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Be like Huck, Sen. Clinton: Hang in until the delegate count passes the point of no returns, when the opponent has that crystal majority of pledged delegate votes. Oh, that’s coming up soon, isn’t it. Republican campaign underdog and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Thursday [May 8, 2008] that Clinton should ignore critics pressuring […]
When one goes for a hit of news, it’s amazing how often it’s been cut with spin. Not bias, not commentary, but flapdoodle. It’s right after shipment where the purveyors can’t help but allude to it so it stays. Example 1. Former President Clinton’s tactics a few weeks ago while campaigning for the candidacy of […]
Four years ago Charlie Rose interviewed Garrison Keillor, who said something so provocative that for a detectable millisecond Rose was speechless, a rarity. Keillor of course was on promoting A Prairie Home Companion, but early on they discussed the just-ended 2004 election, where the progressive Keillor nailed John Kerry’s defeat and praised George II’s campaign […]
Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY — The way to be left alone in Fayetteville’s Wilson Park is to mutter to no one in particular. It’s not a particularly small town, but if you do leave your house you often run into people you know. So look moderately troubled, other park patrons tend to […]
Dear Iowa: I know you a little. I’ve been visiting almost every year since 1991. You house my in-laws. A lot in common with Arkansas: Mainly rural. Your shape. A prominent capital city instead of a tucked-away one like Jeff City or Austin (that’s a little joke). You held on to your 19th-century populist style […]
DATELINE FAYETTEVILLE — Masons working overtime to install the fireplace at the University of Arkansas’ $2.77 million chancellor’s residence suffered singed eyebrows Tuesday night when the gas logs erupted into flame even though the line hadn’t been hooked up yet, and white smoke billowed from the chimney as high as Old Main: A Razorback football […]