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| Regular Features
John Brummett Done with Lu? Nope By John Brummett Now that Lu Hardin has given back the lied-about bonus of $300,000 from captive student expenditures at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, am I finished with him and any attendant issues? - Sunday, Jul 20, 2008 Can Obama afford to be new? By John Brummett The idea that Barack Obama offers a new kind of politics contains a substantive element beyond his "yes, we can" mantra and the rock star persona. - Sat, Jul 19, 2008 I seek truth, not facts By John Brummett One thing we've always known in the newspaper business - or ought to have known - is that we're not necessarily being truthful by being factual. - Thu, Jul 17, 2008 We are all torturers By John Brummett A new book by one of the nation's most highly regarded reporters reveals definitively that the United States has engaged in torture and false imprisonment. - Tue, Jul 15, 2008 Bar-none with Barr-Nunn By John Brummett If you overhear something sounding like a bar-none strategy from Barack Obama and the Democrats, be advised that it will be spelled differently. - Mon, Jul 14, 2008 Tacky on top of tacky By John Brummett They have this still-new grand hall at the Governor's Mansion. - Sun, Jul 13, 2008 Once more on UCA, with feeling By John Brummett Could you stand one more column, for now, on the University of Central Arkansas and the no-longer secret bonus for Lu Hardin, the president? - Sat, Jul 12, 2008 Thinking at Harding By John Brummett The big news is not that Mark Elrod is moving his blog from public to private so that only a hundred or so approved friends will be able to read and respond to it. - Thu, Jul 10, 2008 Lu Hardin's pattern By John Brummett Not to beat a dissembling horse, but there are a couple of unfortunate loose ends on Lu Hardin's once-secret big bonus. - Tue, Jul 08, 2008 Caught red-handed in truth By John Brummett Wesley Clark did nothing wrong except respond in kind to a newsman's question and do so honestly and frankly. - Mon, Jul 07, 2008 Huckabee extols our tough politics By John Brummett In 1993 I found it necessary to defend the meanness of our state's politics. - Sun, Jul 06, 2008 Holiday weekend arrows By John Brummett You know the holiday weekend drill. We fire arrows to reflect the supposed conventional wisdom. - Sat, Jul 05, 2008 How Lu Hardin didn't get a raise By John Brummett Sometimes it's enough merely to tell the story. Readers may judge for themselves. - Thu, Jul 03, 2008 Warming the globe, protecting the economy By John Brummett Environmental protection offers little to no political premium in Arkansas. - Tue, Jul 01, 2008 Whose Christianity? Which? By John Brummett Barack Obama has been caught red-handed espousing an expansive rather than restrictive view of Christianity. - Mon, Jun 30, 2008 Book broker to the rescue By John Brummett There's this lawyer in Washington who pretty much runs everything in that incestuous little company town where they do public service for personal profit. - Sun, Jun 29, 2008 When taxpayers buy publicity By John Brummett This is too rich. It's about blurring news and advertising in the news media. - Sat, Jun 28, 2008 Challenge of the junior featherweight By John Brummett Our junior columnist here at the Arkansas News Bureau - David Sanders, a former low-level aide to Mike Huckabee - publicly took me to task the other day. - Thu, Jun 26, 2008 Secret government for jobs By John Brummett In the 1990s Little Rock boosters worried that Bill Clinton might not put his presidential library in the city because the local newspaper was editorially unfriendly to the president. - Tue, Jun 24, 2008 Republicans without demons? By John Brummett In his new role as an election commentator for Fox News, Mike Huckabee will need to beat what he pulled the other day in Japan, where he was giving speeches for hire. - Mon, Jun 23, 2008 Great, if not spectacular, in Conway By John Brummett So the big Hewlett-Packard announcement for Conway wasn't software development. - Sun, Jun 22, 2008 Give me real suspense, not Indiana By John Brummett So the better half and I and the two pals ventured the other day to see Indiana Jones and the hunt for the quartz brain or something like that. - Sat, Jun 21, 2008 Dennis Byrd David J. Sanders Reviewing conventional wisdom By David J. Sanders I've called it gauging the general consensus or reviewing conventional wisdom. - Wed, Jul 16, 2008 Brown, Hardin respond differently By David J. Sanders That Arkansas Tech University, through the university's Foundation Board, is providing a deferred compensation plan to its president, Robert Brown, might not be too surprising in light of recent revelations regarding emoluments given to Lu Hardin, president - Sun, Jul 13, 2008 Hardin proves careless mistake By David J. Sanders Careless is not a word that comes to mind when attempting to describe Lu Hardin. - Wed, Jul 09, 2008 Bush speaks candidly to fund-raiser event goers By David J. Sanders Maybe one of President Bush's problems has been that he doesn't hire an adept staff. - Sun, Jul 06, 2008 House Republicans losing seats, friends By David J. Sanders Congressional Republicans' sad state of affairs is the subtext of the all-important presidential election year. - Wed, Jul 02, 2008 Following up with a partisan cheerleader By David J. Sanders The other day I pointed out how a couple of Democrat-leaning journalists who'd penned lengthy pieces extolling the virtues of Gov. - Sat, Jun 28, 2008 Opinion writers and partisan advocacy By David J. Sanders When opinion journalists substitute objectivity and proportionality for something less desirable - personal bias, political predisposition or blind ideological ties - their work becomes hard to distinguish from partisan advocacy. - Wed, Jun 25, 2008 Huckabee's upcoming political progress By David J. Sanders Tim Russert began wrapping-up the program's segment. That Sunday morning, his "Meet the Press" panel included a few well-known faces and one lesser-known Gov. - Sun, Jun 22, 2008 Doug Thompson McCain's Arkansas arrival By Doug Thompson Arkansas Republicans will get a reminder next month that there's a race they can win. - Sat, Jul 19, 2008 