Lots of print publications remain confused on how to integrate the Internet most effectively. Even after a good decade of fantastic-yet-narrowing options, good ideas seem elusive. Then, there’s Gordo: I think a lot of traditional newspaper publishers say, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if one day we make as much money on our Web sites as […]
Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock A DISSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — The Liberty Bell is moving to America’s heartland, specifically Bentonville, Ark., the National Park Service has announced. The bell, one of the nation’s most prominent treasures, will be a permanent exhibit in the sculpture garden of the planned Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Park […]
Just to be self-referential, to refer to something I’ve published elsewhere, here is my review of the new biography of iconoclast commentator I.F. Stone. (No, not self-reverential.) Reading other reviews is very interesting. Essentially all the majors come in already liking or hating Stone, and that colors their write-ups. At least one is a fan […]
(… unless the old sailor or old soldier gets insulted then you never forget that here in landlocked Arkansas it’s always half staff) Several American flags in the town of Lowell, home of the headquarters of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, have been flying half staff the last few days. Of note are two: the Northwest […]
On Wednesday, a prominent farmer’s house caught fire (here and here). He and his wife got out, due to smoke detectors waking them, but he went back in. He didn’t leave. On Thursday, trucking magnate J.B. Hunt died, several days after slipping on ice outside his home (here and here). Now, both were men up […]
It’s not that I see a lot of concerts. I don’t. So in the context of relative superlatives let it be henceforth: Sunday’s concert of the Dave Brubeck Quartet followed by the Ramsey Lewis Trio was the best jazz concert I have ever seen. This includes seeing Mr. Brubeck in Little Rock in 1993, ’94 […]