by - December 31, 2017 2:45 pm
Riff Raff: ‘Watch out for guys like us’
Editor’s note: This essay first appeared Dec. 28, 2008, on The City Wire, now Talk Business & Politics. It continues to be an appropriate note to begin a new year. …
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by - December 17, 2017 5:34 pm
Riff Raff: Gay hymns, advice from the Georgia Satellites, Star Wars shareholders meeting
Back in 1986 the Georgia Satellites provided advice to news anchors, members of Congress, media moguls and future presidents when they sang, “Don’t hand me no lines and keep your…
by - December 6, 2017 3:22 pm
Riff Raff: Bad habits, predictive journalism, and getting it good and hard
Damn bunch of heathens we are, according to state tax collections. Arkansans are drinking more, smoking more and gambling more. Y’all need baby Jesus. Or Buddha. Or a better football…
by - November 19, 2017 3:59 pm
Riff Raff: Still the lucky ones
Editor’s note: It’s been a year since Patricia Brown, a co-owner of Talk Business & Politics (originally The City Wire), died following a second bout with breast cancer. This essay…
by - November 17, 2017 8:27 pm
Riff Raff: And then there was karma
Probably shouldn’t. But here goes. It was karma that caught up with Jeff Long. Not the good kind. The kind that comes around when your britches get bigger than your…
by - November 5, 2017 2:59 pm
Riff Raff: All thanked up, again
Editor’s note: This essay was first posted in November 2012. Few things have changed. ––––––––––––––––––– In this month containing the Thanksgiving holiday, folks on Facebook have taken to listing something…
by - October 25, 2017 6:51 pm
Riff Raff: Amber waves of weed, a ‘Heavenly Palace,’ and we don’t need no due process
In addition to supplying the U.S. with ugly Donald Trump ties, the Chinese could soon drop on our country tis of thee a 9.3-ton space station. Insult, meet injury. But,…
by - October 16, 2017 8:52 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, Muslims, gun ranges, and a Hill too far
The lady who may run against Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the Republican primary owns a gun range in Hot Springs. She captured national news when she banned muslims from…
by - October 2, 2017 9:12 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, thoughts and prayers, political jiggering, and King Tut’s grandma
The original intro for this essay was scrapped after that horrible thing in Vegas. Insanity. Y’all can send your loads of thoughts and prayers, but don’t expect real leadership on…
by - September 19, 2017 6:52 am
Riff Raff: Observations, a robot fridge, etch-o-sketches, and selective free speech
A robotic, voice-activated refrigerator is being tested. It will deliver to your IKEA couch your over-priced, millennial-loving craft beer. Don’t need the dog. Don’t need your legs. This is the…
by - September 4, 2017 7:42 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, stuff that ain’t right, artful momentum, and remaining together
Based on them fancy history books and reports from the fake news media, when Katrina hit New Orleans the president was NOT Obama. He may have lost his birth certificate…
by - August 19, 2017 6:24 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, a holy eclipse, downtown Springdale, and unacceptable art
This upcoming eclipse is not a normal cosmic event. It’s biblical. This eclipse is followed by another seven years later. The eclipse paths cross in Missouri over the New Madrid…
by - August 6, 2017 6:16 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, ketchup storage, more better writing, and immigrants
Recently learned there are just two categories of Americans. You have those who refrigerate ketchup and those who don’t. Depending on who you ask, one group represents all that’s wrong…
by - July 27, 2017 7:23 pm
Riff Raff: Connecting the What Was with the What’s Next – again
Editor’s note: This essay was first posted 11 months ago to note the second year of The Unexpected Project. We post it again to welcome the third year. –––––––––––––––––––––– They…
by - July 23, 2017 1:16 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, a dinosaur-riding savior, a real Nutt job, and 50 education labs
If Mr. Musk’s hyperloop thing doesn’t soon arrive in Chicago, there is always Mildred. Best Uber driver ever. Her tiny red Kia used every part of the interstate except the…
by - July 16, 2017 9:54 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, Moses, Michael, and civilization-ending gummy bears
Moses, it is told in the Old Testament, smashed the first version of the Ten Commandments he brought down from “the mount.” Michael Reed used his car to smash the…
by - July 5, 2017 3:15 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, complete honesty, shifting politics, and independence stuff
On the weekend we celebrate our freedom, law enforcement agencies around the country proudly boast of having more DUI checkpoints. Happy 4th of Jul-Irony. When’s that medical marijuana become available?…
by - June 21, 2017 7:26 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, Boss Kean’s ditch, commie weed, and the ‘High Road’
Was told the language in this Riff Raff stuff sometimes gets too blue. The first thought was to respond with something Richard Pryor might say. Second thought was something I…
by - June 6, 2017 3:14 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, non-berries, and stuff that doesn’t make America great again
It’s been brought to my attention that strawberries are not berries, but bananas and pumpkins are. Anything that can be mixed in a blender with vodka and rum and other…
by - May 29, 2017 1:59 pm
Riff Raff: Observations, curly mustaches and lost causes
Tried to get this essay approved through Russian back channels. Turns out, that’s not a good idea. But the essay contains good words, some of the best words. Some of…