Wednesday, February 28, 2007
“An illustration Sunday with a story about the McClellan-Kerr waterway incorrectly showed the angles of the gates when closed and the position of the lower gate when open.”
“A story in Monday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette incorrectly called President Bush a Republic when he actually is 1/298 millionth of a Republic.”
“A photo caption in Tuesday editions incorrectly indicated [...]
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Decision-making, in retrospect, was simpler in youth, even the tough decisions. From choosing which burger to which college, most were cut-and-dried.
The more the years pass, the more complicated it gets. I bet the young folks have no trouble picking out a home computer or laptop. At a store, the few times I’ve done it, one [...]
Monday, February 26, 2007
It was disappointing tonight to see The Departed and Martin Scorsese win Best Picture and Best Director. I know that’s against the grain; these were universally predicted. Then again, Phil in Little Rock and other critics were taken with the German movie The Lives of Others, which did take its category Best Foreign Film.
That has [...]
Friday, February 23, 2007
Rodents must be multilingual to survive in New York City, but they are prone to mistakes, too. Here’s the latest:
NEW YORK — A dozen rats were caught on video scurrying around the floor of a New York City KFC/Taco Bell restaurant early today, running between counters and tables and climbing on children’s high chairs.”
America’s most [...]
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
I don’t have a dog in this hunt so have only been occasionally splitting infinitives — no — have been reading about high-level discussions on whether Fayetteville needs a second high school. Having studied this morning’s account of a committee meeting, I realize that I wasn’t up on this because it’s impossible to follow. Try [...]
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
*A line, near the end of The Music Man.
I wasn’t the only one Saturday afternoon on Fayetteville’s Dickson Street to ask about the latest funereal Mardi Gras parade. A friend asked me the question, near the Walton Arts Center, before I had a chance to make my semiannual whine. An ally!
Fayetteville in recent years has [...]
Monday, February 19, 2007
There’s a reason why the University of Arkansas will take the rest of the year to find a replacement for Coach Frank Broyles as athletic director.
Chancellor John White’s first choice fell through. I turned him down. Yep. Frank announced Friday, and by Sunday I let Johnny know.
It was an easy decision for me. The big [...]
Friday, February 16, 2007
We have yet another charity that we can help for pennies a day. Yes, friends for just over $1 a week, you can feed an Arkansas legislator’s soul. He or she will feel satisfied now and for two more years, for having fulfilled a campaign promise. You can keep the change, too.
Gov. Mike Beebe heard [...]
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Briefly: The president said, most recently in this morning’s news conference, that Iran — officially or unofficially, maybe its government is behind it, knows about it, or knows-no-thing — is behind some weaponry used against U.S forces in Iraq.
You know, Iran’s sometime rival, sometime enemy Iraq.
Now we wait for the Senate. Will presidential candidates support [...]
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
My good friend Robert C. Benchley, the genial humorist who died 12 years before I was born, told me over lunch today there actually is something he loathes, people who feel a need to speak on your behalf when you’re perfectly able to do so yourself. He notes that often times the irksome matter is [...]