Friday, May 6, 2016

News roundup and Friday's open line

Posted By Max Brantley on Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:54 PM

The news and comment for the day was recorded a few minutes too early for the settlement of the Eugene Ellison wrongful death case at hands of Little Rock police. Otherwise, here it is and the week-ending open line.

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