As a neutral comment on tall buildings in fayre Fayetteville, Arkansas, here is a suggestion: Head to the downtown Square and walk around the Bank of America building. It’s a half-block, all the way between Center and Mountain streets, facing East Avenue and stopping at an alley in back. The BofA is gone, and the […]
Which self is awed, which one is angry, which is embarrassed, which is confused by some ol’ story that ran in the newspaper days ago? My colleague the columnist Jay Grelen in Little Rock wrote Sunday of his long pursuit of an interview with novelist Harper Lee. He didn’t write it for publication just then; […]
Part of the definition of a right — a human right, a civil right (aren’t those interchangeable?) — is that they’re unalienable [or inalienable], to borrow and twist an independent, declarable phrase. Yet Alberto Gonzales the attorney general of the United States said on ABC’s “This Week” today there is some flex to the First […]
The Demzette reported yesterday that Arkansas’ new ban on smoking in workplaces also threatens ashtrays, at least on paper. “Although the law and a draft of the accompanying regulations authorize fines of up to $500 for a misdemeanor conviction and civil penalties of up to $1,000 a day when an ashtray is discovered on the […]
In a televised address to the nation, President George W. Bush tonight is expected to announce an executive order reducing the maximum highway speed to 55 mph. You heard the speech was to be about immigration? Well, we will see. Another two-term Republican, Richard M. Nixon, created the first 55 mph cap in January 1974. […]
Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock What kind of shirt are you wearing today? If it’s a T, does it have writing or some graphics? Yes, pretty much everyone wears logo-Ts. This one: Did you buy it, bub, or with luck was it free? Wha’? Well, if you’re wearing advertising, the least you can expect as […]