Koch lobby has new leader in Arkansas

The Arkansas chapter of Americans for Prosperity, the Koch billionaires' anti-tax, anti-regulation political arm that spent a million bucks to produce a Republican legislative majority in Arkansas, has a new state executive director.
- by Max Brantley
- Apr 15, 2013
Gas line break interrupts classes at University of Arkansas

Gas line break interrupts classes at University of Arkansas.
- by Max Brantley
- Jun 19, 2013
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Re: Second teen-age witness testifies in Hastings trial UPDATE
- Probably not. Does the officer have a history of racial profiling and aggression towards minorities?…
- Posted by arkansas panic fan
- on June 19, 2013
Re: The open line — spanking wives for Jesus
- Hey goof, the Brindle boxer is back home with us. Sweetie thought the two nurses…
- Posted by eLwood
- on June 19, 2013
Re: Second teen-age witness testifies in Hastings trial UPDATE
- Would things have been different if the officer AND the victim had been white?
- Posted by spunkrat
- on June 19, 2013

The open line — spanking wives for Jesus

Well, back in Little Rock for one full day. Here's my return open line, including: * SPANKING FOR JESUS: I ignored the news that the wacky Pat Robertson had endorsed spanking disobedient wives, citing the familiar Biblical support for wifely submission to their husbands.
Judge Griffen reports on recuperation from bike accident

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, injured in a bicycle accident last week near his home, sent me an update this morning from his iPad.
Second teen-age witness testifies in Hastings trial UPDATE

More from David Koon, reporting from the manslaughter trial of former Little Rock Police Officer Josh Hastings.
Tony Soprano is dead

Damn. From CNN: James Gandolfini, 51, who won three Emmys for his portrayal of Tony Sprano on "The Sopranos", has died, according to HBO.

Damien Echols' statement on plea deal

Damien Echols, freed from Death Row in today's West Memphis Three plea bargain, released the following statement today: To all my friends and family, my attorneys and advocates, and to those of you from every corner of this earth who have stood beside us these long years, please know that I will forever be indebted to all of you for helping me to become a free man. Each and every day I was the beneficiary of acts of kindness and humanity from people of all walks of life, of all ages, nationalities, religions and political persuasions.
Mike Huckabee's $3 million home

Mike Huckabee, who left Arkansas, where he built the platform for his media success and which, incidentally, has an income tax, is putting down expensive roots in a beach development in Walton County, Fla., east of Destin — a $3 million home.
The Damien I Know - The Architect and the Inmate

Public for the first time, the woman who married Damien Echols discusses their relationship
A long way to fall

Fort Smith police and federal agents investigate Ron Fields, once one of Arkansas’s most distinguished prosecuting attorneys
John Rogers owns more photos than anyone, anywhere

Over the past three years, his Rogers Photo Archive in North Little Rock has been on a buying spree, purchasing the vast photo morgues of 11 great (and greatly cash-strapped) American newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, The Denver Post, the Boston Herald and The Detroit News.