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Freedom of speech, not from responsibility

During this past primary election cycle, someone in Saline County where I live stole a circuit clerk candidate’s letterhead, typed an obviously fraudulent letter above her signature, and mailed it to someone, who then e-mailed it to others.

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Posted in Blogs, Columns, Source, Steve Brawner, Steve BrawnerComments (0)

Silliness prevails in search

LITTLE ROCK — Weeding out the improbable, unavailable, and unlikely from the legitimate and the maybes in the search for the next Arkansas football coach was a self-assigned task.

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Posted in Columns, Harry KingComments (0)

Colonial Earth and the Mayan calendar mysteries

There have been many articles, documentaries and books written about the end of the world as dramatically inferred by the last date on a Mayan calendar.

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Posted in Columns, Micki BareComments (0)

Hammerschmidt legacy — the Buffalo River

Forty years ago, after a long and difficult labor, the Buffalo National River was born.

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Plus One is a Minus

LITTLE ROCK — Revived by the Pac-12 commissioner’s self-serving interpretation of a new bowl game, the Plus One option should be put down quickly.

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Posted in Columns, Harry KingComments (0)

Hewlett-Packard cuts expected to impact ‘every business and region’

The announcement that tech giant Hewlett-Packard will lay off 27,000 workers worldwide sent reverberations through Arkansas economic circles, particularly in Conway where the company opened a 1,000 employee, $28 million state-of-the-art service center in 2010. A spokesman for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company tells Talk Business that “just about every business and region” will be impacted by the downsizing.

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Bad bills cure no secret ills

The trumpet of moral objectives is never loud enough to drown out the cry of immoral means.

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Posted in Columns, Matthew Pate, SourceComments (0)

A talk with soon-to-be citizen Ross

It’s the day before the primary election, and Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., soon to be just plain Mike Ross, has spent the day doing what he wouldn’t have had time to do were he remaining in politics: hauling a load of his son’s stuff from Prescott to Fayetteville.

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Never the champs shall meet

LITTLE ROCK — An intriguing concept, the Big 12 champion vs. the Southeastern Conference champion in a bowl game is unlikely, but the agreement will reverberate throughout college football.

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Posted in Columns, Harry KingComments (0)

Base closing not in my backyard

Fort Smith doesn’t want to become Blytheville. That’s what the fight over the 188th Fighter Wing boils down to.

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Posted in Columns, Rick Fahr, SourceComments (0)

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