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,…
by March 18, 2012 6:56 pm
-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,…
by March 11, 2012 6:29 pm
-Newt Gingrich’s emotional speech following a rare 2012 primary victory in Georgia was imaginative, policy driven, boastful, and enthusiastic — that last once being especially impressive given the relentless campaigning…
by March 11, 2012 6:18 pm
-Back in January, I was driving home, listening to NPR to avoid the advertisements played around 6 o’clock by commercial radio stations. The program, Fresh Air, was about how China’s…
by March 6, 2012 3:30 pm
-On March 13, Fort Smith voters will consider the extended use of a 1% sales tax that will refinance bonds, pay for the issuance of new bonds and support operations…
by March 4, 2012 5:54 pm
-The realization hit me in the face like cool water spray from a canoe bow plowing through fast-moving sections of the Mulberry or Buffalo rivers. But I was firmly butt-planted…
by February 29, 2012 6:16 pm
-Over the past few years, consolidation has been somewhat common among real estate offices. We’ve seen that regularly in Arkansas. For example, Rector Philips Morse bought Coldwell Banker Advantage Realty…
by February 26, 2012 9:34 pm
-This week begins an effort by The City Wire to focus on the wholly unpleasant topic of child abuse. We do not do this because it is an engaging topic…
by February 26, 2012 8:24 pm
-The budget battle at the state capitol had some of the fireworks that several of us thought it would. After Gov. Mike Beebe (D) introduced his $4.72 billion balanced budget…
by February 26, 2012 8:21 pm
-All things considered, Republican presidential frontrunner and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will likely win the Feb. 28 Michigan primary, thereby creating a sizeable gulf between himself and his competitors….
by February 19, 2012 5:10 pm
-The scattered commentary is posted with apologies to Kind Readers not afflicted with short attention spans.
by February 19, 2012 2:34 pm
-America – the way I grew up thinking of America – is supposed to be a continually unfolding story.
by February 12, 2012 4:29 pm
-Tuesday was enlightening; refreshing in the way a pleasant memory reminds us of who we are and from where we come.
by February 5, 2012 7:25 pm
-And now for a few notes on the news about the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith losing its A-10 planes and mission by mid-2013, and instead receiving what may…
by January 29, 2012 6:16 pm
-This particular website real estate is rarely reserved for anything seasoned or respected or smelling of conventional wisdom.
by January 22, 2012 7:03 pm
-Dear Kind Readers: We’re doing this new thing with The City Wire. New look. New people. Not all new people. You’ll continue to have to put up with me. For…
by January 15, 2012 6:26 pm
-Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] There is this thing called The Arkansas Report that gets e-mailed to a group of subscribers around the state. It is produced by Roby…
by January 8, 2012 9:37 pm
-Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] An acquaintance recently asked for a review of this “No Labels” group. Here it is. On the first visit to the website, up…
by January 4, 2012 7:40 pm
-Unlike other works of a similar stock, War Horse offers little to adult audiences beyond cheap tears.
by January 4, 2012 2:59 pm
-Smart investing requires us to set hysteria aside, keep steady, exercise restraint and rely on the strength within to keep us going.
by January 3, 2012 5:59 pm
-If you paid for a ticket to these movies and didn't regret your decision, you're either above the economic woes of this land or have series cranial issues.