Arkansas Times

News

Dani Bunten changed video games forever

February 8, 2012

by David Koon

The story of a (largely) forgotten game designer from Arkansas. /more/

Cover Stories

The history of the sit-in movement in Little Rock

February 1, 2012

by John Kirk

It helped desegregate LR. /more/

Sympathy for the devil

January 25, 2012

by David Koon

Police and other experts say some of our laws on sex offenders may be doing more harm than good. /more/

The scarlet letter

January 25, 2012

by David Koon

An offender and his victim struggle together with the realities of registration. /more/

The Big Picture

The future Broadway Bridge?

February 8, 2012

The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department has released preliminary design ideas for a replacement for the Broadway Bridge. /more/

Mike Huckabee's January love affair with Mitt Romney

January 25, 2012

According to an anonymous "prominent Republican" quoted in Politico, Mike Huckabee almost ran for president in 2012 just to beat Mitt Romney. There was no love lost between the candidates during the 2008 race, with Romney sending out a mailer suggesting Huckabee was soft on punishing meth offenses and the death penalty and Huckabee calling out Romney for not having hunting bona fides, not being able to eat fried chicken correctly, for his religion ("Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?" he told the New York Times Magazine) and, perhaps most memorably, for his time at Bain Capital ("I want to be a president who reminds you of the guy you work with, not the guy who laid you off."). /more/

Arkansas Reporter

Bank of America denies loan for LR container house

February 8, 2012

by Leslie Newell Peacock

Too "unusual" to appraise, bank says. /more/

The Hot Springs woman in the paper mask

February 1, 2012

by Doug Smith

Andi Davis says she's a victim of judicial harassment. /more/

A (safer) walk in the park

January 25, 2012

by Leslie Newell Peacock

Fed up with crime, neighbors rescue Hindman. /more/

The Insider

Library promises openness

February 8, 2012

Bobby Roberts, director of the Central Arkansas Library System, promised openness about the details of the campaign for a library property-tax proposal on the ballot March 13. /more/

The Observer

Iguana blood

February 8, 2012

The Observer had the bright idea recently to take our beloved to a popular local eatery for a "let someone else cook" night out. After a longer than usual wait, we were seated at a table in clear view of a large, attractive fish tank filled with colorful tropical fish. /more/

Missing

February 1, 2012

The Observer went down to England, Ark., the other day to watch some people try to find a body. /more/

Graffiti

January 25, 2012

One of the greatest gifts bestowed upon The Observer during our secretive, moonlit coronation at La Petite Roche down below the Junction Bridge some years back — with the mayor and the governor and a certain magical, wish-granting catfish in attendance — was the power and right to eavesdrop on any citizen of Central Arkansas within our earshot, anywhere, at any time. /more/

The Week That Was

Good week for public hyprocrisy

February 8, 2012

Also a good week for crushed hopes riding on the shoulders of a teen-ager and a new low. It was a bad week for Rep. John Burris, Rep. Justin Harris and government transparency. /more/

Letters

Why oppose veterans?

February 8, 2012

I rarely find my politics aligned with his on national matters, but I'm finding myself following Max Brantley's columns much more closely when it comes to local matters. I recently decided to begin writing various organizations and representatives both local and federal in order to determine why the veteran center is opposed. /more/

Media

Comcast eyes digital divide

February 1, 2012

by Lindsey Millar

Last August, Comcast introduced Internet Essentials, a program Comcast executive vice president David L. Cohen said would "help level the playing field for low-income families." /more/

Editorials

Facing up

February 8, 2012

It's hard to criticize Sen. John Boozman for supporting congressional term limits, when he is himself walking proof that some people don't belong in public office. /more/

Max Brantley

Hope and change

February 8, 2012

by Max Brantley

Last week brought some hopeful developments on the political front in a state that Gallup says has risen to be the sixth most-conservative in the country. /more/

Ernest Dumas

No Gingrich, no scorched earth

February 8, 2012

by Ernest Dumas

It is beginning to look like we will not have in 2012 one of those rare presidential races where the icons of the great tectonic movements in politics face off at Armageddon. /more/

Bob Lancaster

Where Arkansas ranks

February 8, 2012

by Bob Lancaster

Arkansas has obsessed on national rankings — and not just in football — since Gov. Charles Brough traveled the country making his "Wonders of Arkansas" chautauqua speech nearly 100 years ago. /more/

Words

Mittster Charisma

February 8, 2012

by Doug Smith

"Mitt Romney Glittered at Minnesota Rally" /more/

Gene Lyons

Obama and Iran

February 8, 2012

by Gene Lyons

After being elected in large part because he'd opposed a "dumb" war in Iraq, President Obama finds himself confronting an even dumber one in Iran. Exponentially dumber, actually. /more/

Lyons: Obama the pragmatist

February 1, 2012

by Gene Lyons

To the extent that he ever believed much, if any, of his own soaring rhetoric about a transformative, post-partisan presidency during the 2008 campaign, President Obama would have to be judged a failure. /more/

Obama-hate fuels Gingrich's run

January 25, 2012

by Gene Lyons

Look, nobody's third wife is going to be First Lady. In the privacy of the voting booth, American women won't stand for it. /more/

Columnists

Max Brantley

Hope and change

Last week brought some hopeful developments on the political front in a state that Gallup says has risen to be the sixth most-conservative in the country. /more/

Ernest Dumas

No Gingrich, no scorched earth

It is beginning to look like we will not have in 2012 one of those rare presidential races where the icons of the great tectonic movements in politics face off at Armageddon. /more/

Graham Gordy

Arkansas's great failures

Arkansas has long been a nucleus for both industry and innovators. Despite our modest population, we have produced some of the most renowned businesses, brands, and entrepreneurs the world now knows. /more/

Bob Lancaster

Where Arkansas ranks

Gene Lyons

Obama and Iran

After being elected in large part because he'd opposed a "dumb" war in Iraq, President Obama finds himself confronting an even dumber one in Iran. Exponentially dumber, actually. /more/

Arkansas Blog

Beebe says Caterpillar looking at Fort Smith

Gov. Mike Beebe says Fort Smith has a shot at landing a 1,400-employee Caterpillar plant, maybe at the emptying Whirlpool facility in a city with a lot of skilled factory laborers anxious to be retrained.

Rock 'n' roll Republicans

Hell, there are Christian metal bands these days. Who can decipher lyrics of a thrashing rock band anyway?

No beer today at Porter's Jazz Cafe

The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Division has picked up the alcoholic beverage permit of Porter's Jazz Cafe because the cafe had never obtained a sales tax permit.