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Vote for progress in Little Rock
While I am sure that Kathy Wells, Jim Lynch and others have honest motives for attempting to sabotage Little Rock's revenue equalization effort, I submit that they miss the point on the upcoming sales tax vote.
The West Memphis Three are free
The hows and whys and sights and sounds.
Mark Martin's fight
Martin is fighting the unemployment claims of a former employee of his office who left because she said she was instructed to destroy an e-mail that would have been subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
Good week for the West Memphis Three
Also for Arkansas Razorback Football. Bad week for Bryant Mayor Jill Dabbs, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and Alice Stewart.
Better than Texas
Arkansas's tax system is slightly more friendly to the poorest people, but only slightly.
Rescued by our reptile side
UAMS researchers find a surprise in the brain.
The Observer's January visit with Jason Baldwin
A rare rerun from The Observer's Jan. 18, 2011 column about a visit with the then-jailed Jason Baldwin.
The 'big ask'
An insider's view of the legal maneuvers that freed the West Memphis Three.
West Memphis Free
The sights and sounds of the day the three were set free.
WM3 menu
Damien Echols had some culinary firsts after being released from prison recently.
Small-school champions
Two Arkansas congressmen are among the 14 sponsors of a bill that would "correct" a provision of the federal school-funding formula they say favors large school districts over small districts.
Jason's choice
Friendship, freedom and a principled stand.
Bipartisan race
The rise of Republicanism in Arkansas has brought a rare two-party race to the state Senate in Southeast Arkansas, traditionally a Democratic stronghold.
Now what?
No backing down for WM3 supporters.
Who are the West Memphis Three?
The Times' coverage of the case since 1994.
Columns
We aim for closure, not perfection
Sometimes belief is a personal choice, not a logical deduction. Sometimes people would rather be finished with something than right about it. You hear people talking more about closure than about perfection.
Turbulence at airport
The filling of an airport job last week inadvertently exposed internal airport political friction.
Climate-change enigma
How do we account for the climate-change enigma of 2011, the lack of any serious debate about what to do about global warming in the midst of one of the most turbulent weather years in modern history?
The people served
Sometimes we the people complain so hard about the government not working that we fail to notice when it does. There have been two such happy occasions in Central Arkansas in the last week and a half.
Efforts to 'overtake' the U.S. government
The New Apostolic Reformation wants to overtake — that is, catch up with and possibly surpass — the U.S. government? In what way, I wonder?
The people misserved
Lately, Mark Martin has been squandering taxpayers' money on legal advice that he could have gotten for nothing.
Entertainment
New on Rock Candy Aug. 24
A film adaptation of "Devil's Knot" is in the works, plus Lucinda Williams is coming to Little Rock and Fort Smith has a four-day music festival coming up soon.
When idiots are dull
It's hard to find the funny in "Our Idiot Brother."
Planting roots
The Fayetteville Roots Festival expands in second year.
HBO airing West Memphis Three docs
Plus, the first Berlinger-Sinofsky documentary, "Brother's Keeper" on Netflix Instant.
Drowning Pool, Guy Clark and Synfest
Plus, West Memphis Three: Past, Present & Future, Culture, Lightnin' Malcolm and the 48-Hour Film Project screenings.
Petrino Agonistes
Let me recreate a scene for you. Fayetteville. An August scrimmage. Your team was ranked 12th in the final AP Poll of 2010 and is returning 15 starters from a 10-3 record that resulted in the first BCS Bowl appearance in school history. You have 14 pre-season All-Southeastern Conference Team selections, the second most of any conference school.
Joe Sundell comes to White Water
Plus, The Toneadoes, The Band of Heathens and more.
Dining
Hunka Pie offering 100-pie buffet
Plus, Half Off Depot has a host of dining- and drink-related deals.
Not the same old Browning's
Restaurant re-do fashions Mexican grill as neighborhood hangout.
Cartoons
Guides
Music venue guide
Little Rock's clubs bring in bluegrass, rap and everything in between.
Thrift store guide
In the same way that each person has his or her own spirit animal, every individual also has his or her own thrift store.
Ethnic groceries guide
For cooks looking to dig deeper in a foreign cuisine, it's hard to beat Central Arkansas's ever-expanding number of ethnic groceries.
Parks in Central Arkansas guide
Central Arkansas is the urban heart of Arkansas, but that doesn't mean it's all concrete and office buildings. In Little Rock, the Parks and Recreation Department has promoted the moniker "City in a Park," and North Little Rock can lay claim to one of the largest urban greenspaces in the United States, the 1,575-acre Burns Park.
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