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A new definition of ‘cliff hanger’
Despite presenting as normal, I am a voyeur--I love to check out houses newly listed on the central Arkansas real-estate market.
Stories by Karen Martin
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Subscriber ExclusiveWhy banning should be banned
There's a scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick's 1971 dystopian crime drama "A Clockwork Orange" in which Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell), whose fondness fo…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | KAREN MARTIN: Two more for the road
A recent request in the Perspective section for stories about readers' first/best/worst cars continues to generate fascinating contributions. Here are a couple…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | KAREN MARTIN: Our car stories keep on rolling
I can't resist sharing more of the entertaining first-car/best car/worst car stories that readers have sent following my recent column on the topic. Among thos…
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Subscriber ExclusiveChronicling our legendary cars
What was your first car? I'm not interested in the sedate parental sedan that you used for your driving exam (in my case, a Chevrolet Bel Air). I'm curious abo…
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Subscriber ExclusiveAs times go by, cities evolve
Regarding the expression "Keep Fayetteville Funky"--it may be too late for that. Amid the old hippie vibe, there is evidence of sophistication-creep downtown.
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Subscriber ExclusiveWhy parking is such a problem
Why do drivers find it necessary to back their cars into perpendicular parking spots?
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Subscriber ExclusiveCommunications via a salty vocabulary
Sometimes those of us in the newspaper business call them "brights," those odd little features that poke through the daily miasma of news about politics, weath…
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Subscriber ExclusiveA well-taught skill survives the years
Muscle memory is a neurological process that allows you to remember certain motor skills and perform them without conscious effort.
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Subscriber ExclusiveIt sounds a lot worse than it is
One of the more unnerving things a dentist can say to a patient is "you need a root canal."
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Subscriber ExclusiveIt’s time to close the barn door
When I get restless, I clean out closets, mop floors, vacuum my car, re-arrange the garage, and sometimes find a part-time job.
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Paying the price for online returns
January is a time to redo, revise, recommit, and return things.
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Subscriber ExclusiveFemale film critics’ faves for 2023
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists--which consists of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and onli…
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Subscriber ExclusiveAn exhibition of intimidation
It's unnerving how quickly a pleasant afternoon can turn weird.
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Here’s what others are reading
Following up on book recommendations that appeared in this space on Dec. 17, here are more ideas from friends whose opinions on what to read are worth sharing:
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Subscriber ExclusiveWhat it takes to take away
I was lifting weights at the gym last week when I noticed the facility's petite trainer (who I refer to mentally as The Boss) working with a new client. She ta…
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Subscriber ExclusiveSCREENTIME | OPINION: Major movies still to come this year
There are still a couple of weekends to go in the year, with at least seven major movies opening.
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Subscriber ExclusiveReading between the lines
Got some time off over the next couple of weeks? (If so, you probably don't work for a newspaper). If you run out of holiday-themed chores and outings and even…
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A few words with Little Rock artist Laura Raborn
"Laura Raborn: Words Create Reality" opened Thursday and continues through Jan. 12 at UALR's School of Art and Design, Little Rock. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon…
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SCREENTIME | OPINION
If you think about it, 1971's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is a slasher film.
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Subscriber ExclusiveHow to cope with holiday cheer
A recent commentary by Kansas City Magazine food editor Tyler Shane in The Washington Post at first seems mildly amusing. Then, with further consideration, it …
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SCREENTIME | OPINION: HBO movie about George Santos in the works
This just in: An HBO movie about the life and times of defrocked congressman George Santos is in the works.
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Subscriber ExclusiveCountry roads, take us home
There I was, listening to a three-man band of seasoned musicians play rock 'n' roll oldies on a small stage in a covered pavilion, when Savannah started tuggin…
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Getting sick isn’t an adventure
The last time I stepped on a plane for for fun was more than three years ago.
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SCREEN TIME | OPINION
If we make it through December ...
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A big-screen view of Bentonville
A recent invitation to a screening of a made-in-Bentonville film mentioned the event would take place at Skylight Cinema. “I didn’t know Bentonville had a movi…
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OPINION | SCREENTIME: Screener season has arrived
Screener season has started at our house.
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Subscriber ExclusiveHow to be the life of the party
An instructive episode of the animated streaming series "Bob's Burgers" features mom Linda spending an evening teaching her children Tina, Gene, and Louise pro…
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SCREENTIME | OPINION
Lots of movies opening theatrically this week, none of which we've seen.
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SCREENTIME/OPINION
We are immensely enjoying Brie Larson in "Lessons in Chemistry," which is now streaming on AppleTV. This week the Oscar winner (Best Actress 2016 for "The Room…
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A wise decision
Last week, the Federal Reserve did the right thing by leaving well enough alone, keeping the benchmark interest rate at about 5.4 percent. With the pressure th…
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SCREENTIME/OPINION
Elvis Presley famously met 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu in 1959 when he was in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany. She was the daughter of an Army officer a…
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Subscriber ExclusiveThe night that Halloween died
What's the word for someone who doesn't like Halloween? Scrooge is already taken.
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SCREEN TIME
Scary season continues this week as "Five Nights at Freddy's," a PG-13 horror comedy with its roots in a popular video game series opens in theaters and begins…
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Tax collection, poorly done
The U.S. budget deficit for fiscal 2023 ending Sept. 30 was $1.7 trillion. Any pragmatic politician knows that reducing such a massive shortfall will require s…
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OPINION | SCREEN TIME: Send-Off
So far as theatrical releases go, it seems we're in blockbuster-of-the-week mode, with Martin Scorsese's 3-hour and 26-minute "Killers of the Flower Moon" foll…
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Subscriber ExclusiveWhen some say no, others say yes
WordsWorth Books recently started a Banned Books Book Club.
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ScreenTime
When the Beatles broke up in 1970, John Lennon and Ringo Starr were 29 years old; George Harrison and Paul McCartney were only 27. Taylor Alison Swift will be …
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Subscriber ExclusiveOpening up to listening, learning
The still-steamy days of early October feel droopy.
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SCREENTIME/ OPINION
We really like David Gordon Green.
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The thrill is gone, then returns
In 1989, I attended a press screening of James Cameron's "The Abyss," a science-fiction thriller in which a civilian diving team searches for a lost nuclear su…
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There is a certain predictability to the year in movies; there's a reason movies have dribbled out over the past few weeks, and this week the floodgates open w…
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Subscriber ExclusiveLook out, fugitives! U.S. marshals are here
FORT SMITH--My best point of reference for the U.S. Marshals Service is Raylan Givens.
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ScreenTime
There are only a couple of films opening in local theaters this week, and from the early reviews it appears "It Lives Inside" (reviewed elsewhere in this secti…
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OPINION | SCREEN TIME: Camp Hideout
As we begin to come out of the end-of summer doldrums and into the fall prestige screening season (which begins roughly, though not absolutely, after the mid-S…
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Some aficionados of the form rate The Conjuring Cinematic Universe as one of the most genuinely scary.
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Subscriber ExclusiveDiscovering the world through words
"The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese, a novel chosen by my book club for its September subject, is described by The Guardian as an epic tale of people a…
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There is a rhythm to the seasons, and we're in that dead part of the movie calendar between the "end of summer" (as if) and the autumnal prestige season. So th…
