A pox of this tax, or a tax of this pox, (twist of Falstaff’s line of Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, part 2) We should, as these editorials all attest, vote “yes” to all four of Fayetteville’s tiny tax increases. Northwest Arkansas Times, and the Demzette. Should the Morning News publish a […]
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Rotten dirty scoundrels
Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock Your government at work: No liquids or gels of any kind will be permitted in carry on baggage. such items must be in checked baggage. This includes all beverages, shampoo, sun tan lotion, creams, tooth paste, hair gel, and other items of similar consistency.” from Liquids and Gels Prohibited in […]
Don’t Raze the Razorback
Construction has proceeded enough at the site of a new movie complex in Fayetteville to be obvious that we’ll have more screens — and stadium seating just down the street — before too long. It’s on Joyce Boulevard west of the Wal-Mart and on the same side of the street. What will happen to the […]
Modern Art, Balm for our Times
Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center has asked the state Highway Department about installing sculptures along Interstate 540 for the cultural enrichment of us all. Today’s Northwest Arkansas Times wrote it up, but its photos are not online. They’re palm trees, more or less, in bright colors. Wood, though made to look like metal. The subject comes […]
Two No Comments
A popular sportscaster in Arkansas , Paul Eells, 70, was killed in a head-on collision a little after 8 p.m. on Monday, July 31. Also killed was the driver of the car into which his sedan crashed, Billie Jo Burton, 40, of Dover, Ark., who also was traveling alone. Eells’ car drifted over the median […]
Briefing Room Not Brief
The week’s least important news: The White House briefing room is being renovated, and the press was run out of it Wednesday, to temporary quarters. NPR more or less managed a cute story out of it, though it was a waste of valuable minutes, and my own newspaper gave it good inside play. The New […]