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Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 08:46:32
Sorry for the difficulties
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Make this tonight's open line.
Brighten the day
The Arkansas Times has been helping to promote the Peter Max Paints America coloring contest for kids at the Clinton Library. A day that has dawned chilly and dreary seems perfect to drop by the library for the event.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, the library will have a "Creation Station," with space and materials available for young artists to create masterpieces.
Winners in the coloring contest will see their work hung in the library and receive a signed Peter Max poster.
More on grade inflation
John Brummett today looks further at high school grade inflation, which will be a factor in qualification standards for the lottery-increased state college scholarship program.
The Stephens Media website is apparently undergoing revision and not up to date at the moment. So you can read the column on the jump.
John sides with Lt. Gov. Bill Halter that the best way to address school districts that inflate grades is not to punish the students by limiting their chances for advancement.
UPDATE: And here's more from Andrew DeMillo on Gov. Beebe's influence on lottery legislation, including the grade inflation element.
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 17:18:08
Turn out the lights
My party's over.
.... except, to say that ACLU filed its brief today objecting to the state's attempt to dismiss the challenge of Act 1, which prohibits adoptions by unmarried couples. Need 50 pages or so of reading?
Proctor loses at Supreme Court
It wasn't reported in the Arkansas Supreme Court's weekly report of decisions, but the court yesterday denied a request for a writ of certiorari from Circuit Judge Willard Proctor to stop next month's hearing by the state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission. He's been ordered to show cause why he should not be disciplined for numerous irregularities in operation of the Cycle Breakers probation program he started.
A docket sheet entry shows, however, that Proctor's petition was denied without prejudice. That means he could appeal. Justice Elana Wills did not participate. The case remains under seal, so the nature of his arguments to stop the hearing and those of the discipline panel are not known. The denial presmably means the disciplinary hearing will go forward.
J.B. Hunt tightens up
Tipster says the the trucking company's employees got e-mail notice today that company 401K contributions would cease March 1. This follows recent news of the end of company buyback of unused vacation time.Is porn a family value?
I get e-mail. Here, a link to the summary of a study of on-line pornography purchasing patterns.
Here's the full study. Generally, Internet porn subscriptions don't vary much state by state. But Utah stands out, ranking at the top of all the various metrics. Arkansas doesn't make the top 10 per thousand residents in porn subscriptions in the service studied, but that may be because of a relatively low rate of access to broadband. In the list for on-line purchases per thousand broadband users, Arkansas ranks No. 7.
The study concludes that porn purchasing is somewhat more prevalent in states that have adopted conservative positions on religion, gender roles and sexuality.
Says a Harvard Business School prof:
"Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by," Edelman says.
Keep your powder dry
Grade inflation
Big job loss in El Dorado
Inch deep, mile wide
Interesting thought ...
Beebe's right, gamblers wrong
Sigh
Late but
It smells of money
State secrets
Ethics watch
It was a jolly green day...
Huck: Fox's attack dog
Biden: Not one of us
Earmarks? Bring 'em on
Welcome to my nightmare
Comes the lawsuit
Ark.: Good times roll
Do the math
Library tax OK
Griffen departs
Media mastery
The eternal election
Somewhere, Huck yuks
Calories count
On the one hand ...
Open line
From us to the world
Buckle up for a popular president
Gun beat
Senatorial courtesy
Calling Pat Hays
M.L. King strife
Lottery details UPDATE
Church gun bill stopped
Congress a-twitter
More newspaper gloom
Life is cheap
And in other news ...
On the gun beat
Hear them roar
The end of irony
Help for the jails
A voice for D.C.
Legislative notes
The changing paper
One man, one vote
Duggar day
Your people or your 'principles'?
Robohuck on abortion
UAMS chancellor finalists
Sounds stimulating
Let us be armed
Re seat belts
For your thoughts
How low can it go?
Escapees caught in NLR
The daily layoff report UPDATE
Church and school
Lottery takes shape
The check WAS in the mail
'preciate a good vote
What's a trauma system for?
For more disclosure
Drink up; good for the budget
Dark moments in history
Hog in a poke
The vision thing
Open line
Still saying no
Living in sound bites
Compassionate conservative
Oscar night
Me oh my oh
Say yes to tolerance
Picking up tabs
Rainy day reading
Where'd the money go?
So close to Oklahoma
Remember Chandra Levy?
Open line *
Heart of stone
The lottery decision UPDATE
Free press bugle call
Wal-Mart settles truck case
Still writing after all these years
Catfish and other smelly business
To the rescue of Oxford American
Muffle the drums
Potential security breach?
Unhelpful hands
NY Times settles with lobbyist
House to the rescue
Go Green
Dogtown law
The NY Post cartoon
No bullet trains yet
'Rent' faces controversy
Let's NOT go to the lobby
Where there's a will there's a Webb
Open line
Another Texas thug nailed
Pounding the immigrants UPDATE
Dow hits six-year low
Strongman to D.C.
Prosecute Bushies?
GOP goes funky UPDATE
Lottery students' aid
Profiles in courage
AG McDaniel to wed
IRS vs. Oxford American
LR to get more firefighters UPDATE
Stimulus irony
Somebody deserves a break today
The shoe-tosser speaks
Paying it forward
Legislative fine print
Main Street dreamscape
For your, cough, pleasure UPDATE
Billionaires for Blanche
Questions, questions
Lest we forget
Legislative notes
Open line
Lottery: Into the sunlight
Velveeta-gate
Fast choo-choo?
Political Animals discuss lottery
Child's body found
Lost his marbles
Over the top?
