Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 4 April 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock NEWS ITEM: A national survey of experts has shown sex education classes thoroughly teach biological aspects of the subject. However, educators have found children also need to learn the relationship of sexuality to society, […]
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Mirthology, 1st run Wednesday 28 March 1990, Arkansas Democrat’s Mid Week Magazine By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock Caption for illustration by staff artist Steve Scallion: Artist’s rendition of Andy Rooney in a high-top fade. Rooney had recently suffered some big-time misunderstanding. [“CBS” is “burned” in above Rooney’s left ear; he’s wearing […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 21 March 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock Research in the 1950s found the left and right halves of the brain have different functions, and experiments in the 1960s proved the left hemisphere is in charge of logical number crunching — straight-line […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 14 March 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock MIRTHOLOGIST’S NOTE: In the interest of broadening the appeal of this publication, I am turning over this space for a tryout column by psychologist Seymour Sock, Ph.D. Sock, one of my best-educated characters, knows […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 7 March 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock Waking up with a stopped-up ear is a nuisance. You know the cause — the previous week’s head cold — and that it’s not infected — no pain. Yet, the ear needs fixing, because […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 10 January 1990 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1990 Ben S. Pollock Everybody at work knows my business so well that sometimes I’m the last to find it out. I mean, if privacy is a constitutional right, what’s left? Today, for example, I called on a […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 20 December 1989 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1989 Ben S. Pollock My father was a funny man, yet I cannot remember any of his jokes, except the last one. He died Dec. 19, 1985, — he was 69, me 28 — and still not a […]
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Some Very Important Folks Visit My Diner
Mirthology column, 1st run Wednesday 22 February 1989 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1989 Ben S. Pollock Sometimes, days off are best spent reading. I took a recent break from work to finish a long novel I had been plodding through for weeks. The story begins with a Bombay-to-London jet being […]
Voices (op-ed) column, 1st run Monday 13 April 1987 in the Arkansas Democrat By Ben Pollock Jr. Guest Writer Editor’s note: Ben Pollock Jr. is a copy editor for the Arkansas Democrat. Copyright 1987 Ben S. Pollock My favorite gadfly, “Biff” Mumsword, let slip last night a political bouquet sure to shake up Arkansas Democrats. […]
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The Mystery of Beth Din
Guest column, a parody, first run Monday 5 January 1987 in the Arkansas Democrat, Page 5B, Voices op-ed page Copyright 1987 Ben S. Pollock By Ben Pollock Jr. “Beth. Sure, I remember. Heard she went to Hollywood.” This, according to one of many who knew Beth Din and did not want his name published in […]