told her Pap paw Asa that computer coding was easy. But this week, Asa Hutchinson, aka Pap paw Asa and the Arkansas governor-elect, met some initial…
by December 14, 2014 5:23 pm
-Ophthalmologists, optometrists, and other eye care professionals would say that normal vision is 20/20. Based on that fact, an old aphorism stipulates that hindsight is 20/20, meaning we tend to…
by December 12, 2014 5:15 pm
-The submitted names for the water park being built by Sebastian County and the city of Fort Smith would be Exhibit A if you were to build a case that…
by December 11, 2014 10:23 pm
-The Iowa State Bar Association released an opinion cautioning attorneys against calling each other unethical. Arkansas attorneys might want to pay attention to what the Iowa State Bar had to…
by December 10, 2014 9:06 pm
-What happened in Fayetteville Tuesday was not necessarily a loss for those seeking more definitive equal protections, and may prove but a short lived win for those who believed such…
by December 7, 2014 5:46 pm
-This past week, a 45-minute “pop-in” visit at the state’s Alexander Unit for troubled teens by Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson seemed a little puzzling. At first blush, some may have thought…
by December 7, 2014 5:37 pm
-Each year December brings Christmas and uncertainty in the permanency of the Internal Revenue Code. While Christmas brings a frenzy of consumer spending, exhausted parents, overeating, and renewed family feuds…
by December 4, 2014 6:22 pm
-Almost as soon as people started reading news on the Internet, a debate sprung up – is an Internet-based journalist a “real” reporter? In Arkansas, at least, that question was…
by December 1, 2014 3:52 pm
-Ever since I was in college in the 1980s, it seems that the popular notion was that there are too many licensed attorneys running loose. The notion, of course, is…
by November 30, 2014 10:06 pm
-Before the year is out, it is worthwhile to remember that 100 ago, on June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were murdered by a Serb nationalist in…
by November 30, 2014 9:51 pm
-The recent passage of one of the newest Constitutional Amendments, simply known as Issue No. 3, very possibly, has broken up one of the state’s iconic breakfast tables. Yes, that’s…
by November 23, 2014 8:26 pm
-If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. This is one of those proverbs that I heard decades ago and it just stuck in my memory. I’m sure it…
by November 23, 2014 8:14 pm
-Arkansans should watch for a new, powerful commission to be named within the next few weeks. It will be one of the most powerful commissions of seven persons in the…
by November 17, 2014 8:12 pm
-It took about five years, but the American Bar Association (ABA) released an opinion stating that prosecuting attorneys shouldn’t give their letterhead to bill collectors. According to a formal opinion…
by November 16, 2014 5:49 pm
-During my last year in office, I have visited many annual events and celebrated many annual traditions with a sense of nostalgia. At each of these occasions, I was acutely…
by November 16, 2014 5:24 pm
-November in Arkansas may soon to become known for its museum anniversaries and celebrations. This past week, with the usual dose of low, key and casual fanfare, Crystal Bridges Museum…
by November 16, 2014 5:03 pm
-The natural state of economic affairs in a market economy revolves around the interaction between supply and demand. When there is competition between suppliers over a share of the demand…
by November 9, 2014 12:49 pm
-This week we are to remember the military men and women who served this country — especially those who saw combat and those for whom combat was the last thing…
by November 9, 2014 11:31 am
-There was some slight snickering in certain circles when early in his advertising now Governor-elect Asa Hutchinson simply said: “As your governor, we will hit the ground running and never…
by November 5, 2014 9:12 pm
-The discussion of how Arkansas Republicans swept the 2014 election cycle will be woefully incomplete if not wholly inaccurate if it does not include in the opening paragraph this name:…