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Things looking up for Obama
posted: 02/08/2012 6 a.m. Comments 3
Suddenly things are going so well for President Obama that people are saying Clint Eastwood practically endorsed him in a television commercial during halftime of the Super Bowl.
A moment of clarity
posted: 02/08/2012 5:51 a.m. Comments 8
Those who run the Komen Foundation, and make a mighty good thing of it, too, sound confused in the worst way: morally confused.
A newspaperman looks back
posted: 02/08/2012 5:48 a.m. Discuss
Hundreds of Arkansans will gather in downtown Little Rock on Friday night as the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame inducts its newest members. This will be the 14th class of the Hall, a project of the College of Business at the University of Arkansas.
LIKE IT IS: Better players, better days ahead for SEC
posted: 02/08/2012 5:16 a.m. Comment 1
Last spring, the SEC’s men’s basketball coaches voted to do away with divisions and become one, rather long, division.
HOG CALLS: Razorbacks’ youngsters aren’t far off
posted: 02/08/2012 4:41 a.m. Discuss
If your opponent is winless on the road in February and you are the hosting coach, you search for positives to highlight in the news conference leading up to the game.
HEART & SOUL: Vision in overalls cultivates riddles
posted: 02/08/2012 4:19 a.m. Discuss
It hadn’t been much of a winter, but it was a windy, cold afternoon. Just in from walking the dogs, I was making a cup of tea when a breeze shifted the steam from the cup. As I turned to see if the door was open, a familiar sparkle in the air caught my eye. Mrs. Appleyard was glimmering in.
Over Medicaid: Partisan nuttiness
posted: 02/07/2012 4:17 a.m. Comments 3
People go a little crazy whenever someone starts talking about slowing the ever-rising rate of spending for Medicaid in Arkansas.
Cheap shots and conspiracy theories
posted: 02/07/2012 4:16 a.m. Comments 3
Radio is a personal medium.
America’s Cinderella fella
posted: 02/07/2012 4:14 a.m. Discuss
Slender, 37-year-old Kevin Skinner of Mayfield, Ky., and Susan Boyle of Scotland have never met. But they shared a lot in common during 2009.
LIKE IT IS: Belichick left looking dumb by decision
posted: 02/07/2012 3:53 a.m. Comments 5
It will be debated for years and years.
THE RECRUITING GUY: Another Missouri back interested in Arkansas
posted: 02/07/2012 3:51 a.m. Discuss
A running back from Missouri who likes Arkansas’ offense and became aware of the Razorbacks when Ronnie Wingo Jr. signed in the 2009 recruiting class, plans a visit to Fayetteville on Saturday.
WHAT’S IN A DAME: Comedy rooted in Arkansas
posted: 02/07/2012 2:24 a.m. Discuss
These days Sarah Colonna serves jokes as a writer and round table comedian for the E! network’s Chelsea Lately.
THE TV COLUMN: Captivating creepiness flows from The River
posted: 02/07/2012 2:22 a.m. Discuss
And now for something sorta creepy.
