Loose Leaves column, 1st published Sunday 16 September 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. PollockCopyright 2001 Donrey Media Group TUESDAY — Here it is, 2 p.m. Gas-station shenanigans hold up everything. Earlier today, I was wrapping up some family business in Fort Smith, and after lunch was driving along and […]
Loose Leaves, 1st published Sunday 9 September 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben Pollock Copyright 2001 Donrey Media Group Spring is no time for commencement addresses: Who can pay attention in the excitement of graduation from one course, looking toward the next beginning? September may be a better time. Where you’ll […]
Loose Leaves, 1st published Sunday 2 September 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben Pollock Copyright 2001 Donrey Media Group In days, Northwest Arkansas will be overrun by large vehicles flying fluttering red pennants indicating — not the communist overthrow or seduction of Gov. Mike Huckabee –the return of far-flung University of […]
Loose Leaves column, 1st published Sunday 26 August 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2001 Donrey Media Group Would a man who would lie to his wife — and lie regularly and evidently successfully for a good year — lie to voters? Did someone say Bill Clinton? It’s […]
Loose Leaves column, 1st run Sunday 5 August 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2001 Donrey Media Group Wal-Mart has ruined me for others. By its clout, it can buy in huge quantities and entice us by passing the savings on to us. As you and I know […]
Loose Leaves column, 1st run Sunday 15 July 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2001 Donrey Media Group It wasn’t even Friday the 13th yet, but the week wrecked me from the start. Somebody said something vaguely insulting. The home repair was delayed a few days, again. My […]
Loose Leaves column, 1st run Sunday 6 May 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2001 Donrey Media Group I am paranoid or sensible enough to fasten the seat belt every time I get in an automobile, without caring that most states, including Arkansas, mandate wearing them. My family […]
Loose Leaves column, 1st run Sunday 22 April 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2001 Donrey Media Group BIG CEDAR LODGE, Mo. — What can be worse than amateur poetry? Perhaps only off-key singing by a relative you dare not criticize. On the other hand, what is better […]
Where’s the Sin in Synonyms? Loose Leaves column, 1st run Sunday 25 March 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2001 Donrey Media Group There may be seven deadly sins, but we don’t hear much about most of them. The reason is that they have important uses, if not […]
Loose Leaves column, 1st run Sunday 4 February 2001 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 2001 Donrey Media Group Tomorrow, I’ll return Stephen King’s “On Writing” to the library so you can check it out. In it, King summarizes his youth to show how he came to his profession. […]