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OPINION: REX NELSON: Gambling on Pine Bluff
posted: 06/21/2017 4:30 a.m. Comment 1
Tom Reilley sits in the ornate lobby of the Capital Hotel in downtown Little Rock and dreams of a day when there will be something similar in Pine Bluff. I know what you're thinking: "Pine Bluff? Really? Get real."
OPINION: PAUL GREENBERG: War of the words
posted: 06/21/2017 4:30 a.m. Discuss
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Like it is: Obliteration of Tide always sweet for Hogs
posted: 06/21/2017 4:30 a.m. Discuss
In 1998, when Houston Nutt was in his first season as head football coach at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Alabama had begun its decade of darkness but was still the measuring stick.
FRONT BURNER: Loving the parts without sum success
posted: 06/21/2017 1:56 a.m. Discuss
Food editor Kelly Brant's criteria for judging whether her husband and she will like a new dish is pretty simple: do they like all of its ingredients?
Uncorked: Rose a light sippy for sissys? Hardly!
posted: 06/21/2017 1:52 a.m. Discuss
If you read my column regularly you know I am a dedicated rose wine enthusiast. One of my greatest joys as a wine educator is to watch someone who thinks of rose as strictly sweet discover the palate-pleasing range of styles this wine has to offer.
DEAR ABBY: Gal pals can't see positives in woman's open marriage
posted: 06/21/2017 1 a.m. Discuss
DEAR ABBY: I've been in an extramarital relationship for 10 years. My husband knows, and so do my close friends.
Hog Calls: Sometimes players grow up too fast
posted: 06/21/2017 1 a.m. Discuss
Years ago a pizza chain declared it was a place that "a kid could be a kid."
OPINION: JOHN BRUMMETT: Either it is, or ...
posted: 06/20/2017 4:30 a.m. Comments 32
The special Georgia congressional election today in the suburban district immediately north of Atlanta turns out to be legitimately enormous.
OPINION: MIKE MASTERSON: Introducing Elizabeth
posted: 06/20/2017 4:30 a.m. Comment 1
Most Arkansas communities have places close to the hearts and memories of those who live there. Since early childhood, mine has been Crooked Creek.
OPINION: PHILIP MARTIN: Confusing actor and character
posted: 06/20/2017 4:30 a.m. Comments 4
"Bill Cosby is Cliff Huxtable, regardless of what the critics say. We are all made up of perception and reality, fact and fiction, aspiration and confirmation. It is ridiculous to argue that a man who was capable of creating the character that fathered a generation did not, at some deep level, possess those nurturing characteristics."
Like it is: WALLY HALL: Banquet sparkles as athletes shine brightest
posted: 06/20/2017 4:30 a.m.
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Emmitt Smith was not the star of the fifth annual All-Arkansas Preps banquet.
The Recruiting Guy: Hogs offer 3 in-state linemen after camp
posted: 06/20/2017 2:17 a.m. Discuss
If there was an example of the importance of college camps, the Arkansas Razorbacks' Trench Hog camp Sunday was a prime example. Three in-state linemen earned scholarship offers from Coach Bret Bielema after their performances.
The TV Column: Old folks get 15 minutes on latest Harvey show
posted: 06/20/2017 1:49 a.m. Discuss
Here's a variation on a recent theme. Anything, I suppose, to kill time during the summer.
What's in a Dame: Do you need a license to hunt for enhancements?
posted: 06/20/2017 1:46 a.m. Discuss
It seems like just yesterday I wrote the "How to get an attractive driver's license photo taken in 47 easy steps" column.
DEAR ABBY: Friend finds gender fluidity a hard concept to follow
posted: 06/20/2017 1 a.m. Discuss
DEAR ABBY: I have a longtime friend I see almost every day. She's an awesome friend. Her children are adults. One of them is gay; the other is a transgender male. I respect her for supporting her children, learning everything there is to know about the LGBT community and seeking social change on their behalf.
