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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Need an open line?

Posted by Max Brantley on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:38 PM

Crab from afar

Here's one. Sorry. Traffic jam on the causeway. It may not be original but Joe's Stone Crab has the formula down. If I could post photos by phone I'd give you a visual taste.

        
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Need an open line?

Posted by Max Brantley on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:38 PM

Comments (22)

More by Max Brantley

Recent events recommend former U.S. Rep. Mike Ross' plan to emulate Gov. Mike Beebe as a middle-of-the-road Democrat. Moderation is appealing.

As soon as the Republican legislature gets through with its gun/fetuses orgy (though still more gun and fetus legislation remains in the pipeline), it will get to the business of making Arkansas a jobs magnet by slashing taxes on rich people.

Event Calendar

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Re: Walmart hires Dan Bartlett, former George W. Bush spokesman, as executive VP

Re: Judge Wright issues injunction against abortion law

Walmart has announced the hiring of Dan Bartlett as executive vice president for corporate affairs.

I hinted earlier that evidence was mounting that the securities salesman who provided confidential information to the FBI was Steele Stephens, the broker who began enjoying a huge share of Treasurer Martha Shoffner's bond business in 2010.

The morning report: * EXXON MOBILE CAUGHT MASSAGING MAYFLOWER SPILL DAMAGE: Interesting post on Daily Kos about documents obtained by Greenpeace through a Freedom of Information Act to the state Department of Environmental Quality.

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, injured in a bicycle accident last week near his home, sent me an update this morning from his iPad.

Public for the first time, the woman who married Damien Echols discusses their relationship

For the vegetarian banh mi sandwich.

Our news partner Channel 4 has a news story that deserves repetition in full. More national headlines for the small people of Arkansas should follow directly.

Perhaps U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin might want to reconsider his earlier decision not to include Republican Rep. Loy Mauch on the list of Republican candidates he'd asked not to use his campaign contributions, having read some of what they'd written.