You scratch my back
Lottery whispers
Confusion: Yes or no
DiPippa to head UALR Law
Speaking of shabby downtowns
Main Street no more
Marion Berry behind closed doors
You're up
Senate's on your side
The criminal mind
The news is good from UCA UPDATE
In defense of atheists
What happens in Arkansas ....
Like, duh
Making sausage
Accused killer in court UPDATE
Charity begins at the Huckabode
More financial turmoil
Obama moves on coal UPDATE
FLASH: Bush did something right
Down in the back
In re City Hall
Spending the stimulus UPDATE
Bond daddy watch
Improving the lottery
Calling the roll
Free classified
Early out
Bush library update
Teen driving restrictions
Working the crime beat
Fewer trips to the vet
Get out the ear plugs
Clinton rips 'automatic' votes
Das Boots
Fayetteville school search
Boss Hays
What's the matter with Arkansas?
Post-race America
Clean slate
Lottery bickering
Hypocrites-R-Us
Duggar watch
The Monday holiday
On electing judges
Death Star rising?
Movie review and open line
Big shoes to fill
Lottery crossfire
The Heights and lows of finance
Fightin' words
How low can they go?
Fabulous Fayetteville
Lock and load, parson
Arkies stimulated
You're up
Farewell Marcus Monk
The mind of a madman
How stupid are we?
So close to Tulsa ...
Solons to the mattresses
GOP to U.S.: Screw you
Ray Winder rewind
Legislative notes
Why 56 cents?
Good Samaritans, go home
Adios, Weekend
Shut the Huck up
What's cooking? UPDATE
Cork the bubbly
The Proctor beat
Top of the morning
Speaking of UAMS
Enough!
The gang that can't shoot straight
College buyouts ok?
Judd Gregg drops out
Sound and fury
Now it's the lottery
Major bust in Baxter County
What's wrong with LR?
Stimulating
Through a beer glass, darkly
Tobacco tax approved
Dingaling
Broken arrow
A mighty fortress
For the wonks: Con law
Clinton has it right ...
Justice for Timothy
Take it away
Arkies on stimulus vote
Hold the phone
Happy days are here again
Hustle and flow
Cooper Tire's handout
Bow your heads; and check your safeties
Charity begins at home
Bingo bill beaten back
Pipeline bill beaten
More drivel from The Huckster
The loyal opposition
Rolling on the river
Tobacco tax approved
Glasgow disappearance in news
The smoking light is lit
A life well lived
Wal-Mart blues
As Tricky said ...
Chesapeake's final push
7,000s, do I hear 6?
Anchors away?
Run, Stormy, run
The people's lottery
No action on Proctor
Main Street demolition UPDATE
Woe is Wal-Mart, too UPDATE
Abortion bill okayed
The tabby tax
Sucker bets
About the housing market
Clark in new venture
Cosmetology protection act
Thank God for Mississippi
Lottery takes shape -- badly
Speaking of petty
Sore winner
Fine print
School troubles
The line is open
Bombing update
Here comes Grover ...
And here comes the pitch ....
UALR still searching for law dean
So much for change
Sounding the church alarm
Romantic Robbie
Capitol notes
Skeleton in the closet ...
Scene of the crime
Eviction sought at dining legend
Wish I'd said that
What's stimulus?
Gambling with the legislature
Goofing off
How big is too big?
Don't cry for me, journalista
Blanche and Tom
Anybody there?
Itchy Twitter finger
Puppy mill watch
Candidate seeks Ark. dough
Let us pray
Checking West Memphis
Political powers
NLR watch
Doctor bombing
Disaster declared
Friday night flight
Ever heard of the WPA? UPDATE
Random thoughts
Inside the tobacco vote
Wal-Marts deprived of SI?
American hero
What would Paul Robeson say?
Breadwinners and go-get-hers
Swindler's list
Happy days ahead in NWA
Toyota in the tank
Free at last
More newspaper woes
Stimulus legislation works!
Oh, no, not again
School woes
ACLU re Family Council
Tobacco tax approved
Supreme Court news
How low can it go?
Pierce update
TV notes
Behind the plaque -- UPDATE
News in babyjacking case
Executive perks
Calling H and R Block
We're from FEMA, we're here to help
Bombing update
Shall we ...
Teens: Shut up and drive
Viva la France
Who won?
First Arsenal Church
Bomb suspected in W. Memphis blast
Smokin'
Mike 'Tax Cut' Beebe
Mike "Greenie" Ross
Obama plans pay cap
Short memories ...
Tiiiimmberrrr!
Counting heads
The great mentioner ....
No more golden parachutes
Grand old deadbeat
Over to you
Talk is cheap ...
Offensive driving
The Arkansas Times' bill
Metropolitan wins NWA suit
A new King Commission
UCA's next boss
Guns and god UPDATE II
Our cautious governor
Daschle departs
Stein lives free in Ark., dies in Vt.
Steee-riike THREE!
The money report
Presidential facts
Want better government?
The superior sex
Voluntary regulation
A vote for democracy
Another tobacco ploy
Open for business
Huckabee on legislating and perks
Now we're talking
Obama resolution now P.C.
Cig tax: Mrs. AND Mr. Green vote 'aye'
A tale of two pay raises
Friends in high places
Baghdad on the Arkansas
Spring's coming, hedgehog says
Republicans for tax
Driving while phoning
Nobama, Ray-gan
Al Gore: snark victim
Dump Daschle
Hands across the sea
Morning mailbag
Super Sunday open line
In defense of corporate jets
More red ink in Conway
The GOP's bad idea
Do you have a church home?
Lottery: heavy reading
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