I get e-mail. Here, a link to the summary of a study of on-line pornogrpahy purchasing patterns. Here’s the full study. Generally, Internet porn subscriptions don’t vary much state by state. But Utah stands out, ranking at the top of all the various metrics. Arkansas doesn’t make the top 10 per thousand residents in porn subscriptions [...]

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Everyone knows who Scotty Thurman is, right? I guess he hit some sort of 3-pointer that meant something didn’t he? Anyway, we got a chance to talk to Thurman about a variety of things on a teleconference earlier this week and one question Ryan Malashock asked him was this: What does he remember after winning the [...]

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Story of the day. Head of Ryanair, Europe’s budget carrier, says he’s thinking about charging airline passengers to use plane toilets. Is it April 1?

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Earlier this week the Arkansas House passed HB1339, a bill to end Arkansas’ participation in the Electoral College.  If passed by Arkansas and by a majority of the states based on ironically electoral votes, Arkansas would agree to cast their electoral votes for whoever won the national popular vote.    Tolbert Report contributor Brett Hooton wrote [...]

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Judge Collins Kilgore ruled today in a lawsuit with high interest in the medical community. He said Baptist Health may no longer prevent physicians from practicing at its hospitals if they have an investment in competing institutions. The suit was brought by Little Rock cardiologists with a stake in the Arkansas Heart Hospital. Some background here. The [...]

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How’s the GOP Just Say No policy on response to the country’s economic crisis playing out? Not so well according to these poll numbers.

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Legislators have been briefed on the process of administering funds arriving from the federal stimulus bill, and one thing is fairly clear: projects won’t be funded on the basis of political muscle. A procedure will be implemented that will fund projects on our “list” by considering an array of priorities without regard to recommendations/pressure [...]

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As a president who was no stranger to challenging times, Harry Truman once said, “A pessimist makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist makes opportunities of his difficulties.” Like the rest of the nation, Arkansas finds itself facing such difficulties amid a turbulent economic climate that tests the fortitude of our people. On [...]

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A group of friends, family and neighbors came together Thursday night for a candlelight vigil in memory of 6-month-old Rihanna Robinson, who police believe was murdered Wednesday.

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