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Will Reconstruction ever cease to be the frame of reference for recording the advance of history in this part of Dixie, as in "Arkansas Republicans claimed majority control of the House on Thursday for the first time since Reconstruction ... "?
- by Ernest Dumas
- Nov 14, 2012
A message for Mitt Romney from Lesley Gore and 'Girls' creator Lena Dunham: You don't own me

Thanks to The Atlantic for alerting me to this new video produced by Lesley Gore and Lena Dunham.
- by Max Brantley
- Oct 25, 2012

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Re: Sunday morning: IRS, Kochs and movies
- >Martha may be guilty as sin, but the FBI was low-down dirty for arresting her…
- Posted by eLwood
- on May 19, 2013
Re: UPDATE: FBI confirms State Treasurer Martha Shoffner's arrest, apparently for official misconduct
- Elizabeth Stevens is married to Craig Campbell, not Steve Campbell.
- Posted by Ambrosiabierce
- on May 19, 2013
Re: Sunday morning: IRS, Kochs and movies
- Latest polls show that the "scandals" made up by the repubs this last week have…
- Posted by Mam
- on May 19, 2013

UPDATE: FBI confirms State Treasurer Martha Shoffner's arrest, apparently for official misconduct

The shoe drops. This mug shot of Democratic state Auditor Martha Shoffner appeared on the Pulaski County sheriff's office jail intake page late this afternoon.
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.
Sunday morning: IRS, Kochs and movies

Not much new to report this morning. If all goes well, I'm going to catch at least three movies today at the Little Rock Film Festival.
Levon Helm documentary is a Little Rock Film Festival must-see

"Ain't in It for My Health," the new documentary about the late, great Levon Helm, plays the Little Rock Film Festival on Thursday, May 16. It's going to be well-received. I got to see an advance screener of it, and I can all but guarantee anyone with even a passing affinity for Levon will eat it up.

Republican State Rep. Nate Bell quotes Hitler

PS — It's a bogus quote. PPS — Nate Bell defends Hitler citation.
The Damien I Know - The Architect and the Inmate

Public for the first time, the woman who married Damien Echols discusses their relationship
Make a pilgrimage to Pho Vietnam in Fort Smith

For the vegetarian banh mi sandwich.
'A Loss of Roses' a stunner

Before last Friday night, the saddest, most "depressing" Depression-era story I had read was Horace McCoy's "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" However, after watching The Arkansas Repertory Theatre's opening performance of William Inge's "A Loss of Roses," I can attest that this play is as rough and unflinching as that Depression-era tale, or any other.
TV producer Bryant Huddleston disinvited as Imboden Ark., high school graduation speaker because he's gay

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.

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