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The Thanksgiving leftovers Inconsequential News Quiz
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A dollar's worth
It's been years since The Observer — heathen that we are — has cracked the onionskin pages of the Bible, but our Momma raised us right, learning us the Good Book from an early age and prodding us out of bed and to church on Sunday mornings with the toe of her good pumps on occasion.
Whirlpool withdrawal in Fort Smith: Careers shattered
The Whirlpool plant was the cornerstone of the Fort Smith economy, once employing thousands. In June, that all swirled away.
Sunshine on Travs needed
Thank you for your article on the recent firings by the Travelers (or, apparently, by Russ Meeks) ("Fans cry foul," Nov. 21). The Democrat had no coverage other than the party-line from the Travelers' office.
Medicaid expansion could save Arkansas $700 million
According to new figures from the Arkansas Department of Human Services.
It was a good week for judicial appointments
Also a good week for Kelley Bass, Alexia Weimer and a zoo first. It was a bad week for Arkansas football and public art.
More dollars for the Chamber
The City of Little Rock has found a new way to channel taxpayer dollars to private business concerns, with a $100,000 subsidy to Metro Little Rock Alliance, an offshoot of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, added to the 2013 budget proposed last week.
Sun up
Paul Barrows submitted this photo of a sunrise over the Little Rock National Cemetery to our eyeonarkansas Flickr page.
Clinic complains about St. Vincent
A doctor who leased space from St. Vincent Health in Sherwood sent a letter to his patients informing them that St. Vincent, in a move he called "immoral and unethical," would not renew its lease and that the clinic was moving to North Little Rock.
Columns
Buffett, Rattner: The rich don't need handouts
Goes there a billionaire more without honor in his own class than Warren E. Buffett?
Buffett, Rattner: The rich don't need handouts
Goes there a billionaire more without honor in his own class than Warren E. Buffett?
Long as the limb don't break
Kicking around out on the lease, hoorawing Rudolph'n'em, old boar hog cut me off and run me up a shagbark snag. Lost my piece in the scramble so nothing for it but to wait him out. And him me. We settled in.
Buffett, Rattner: The rich don't need handouts
Goes there a billionaire more without honor in his own class than Warren E. Buffett?
A sentimental journey
Indulge me. While many of you were feasting on Thanksgiving, I was traveling. My trip will mark the last stop on a long journey.
Role model
Flush with all the Koch brothers' money they got during their election campaigns, Republican legislators could surely scrape up enough to rent a theater and watch the new "Lincoln" movie as a group. It would be money well spent. Inviting their lobbyist friends wouldn't hurt.
Manage those modifiers!
"Mills was generally a conservative and favored keeping government expenditures in check. But because Mills was from a poor state where many received substandard health care, Goss said Mills wanted to create a government program that would assist the elderly."
Lyons: Debt jockeying
What with Mitt Romney's presidential campaign having come to an ignominious end, new champions have been called forth lest mobs of pitchfork-waving grandmas and torch-bearing old men rendered fearless by Dentu-Grip breach the walls of their elegant suburban redoubts.
Reconsider
More Lincoln and less Grover Norquist is a good idea for the national Republican Party too, and reportedly some Congressional Republicans are thinking about it. Even members of the Arkansas delegation are said to be reconsidering the pledge not to raise taxes that Norquist got them all to sign. (Norquist is a lobbyist who wants to assure that rich people don't have to help support the government that protects them. He calls this tax reform.)
Entertainment
'White Christmas' coming
The Rep's gift this season is Irving Berlin's holiday classic.
Smile, the John L. Smith era is over
Blessed with an unexpected chance to leave his station on a high, John L. Smith's penchant for the football variety of self-immolation overwhelmed him.
'Deepsouth' at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
Also Super Water Sympathy at Stickyz, 'The Outsiders' at the Weekend Theater, Se7en Sharp at Fox and Hound, War(m) Chief at Stickyz, Jon Dee Graham at Stickyz and Davy Rothbart at Lyon College.
Finally, an epic 3D movie
'Life of Pi' mesmerizes.
Now on Netflix
We're watching a lot of Netflix Instant these days, but it seems like we spend most of our time endlessly flipping through one awful-sounding choice after another.
Black Tusk at Downtown Music
Also, Winston Family Orchestra celebrates record release at White Water Tavern.
Dining
New Homer's repeats winning formula
Plus, booze and dinner hours.
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