- Issue Archive for
- Dec 4-10, 2008
- Vol. 6, No. 47
News
Nov. 26-Dec. 2, 2008
It was a GOOD week for … The LITTLE ROCK POLICE. They arrested a suspect, Curtis Vance of Marianna, in the beating death of KATV morning anchor Anne Pressly.
Smart talk, Dec. 4
The state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission Nov. 21 released a letter of reprimand to Circuit Judge Mary McGowan of Little Rock.
Crime Lab delay
Was the rape of a Marianna schoolteacher less important to the state than an assault on a Little Rock TV personality? “Couldn’t be farther from the truth,” state Crime Laboratory Director Kermit Brooks Channell II said Tuesday.
The observer, Dec. 4
The Observer recently attended a talk at the Clinton School of Public Service, lured there by the appearance of a NASA astronaut.
What it is
I have to tell you that, at the end of the day, I personally agree with Doug Smith’s fairly unique column, WORDS.
‘A night from hell’
Students who were present during what Jonesboro police have called a riot at that city’s The Grove apartment complex on election night Nov. 4 say the event was a peaceful celebration until cops arrived, and insist that accounts of rock and bottle throwing
Columns
Words, Dec. 4
Maybe we need a misusage vaccine:
Come home, Barack
Barack Obama appeared to many Americans as the black presidential candidate with the foreign name.
South rises again at Faubus Motel
It’s a rich story on many levels, filled with irony and striking coincidence.
Workers’ ‘rights’
If you can make yourself look at it this way, the country has become a far better place the past year or so because lots of people, from profit-motivated businessmen and lobbyists to hard-bitten newspaper owners and editors, have developed a sudden consum
Arkansas escaped
A decade or so ago, ambitious and well-connected chiselers sold gullible and/or greedy legislators on the idea that deregulation of electricity would be good for people.
Entertainment
Nada Surf, Delta Spirit
Arriving at 9 p.m., we secured spots on the front row, just in time to see the first opener, Jealous Girlfriends, break down their set-up.
A&E news, Dec. 4
The 10th edition of the Oxford American’s Southern Music Issue hits newsstands on Friday.
In brief, Dec. 4
Our favorite local honky-tonk stalwarts the Salty Dogs return to White Water after a month’s (or so) hiatus for a night of country classics and originals, 9 p.m., $5.
It’s a wonderful, noisy life
This holiday season, the iconic story of George Bailey and his guardian angel, Clarence Oddbody, comes to the Arkansas Rep’s Main Stage — with a twist.
High concept
‘Synecdoche’ struggles under the weight of its form, but ultimately impresses.
Adam Faucett
In the imagination of the American winter, after the leaves are stripped from the trees and snow dulls the jagged edges of our immediate surroundings, our perception is sharpened.
To-do list, Dec. 4
My Brightest Diamond, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, 'The History Boys,', Hoobastank, Boys of the Lough, Christina Milian and Stanton Moore Trio highlight this week's entertainment options.
Don’t believe everything you read
I’ve gotten two versions of it, so I’m assuming a lot of you have seen it too: An e-mail warning readers not to buy gift cards, or much of anything else, at a long list of national chain retailers that are supposedly closing a number of stores or going ou
Dirty Harry Marathon
I hate it here in the future. TV and movie cops have gone soft.
An (un)likely story
I don’t believe it for a minute. Not one bit. How can a story this perfect possibly be true?
Dining
What's cooking, Dec. 4
Satellite Coffee Co. will, once again, extend its hours into the evening beginning Monday, Dec. 15.
Big taste, small packages
New restaurants have a tendency to be hit or miss.
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