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Saturday, January 26, 2013

My heart is in San Francisco open line

Posted by Max Brantley on Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:07 PM

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Around a conference, I had a long walk along the foggy bay this morning. En route this afternoon to opening of Vermeer exhibit and then hope to squeeze into Wayfare Tavern tonight. If we can't, there's good food on nearly every corner. The crabs are in and served generously.

        
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Saturday, January 26, 2013

My heart is in San Francisco open line

Posted by Max Brantley on Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:07 PM

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The Arkansas Supreme Court today did as a U.S. Supreme Court ruling required and ordered a new sentencing hearing in Mississippi county for Kuntrell Jackson, sentenced to life in prison without parole when he was 14 as an accomplice to a cousin who killed a store attendant.

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Event Calendar

Re: Historic Preservation Alliance's 2013 list of endangered structures

Re: UPDATE: University of Arkansas Board votes to keep guns off campuses

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Several people sent links this morning to yet another odd performance by U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, already distinguished by his opposition to replenishing to country's disaster aid money unless it can be taken out of some other recipient's hide.

The Little Rock metropolitan area (which includes Conway, Sen. Rapert) is a place with a rich and deep religious tradition.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is going after expected Republican Senate candidate Tom Cotton over his wacky idea to automatically punish relatives of people who violate sanctions on Iran.

The Arkansas Supreme Court today reversed a lower court and said Searcy County Sheriff and Collector Kenny Cassell's 1979 conviction on a federal misdemeanor theft charge for stealing Cornish hens from a Tyson's interstate shipment made him ineligible to hold office.

Thanks to Clinton vet Ben Mays, a former member of the state Board of Education and a long-time critic of Arkansas school districts that spend execessively on athletics, for this nugget.

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.