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Ode to The Catfish (Stuff the Other White People Like, and A Whole Lot of Black People, Too)

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.18.2008 | Living

Read More: South, Food, Poor, Food Prices, Catfish, Greers Ferry Lake, Mississippi Delta, Arkansas, Catfish Farms, Living News
Beth Arnold

It was sad news to read of the decline of Southern catfish farms in today's New York Times. The farmers are going under because the cost of corn and ...

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Bruno's Prank: Arkansas Cage Fights Turn Gay, Crowd Goes Crazy

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each...

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Wal-Mart Kicks an Injured Cop When He is Down

David Nassar | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Tyson's, Health Care, Wal-Mart, Deborah Shank, Arkansas, Jimmy Singleton, Target Corp, Harris, Communications Consulting Worldwide, Lee Scott, Walmart Ceo Lee Scott, Health Benefits, Business News
David Nassar

Wal-Mart now seems determined to keep disability benefits from all Americans, not merely its own employees.

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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Wal-Mart's Dog and Pony Show

David Nassar | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Bentonville, Sam Walton, Human Rights, Walmart, Wal-Mart, Deborah Shank, Arkansas, Debbie Shank, Lee Scott, Shareholders, Retailer, Business News
David Nassar

Wal-Mart's abandonment of founder Sam Walton's own beliefs that have led them to become such a distasteful presence to an increasing number of communities and shoppers.

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Touch-Screen Voting Failure "Should Not Have Been Possible," Says Official

Brad Friedman | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Touchscreen Voting, Arkansas, Election Integrity, ES&S, 2008 Elections, Voting Machines, Politics News
Brad Friedman

By all means, let's not pay attention to this report of broken voting machines until after November.

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No Longer Staring Into the Abyss of an Obama-Clinton Ticket

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Clinton's increasingly desperate quest to show something for her decades of campaigning has taken on a vaguely insane turn, for which we should be grateful, even as it makes us queasy.

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Experience Creating Transformational Change: What Bill Had and Lost, Apparently Never Shared With Hillary, and Barack May Know Naturally

Steven G. Brant | Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Quality Management, Arkansas, Bill Clinton, Personality, Policy Differences, Hillary Clinton, Obama Community Organizer, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steven G. Brant

Hillary either didn't know about the Arkansas Quality Management Task Force, knew and didn't care, or knew but didn't recognize the significance of what she was seeing.

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Will Wal-Mart Do the Right Thing for Brain-Damaged Ex-Employee Debbie Shank's Family?

David Nassar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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David Nassar

Debbie Shank used to stock shelves at night for Wal-Mart so she could spend time in the afternoons with her three sons. Now she lives in a nursing home, requires around-the-clock medical care and owes Wal-Mart almost $500,000.

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The Democratic Party's Clintonian Rules

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The Democratic Party has structured its system in a way that thwarts insurgency, promotes secrecy, and creates the need for vast amounts of money. The process is perfectly Clintonian,

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Clinton's General Election Disaster in the Making

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Of the many strange spins the Clinton campaign has sold the media, few are as troubling as the idea that she is the stronger general election candidate.

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Clinton and the Vast Media Conspiracy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The media continue to portray Clinton as strongly viable, if not quite the frontrunner. This is a remarkable feat by her campaign, and a failure by journalists to accurately portray the state of the race.

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Wal-Mart "Toy Destroyer" Gets No Jail Time

Al Norman | Posted 02.12.2008 | Living

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Al Norman

Two months after his arrest on shoplifting charges for smashing a "toy" lamp in Wal-Mart's parking lot, Buddy Childress is a free man.

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Hillary's $5 Million Dump Truck

Marc Cooper | Posted 02.07.2008 | Home

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Marc Cooper

When Obama said Republicans would find a "whole dump truck" of dirt on Hillary Clinton he knew what he was talking about. She just poured $5 million into its tank.

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My Super Duper Tsunami Tuesday Primary Picks

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Between Obama and Clinton, it's going to be a virtual tie. Both campaigns will immediately release spin on why they are now the frontrunner, and why the other should politely drop out of the race.

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Thompson: Huckabee Supported Democrats

MSNBC | Carrie Dann | Posted 01.12.2008 | Politics

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Thompson and Huckabee sparred earlier this week after Thompson called the Arkansas governor a dirty word: "liberal." Today, speaking to reporters afte...

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Republicans Stunned by Penniless Wisecracking Two-bit Preacher

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Mike Huckabee's not-so-improbable rise has stunned the Republican establishment and has his rivals exhibiting completely aberrant behavior.

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Why We Wish The Clintons Would Just Go Away

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Because they have spun us into complete exhaustion. Because she's a feminist until it is her own husband who abuses his power. Because we don't have to settle for them.

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An Interesting Email Exchange with Mike Huckbee's Spouse: Janet Huckabee

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Arkansas, Clinton, Huckabee, Politics News
Steve Clemons

The exchanges with Janet Huckabee reveal something about 'temperament' and seem relevant to the Huckabee bid for the White House.

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Bill And Hillary's Experienced Lies

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

For years, many of us have been in awe of the Clintons, really in awe: a little scared and a little admiring. But the spell finally broke in the past couple of weeks.

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Stunt Man

Rob Polner | Posted 09.25.2007 | Politics

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Rob Polner

Strange doings in Rudolph Guliani's corner these days as he struggles to stay atop the GOP heap. But stunts are nothing new for Giuliani's campaigns.

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Elizabeth Eckford, Of The Little Rock Nine, Tells Her Life Story

Vanity Fair | David Margolick | Posted 09.24.2007 | Home

Read More: Little Rock, Racism, Elizabeth Eckford, Central High School, Segregation, Arkansas, Civil Rights, Integration, Home News

It was a school night, and Elizabeth Eckford was too excited to sleep. The next morning, September 4, 1957, was her first day of classes, and one last...

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