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Monthly Archives: July 2004

Separation of church, press

Monday, July 26, 2004

Constitutional separation of church and press
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock
Monday, July 26, 2004: I want to toss an endorsement to the defense of the First Baptist Church of Springdale and its senior pastor, Ronnie Floyd. An self-proclaimed do-gooder group is trying to sic the IRS against them, citing church-state separation, because Floyd in a sermon [...]

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Agora sweater

Monday, July 19, 2004

Looking good in an agora sweater
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock
Monday, July 19, 2004: I raised a somewhat complex question in my previous essay. I’ve thought more, and I have a rough answer. The nature of a Web log such as Brick, however, is that it puts the newest material first. It’s Jeopardy: Here’s the answer, [...]

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Need to void

Friday, July 16, 2004

Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock
Friday, July 16, 2004: I see it as a void, a vacuum that nature abhors, that will be filled no matter what. Its name I don’t know: Maybe it’s so obvious I cannot pin it down. If so, I hope it is not trite, like, "Life, kid."
It is the span [...]

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Honor the honorable

Monday, July 12, 2004

Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock
Monday, July 12, 2004: A proposal. Earlier this month, Carl Totemeier died. Didn’t know him though stopped at his stand at the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market sometimes. He sold plants. In his retirement, he moved to Northwest Arkansas, but continued with his profession of horticulture and writing about that field. [Link to [...]

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Loosen up, Kerry

Friday, July 9, 2004

Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock
Friday, July 9, 2004. Here’s how Johns Kerry and Edwards can win big in November. This is also how they can lose, as it’s the same trick.
Kerry and Edwards in a public forum do a cheer/yell like the one that cost Howard Dean his chance. In my fantasy’s ideal, this would [...]

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Nyuk nyuk nyuk Palahniuk

Tuesday, July 6, 2004

Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock
July 5-6, 2004
July 6, 2004. Addendum to the 7/5 Brick below: I downloaded the Palahniuk interview and listened to it twice. The NPR reporter did open her piece with a warning that the writer spoke provocatively and that some comments were edited out. Sorry to miss those, because he was not [...]

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No blue-light special

Thursday, July 1, 2004

Not a blue-light special
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock
Thursday, July 1, 2004. Again proving my personal theory about Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is this week’s news about the Springdale Sam’s Club seeking a a permit for package liquor sales. Oh, the theory is that Wal-Mart is conservative economically, not politically or theologically. Sam’s executives want to move [...]

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