Re: Escaping traffic in America: The remotest place in Arkansas
- Having grown up in "civilization" (Oak Forest in Little Rock) I do enjoy the "remote".
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- Posted by Citizen1
- on May 22, 2013
Re: Escaping traffic in America: The remotest place in Arkansas
- Oneof my favorite remote places is Gray's Spring Picnic Area in the Oxark National Forest…
- Posted by olefishbait
- on May 22, 2013
Re: Honestly, do those who entertain at Walmart shareholders’ meetings really deserve all the press coverage they receive?
- Thanks, Richard, for keeping it real and focused. Again, your point? That the press doesn't…
- Posted by darthvadersmom
- on May 22, 2013

Salesman in Shoffner probe resigns from securities firm

Steele Stephens, the securities salesman whose large share of state Treasurer Martha Shoffner's state bond investments triggered a federal investigation that led to a criminal charge against her, yesterday submitted a resignation by fax to his employer, St. Bernard Financial Services, based in Russellville.
Still ripe for reform in Arkansas?

Last February, the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation released a report I authored titled "Ripe for Reform: Arkansas as a Model for Social Change."
Morning report: ExxonMobil caught; city directors get big pay raise; the return of Ken Starr

The morning report: * EXXON MOBILE CAUGHT MASSAGING MAYFLOWER SPILL DAMAGE: Interesting post on Daily Kos about documents obtained by Greenpeace through a Freedom of Information Act to the state Department of Environmental Quality.
The crash of Martha Shoffner

My overriding emotion about the fate of state Treasurer Martha Shoffner is sadness.
Cowboy up at Sonny Williams

Sitting down at Sonny Williams is a real pleasure. They're doing justice to thick, meaty steaks. Worth a visit for any in Little Rock.

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.
Loy Mauch update: The Republican rep is on record on slavery, too

Perhaps U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin might want to reconsider his earlier decision not to include Republican Rep. Loy Mauch on the list of Republican candidates he'd asked not to use his campaign contributions, having read some of what they'd written.

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