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COMMENTARY: State Softball Steps Up
posted: 05/20/2013 4 a.m. Discuss
The consensus is that the Arkansas Razorbacks are best when they have a core of in-state players as a foundation.
What took so long?
posted: 05/20/2013 3:55 a.m. Comments 4
We don’t need overheated references to Watergate (at least not yet), we just need some obvious questions asked about Benghazi.
LIKE IT IS: Orb ambushed by old-timers Stevens, Lukas
posted: 05/19/2013 4:24 a.m. Discuss
Orb’s victory in the Kentucky Derby was so impressive that almost immediately the talk began that the 35-year wait for a Triple Crown winner was about to be over.
ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Like we need another threat that ticks us off
posted: 05/19/2013 4:15 a.m. Discuss
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, it seems ticks have a new way to bedevil outdoorsmen.
DRESSING ROOM: Aetrex’s foot scanner makes fashion fit well
posted: 05/19/2013 4:13 a.m. Discuss
Aetrex, the Teaneck, N.J.-based maker of comfortable but stylish foot gear and customizable and over-the-counter orthotic shoe insoles, has gained a bigger presence in Arkansas since its March 2011 debut in Dressing Room.
THE RECRUITING GUY: Persuasive Pittman has lineman high on the Hogs
posted: 05/19/2013 4:10 a.m. Discuss
Junior-college defensive lineman Abu Lamin has Arkansas high on his recruiting list even though he has yet to set foot on campus.
SPIN CYCLE: It’s good she didn’t ask stylist to roll it
posted: 05/19/2013 3:37 a.m. Discuss
Spin Cycle presents another installment of “All The News That’s Fit to Razz” … Chris McMillan, Jennifer Aniston’s longtime hairstylist, admitted to Women’s Wear Daily that he was stoned when he created the former Friends actress’ iconic “Rachel” hairdo.
THE TV COLUMN: Deaths, renewals, births: NBC’s fall lineup told
posted: 05/19/2013 3:35 a.m. Discuss
The broadcast networks unveiled their fall lineups last week, so let’s get right to them.
THAT’S BUSINESS: Mowers, manpower and the eternal verities of lawn care
posted: 05/19/2013 3:19 a.m. Discuss
Charles Portis has a handle on reality. In his novels, there’s always some character tinkering with a gasoline engine, it seems. Portis knows how we live.
COLUMN ONE: The mail
posted: 05/19/2013 3:05 a.m. Discuss
Dear Constant Reader, It was wholly a pleasure to get your letter noting some of the literary allusions in my columns.
A hedge against the recession of sentience
posted: 05/19/2013 2:58 a.m. Discuss
A friend of mine recently returned from California with a curious story of a woman who professed “to not like art.” Which if true would be akin to not liking oxygen or water—a miserable state in which you’re bound to constantly consume that which you despise.
COLUMNISTS: Arkansas at sea
posted: 05/19/2013 2:51 a.m. Discuss
Wednesday is National Maritime Day, which gives us the opportunity to reflect on the role Arkansans have played in American maritime activity.
More on permit
posted: 05/19/2013 2:41 a.m. Discuss
I was waiting at week’s end to hear what Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Director Teresa Marks will do with that ball bouncing in her court.
Of fear and freedom
posted: 05/19/2013 2:37 a.m. Discuss
Most weeks, my best 50 minutes get spent standing before a couple of hundred seniors in a “Behind the Headlines” class that is part of the LifeQuest program for active retirees.