School woes By Doug Thompson The prospect of forced consolidation of the Greenland and Decatur school districts is the biggest news in Benton and Washington counties right now. - Sat, Jul 05, 2008 Time to fix TIF By Doug Thompson The state constitution should be changed to allow full tax increment financing for roads. - Sat, Jun 28, 2008 Harry King - Sports Asterisk for British? By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Baseball has home-run asterisks, one for sure and one a myth. - Sun, Jul 13, 2008 Stupid, stupid, stupid By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Succinctly and accurately, the woman explained the Matt Jones arrest to her two athletic sons. - Sat, Jul 12, 2008 Biggest upset is in Ann Arbor By Harry King' LITTLE ROCK - Unencumbered by equal-time rules, this is a campaign ad for Jerry Moore and his football team from Boone, N. - Thu, Jul 10, 2008 Criticism of Perry is off base By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Criticized for keeping a commitment, that's the Twilight Zone of PGA Tour player Kenny Perry. - Wed, Jul 09, 2008 Olympic spirit personified by two By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Heptathlete Diana Pickler and 800 meter man Christian Smith embody the Olympic spirit, and there likely won't be a word about either one from Beijing next month. - Tue, Jul 08, 2008 Top moments in SEC for UA By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - July is a slow month for Razorback-related football news on the field, but a creative person like Steve Sullivan can figure out a way to stretch a theme for weeks. - Sun, Jul 06, 2008 Last look at NBA in '08 By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Some random thoughts about the NBA before shunting aside the league until a slow day early in 2009: - Sat, Jul 05, 2008 Money talks: USC favorite for title By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - The people who vote with Ben Franklins and Andrew Jacksons think more of the Buckeyes than they do the Sooners. - Thu, Jul 03, 2008 ARSN May Be For Sale By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - As sure as two plus two equals four, "No comment," from those in the know adds up to something is going on. - Wed, Jul 02, 2008 Lewis caught in LPGA absurdity By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Absurd. Nonsensical. Irrational. Outlandish. None of those alone is sufficient to encapsulate the unfairness of the LPGA's view of money won in the U. - Tue, Jul 01, 2008 Stacy Lewis has insight about Pinnacle by Harry King FAYETTEVILLE - The tour guide insisted that the visitor drop a ball near the fairway bunker for a 100-yard shot to a pin that looked to be a step behind the left bunker on the 13th hole at the Blessings Golf Club. - Sun, Jun 29, 2008 Open dates galore in SEC By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - The stop-and-go football schedule of 2008 inserts a first-time variable into the Southeastern Conference. - Sat, Jun 28, 2008 Ark. Derby winner to try France By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Along comes thoroughbred trainer Steve Asmussen with an idea so fresh that it begs to be wrapped in that cliche about creative thinking. - Thu, Jun 26, 2008 Olympic Trials are ultimate elimination By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - The announcement that gymnast Paul Hamm would be on the U. - Wed, Jun 25, 2008 Tebow going against his number By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Directed by Billy Crystal, the title of the HBO film was a number that gave away the plot. - Tue, Jun 24, 2008 Attendant flies around Travs' games By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Back-and-forth flights between Charlotte and Little Rock with overnights in Arkansas is heaven for a flight attendant with a fondness for the Arkansas Travelers. - Sun, Jun 22, 2008 Absence of Woods will test Tour By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - There are those of us who are hard-core golf degenerates who watch the PGA Tour stop-of-the-week and who catch up on The Golf Channel when something interferes with the live feed. - Sat, Jun 21, 2008 Joe Mosby - Outdoors Fantasy Fishing finally taking off By Joe Mosby For the second time in two months, a fishing fantasy has brought $100,000 to an Arkansan. - Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Duck hunting season to be set By Joe Mosby Here we are well into July, and the guessing game is under way. - Sat, Jul 12, 2008 Town calling on hunters, lots of deer By Joe Mosby Another Arkansas community is attacking its problem of too many deer in town by calling on hunters. - Sat, Jul 05, 2008 Arkansas Corps. of Engineer park facilities changing By Joe Mosby Gradually but significantly, the heyday of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park facilities in Arkansas is changing. - Sat, Jun 28, 2008 Sunflower seeds and cowpeas useful for wildlife By Joe Mosby Summer is just starting, officially, and there is time to make some plantings to attract and benefit wildlife. - Sat, Jun 21, 2008 Micki Bare - Diamond in the Rough Cutting corners makes the world go round By Micki Bare Hot water is spewing from a miniature apparatus. A paper cup, waiting patiently in its crook, catches the instantly brewed serving of energy. - Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Summer project under way to accommodate testosterone By Micki Bare The modest house I was so proud to purchase as a hardworking single mom was perfect for my little boys and me. - Sat, Jul 12, 2008 Crime fighting gets boost, canine TV roles become meatier By Micki Bare The identification of potentially hundreds of thousands of canines is on the brink of being disclosed due to advances in canine DNA technology. - Sat, Jul 05, 2008 Happy birth order change day to the new big brother By Micki Bare Sitting in the waiting room of the women's wing of the hospital, frustration, anxiety and excitement hung thick in the air. - Sat, Jun 28, 2008 Patiently waiting for the ultimate summer mega-blockbuster By Micki Bare 'Tis the season for overpriced popcorn dripping with butter-flavored oils, sticky floors and mega-blockbuster films. - Sat, Jun 21, 2008 |