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Education, Coarsely

‘Winks at Gun Ban Security Plan

2/2*: Security Plan for r’Asadink Tiddlywinks Team — Report for the Arkansas State Police *Conclusion. Here’s Part 1 DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY — Arkansas Act 859 of 2017 became law this week, partially disarming Act 562 of 2017 from earlier in the session. I have my official gun ban request just about ready. Firearms never have had a place at tiddlywinks […]

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Education, Coarsely

Play Games at Work So No Guns

1/2*: reDeclaration of Athletic Facility *Here’s Part 2 DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY — My workplace is eligible. Now that people with concealed weapon permits soon will be welcome to roam armed throughout campus, barred only at qualifying athletic events, it’s time to out my office. Suite 248 also houses the little known but very real r’Asadink Stadium, for tiddlywinks and other […]

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American Culture

The Hoofers’ Guide to Passion, Ambition, Success and Love

It wasn’t work-of-genius good. In fact La La Land shouldn’t be rated on a four-star system because three and a half stars is ambiguous, but the movie was definitely four stars out of five ****o. Other write-ups say, often flatteringly, that the stars’ dancing was good, very good even, but not great. That’s the wrong angle. Leads Ryan Gosling […]

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American Culture Main Courses

Canopy Cassoulet

As a volunteer with the refugee resettlement group Canopy Northwest Arkansas, I made a family’s first meal in their new home. The mom and dad, ages 30 and 28, have been living in camps since fleeing Democratic Republic of  Congo in 2003. Their son just turned 6. Who knows what they’ve been eating all this time. A recipe, […]

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News, Spin

An Ajar Letter to Arkansas Electors

To the Honorable (Arkansas elector) Dear M-. _______, I am a native of our state, now living in Northwest Arkansas. This letter is to request you vote for any presidential candidate besides Donald J. Trump when the state’s electors meet Monday, Dec. 19. This request does not come from partisanship but from consideration of the […]

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American Culture

Cloakroom Talk

Endorsing Conner Eldridge for U.S. Senate Let’s leave the 2016 presidential race a moment. It’ll continue without us. Let’s consider Congress. From an Arkansas view. The Republican Party has had majorities in the House and Senate the last two years. The party has worked hard to oppose most of the Democratic president’s agenda for both […]