Mike Ross evolves on women's issues; pays price

Mike Ross' entry into the Democratic primary race for governor, with a full-throated cry for women's rights against the Republican legislature, naturally invited an examination of his voting record.
- by Max Brantley
- Apr 18, 2013
Fact: Speaker Davy Carter made it up as he went along

The media's rapture with House Speaker Davy Carter continues. Latest is a gushing profile of Carter at the top of Talk Business' 10 Best Legislators list.
- by Max Brantley
- May 14, 2013
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Re: Mark Darr: "looks like they've done a good job" on Mayflower cleanup
- I'd like to see Mark Darr spend the after noon at a picnic in the…
- Posted by Ron Rizzardi
- on June 19, 2013
Re: David Sanders: Planned Parenthood contract "not going to happen"
- I'm thinking his title should be "dick-tator". As in, Sanders is dumber than, well that,…
- Posted by Howard Roark
- on June 19, 2013
Re: Curry: Darr's Mayflower comments are "shameful" and "wrong"
- Her point survives by the sole fact that Darr's take is BS and political posturing.
- Posted by Ron Rizzardi
- on June 19, 2013

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.

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.