Tuesday, July 19, 2016

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Saturday night open line: Plus, Hot Springs confict, Jake Files troubles and a Woo, Pig! for Frank Broyles

The open line includes news on police action at Hot Springs demonstrations; troubles for Sen. Jake Files, and an appropriate sendoff for Frnak Broyles, the fomrer Razorback coach and athletic director.
- by Max Brantley
- Aug 19, 2017
When Johnny Reb comes marching to Hot Springs

They are assembling for and against white supremacist symbols in Hot Springs today. Photographs by Brian Chilson of the Arkansas Times.
- by Max Brantley
- Aug 19, 2017
Dixie's Defenders and the scrapheap of history

And you thought the Civil War was over. Supercharged by a neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville and Donald Trump's signal of sympathy, the Rebel remnants of America and assorted white supremacists, bigots and garden variety nuts have taken up arms in defense of symbols of the Lost Cause.
- by Max Brantley
- Aug 19, 2017
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LR speakers blast state board for double standard

A series of speakers, beginning with Sen. Joyce Elliott, denounced what they saw as a hidden agenda favoring charter schools at the state Department of Education and asked the state Board of Education for return of local control.
- by Max Brantley
- May 12, 2016
Baseball fans have a new place to stay

If you missed out on Razorback baseball home games this year because you couldn’t find a great place to stay, your problem is now solved: Staybridge Suites of Fayetteville is now fully renovated and located directly across from Baum Stadium, with free parking for hotel guests.
- by Sponsored
- May 22, 2017
Saturday's open line

Got any thoughts? Put them here.
- by Max Brantley
- May 21, 2016

Take yourself there: Mavis Staples coming to LR for Central High performance

Gospel and R&B singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples, who has been inspiring fans with gospel-inflected freedom songs like "I'll Take You There" and "March Up Freedom's Highway" and the poignant "Oh What a Feeling" will come to Little Rock for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Central High.
Klan's president

Everything that Donald Trump does — make that everything that he says — is calculated to thrill his lustiest disciples. But he is discovering that what was brilliant for a politician is a miscalculation for a president, because it deepens the chasm between him and most Americans.
On Charlottesville

Watching the Charlottesville spectacle from halfway across the country, I confess that my first instinct was to raillery. Vanilla ISIS, somebody called this mob of would-be Nazis. A parade of love-deprived nerds marching bravely out of their parents' basements carrying tiki torches from Home Depot.

Re: When Johnny Reb comes marching to Hot Springs
- Patriot, the racists are the people who want to celebrate a war where people of…
- Posted by Olphart
- on August 20, 2017
Re: Saturday night open line: Plus, Hot Springs confict, Jake Files troubles and a Woo, Pig! for Frank Broyles
- Cato and Olphart, your musings on the Indianapolis and "Jaws" allow me to post a…
- Posted by AnnaHarrisonTerry
- on August 20, 2017
Re: Campus carry question: What about K-12 schools on college campuses?
- Don't fail to see the light. Money, powers, fame, and wealth become your title in…
- Posted by Mercy Nicholas
- on August 20, 2017