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2001 Pulitzer nominee Travel

Travel Writers Ought to Take a Walk Like Real People

Loose Leaves, 1st run Sunday 10 December 2000 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben Pollock Copyright 2000 Donrey Media Group LONDON — Travel articles often are so glib: Here’s what you do, you can’t miss this, tell your travel agent to get you that. Sometimes it seems the trip journalists don’t spend […]

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2001 Pulitzer nominee Life Lessons

Penny Wise, Dollar Smart, Grand Genius: Regis, Pound Me

Loose Leaves, 1st run Sunday 22 October 2000 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2000 Donrey Media Group Penny wise and pound foolish is not a recipe for gluttony. Who needs to follow a recipe for that? We heard it from our elders, who got it from a bloke […]

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2001 Pulitzer nominee News, Spin

Just the FAQs — Frequently Asked Questions about Lieberman

Loose Leaves, 1st run Sunday 13 August 2000 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2000 Donrey Media Group As a public service — or not — here are frequently asked questions about the presidential campaign, now that it’s gotten interesting. “FAQs” like these — and those on the Internet […]

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2001 Pulitzer nominee Body, House, Yard, Street

Shady Hill Rest Home Residents Thrive on Loving Care, Lick Bowls Clean

Loose Leaves, 1st run Sunday 9 July 2000 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2000 Donrey Media Group Maybe it’s a happy circumstance for the hermit side of me, but my wife and I have become increasingly reluctant to entertain visitors. The house has taken an odor. Yesterday, in […]

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2001 Pulitzer nominee Fables

Assault with Deadly Pun Reflects on Gag Order as Juvenile

Loose Leaves, 1st published Sunday 11 June 2000 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben Pollock Copyright 2000 Donrey Media Group He was just a puppy. He didn’t mean to be mean. “I can’t believe he actually broke skin, that he got a chunk of that police dog,” said a tabby cat, who […]

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2001 Pulitzer nominee Fables Poetry

Tapping Trees to Sing and Shop Amid Thoughtful Growth

Loose Leaves, 1st run Sunday 21 May 2000 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben Pollock Copyright 2000 Donrey Media Group DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY — Jasper Jacks was surprised by the outcry over his Wise Acres shopping center. He could think of many reasons why residents protest, but they only had one. Let’s see, […]

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2001 Pulitzer nominee Life Lessons

Au Revoir, Adiós Hasta Mañana

Loose Leaves, first run Tuesday 4 April 2000 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben Pollock Copyright 2000 Donrey Media Group Anyone who said he was not afraid of John R. Starr is a liar. The Little Rock newspaperman died April 1. He was only 72; but, when I joined the “Arkansas Democrat” […]

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2001 Pulitzer nominee Fables

Fidgeting or Sleeping, At a Musical Galop

Loose Leaves, 1st run Tuesday 8 February 2000 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben Pollock Copyright 2000 Donrey Media Group We gained a second ticket for the Philharmonic when the missis was asked to work late. Who would want to go, I wondered, when my thought was intercepted by my stick horse, […]

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2001 Pulitzer nominee Poetry

Americans Can’t Just Let It Snow

For all the times we make fun of the TV meteorologists and the National Weather Service, not to mention the private forecast services, nobody admits how often right they are these days. When they are wrong, it’s usually only by a matter of hours.

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2001 Pulitzer nominee Body, House, Yard, Street

And the Winner Is Hands-Down

Loose Leaves, 1st run Tuesday 25 January 2000 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2000 Donrey Media Group Welcome to the Ben’s Academy of Pooh-bah Arts and Sciences Awards Show. Coming to you live from the old Royal typewriter in beautiful downstairs Burbank, we present the Best of the […]