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Who is Andrew C. Butler?
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 17, 2012 9:00pmCoach Andrew C. Butler needs no introduction to Pine Bluff or Arkansas as he has been noted by many as one of the greatest track coaches in our state. Not only has he distinguished himself as a...
FIRST teaches job skills using robots, fun
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 17, 2012 9:00pmWhen you were a kid, would you have rather learned math and science from a textbook only, or by also building basketball-playing robots?
For some of us, the answer would be the first: Just...
If the phone rings …
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 16, 2012 9:00pmThere’s a saying in the state bureaucracy, at the top of it: if Mike Beebe calls you, you resign. If Morrill Harriman calls you, you’re fired.
Harriman, as Mr. Beebe’s closest personal and...
2014 gubernatorial field may get crowded
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 16, 2012 9:00pmFourth District Rep. Mike Ross, though always coy on the subject, seemed to have wanted to be governor since he was 6 months old. He announced this week that he’s not running in 2014.
Ross...
Gridlock in Washington stalls traffic, too
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 15, 2012 10:37pmGridlock in the nation’s capital not only has the federal government tied up but also stalls movement in Washington, D.C., and its many suburbs. The government actually works pretty well when...
Danger looms ahead for country
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 14, 2012 9:27pm“He’s one of the finest men I’ve ever known — thoughtful, caring and concerned,” said Dale Bumpers of Arkansas, a Democrat, speaking about Richard Lugar of Indiana, a Republican, just minutes...
Greens will stand up for ideals
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 14, 2012 9:19pmFor the second time in a month I’m sitting in a meeting room with two dozen people who want to change American politics, but know they won’t do it this year.
In April I covered the...
Mandatory minimums a problem
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 14, 2012 9:00pmThere is no reason Marissa Alexander should spend the next 20 years in prison.
If you are the most hardened law-and-order person in the world, even you should have some compassion for...
Same-sex marriage and Arkansas politics
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 14, 2012 9:00pmPresident Obama announced last week that his position on same-sex marriage had evolved. I am not sure the of difference between a politician’s position evolving and a flip-flop, but nevertheless...
The importance of choosing our choices
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: May 12, 2012 11:39pmIf you want to understand one reason why politics is becoming increasingly partisan, look no farther than May 22.
That’s when both parties will hold their primaries, but a lot of voters won’...