The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.

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The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.

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When I hear “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” sung by Carly Simon on the soundtrack of “Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns,” I am moved in different ways.

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A troubling report was recently released from the National Center on Family Homelessness called America’s Youngest Outcasts 2010. The report ranks states across the nation on child homelessness. Sadly, Arkansas ranked third. According to this report, there were nearly 14, 000 homeless children in Arkansas in 2010. This is a tragic [...]

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The oft-cited internal mantra of Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign was, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Today, it might be, “It’s the stupid lack of clarity.”

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My college journalism mentor, the late L.W. “Tex” Plunkett, father of the outstanding journalism program at Arkansas State University, reached his decision to retire on the first day of school in the fall of 1973.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ on-campus bowl practices have given coaches an opportunity to take a long look at some of the Razorbacks’ younger players.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas forward Marvell Waithe doesn’t yet know how to define his role with the Razorbacks after 12 games.

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I’ve said before that I grew up in the Southwest Louisiana oil patch in a refinery town. I know both the prosperity and unpleasant side effects that oil and gas exploration and chemical production can cause. Few people in that part of the world want to get rid of the industry. But if you think [...]

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Sorry I didn’t take a screen shot. I was alerted last night to a post on the Little Rock School District Twitter account that suggested a Bible reading for the day — from Revelation, maybe? — and a link to a religious website. Sorry I didn’t take a screen shot. I sent notes to Little Rock [...]

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