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Ground Zero Cross: A display is not a shrine
On March 28, a group of atheists in New York lost round one in their legal battle to keep the “Ground Zero Cross” out of the National September 11 Museum in lower Manhattan. Federal Judge Deborah Batts ruled that the two steel beams in the …
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Inspiration for Stomper Time dies at 79
The name’s Bond — not James Bond, but Eddie James Bond. During the 1950s, rock ’ n’ roll singer/musician Eddie Bond had a great impact in the music world in Memphis, which was giving birth to the new kind of music that teens called their …
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Let’s teach real life lessons
Wow. Things sure have changed since I was in school and I’m not so sure all those changes are good ones. Do you remember what bullying was when you were in school? You know, it was that mean kid who stole your lunch money or …
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It’s time to let Willie Mae go home
It’s time. Time to let Willie Mae Harris go home. I first met Willie Mae while working on a series of in-depth reporting about domestic abuse cases that result in death and why some face charges while others do not. My two stories had similarities …
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Investing in others Cotton and Jane Carrier
As I shifted through the box of photos and newspaper clippings, it carried me back to days sitting in a room of young people playing “The Wabash Cannonball.” Often in those gatherings, two ardent participants who took the time to encourage these young musicians of …
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Oil spill questions need answers
Editorial from the Log Cabin Democrat newspaper in Conway: We expect to hear of bizarre happenings in our county from time to time: shootings, traffic accidents, fires, even tragedies. But a ruptured pipe leaking oil into neighborhoods near a lake is not anything that …
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Easter at Grandma’s
It doesn’t matter how old I get — the moment I walk into Viva Drive Church of Christ at Trumann, I’m transported back to my childhood. I spent many a Sunday morning and in the summer, a few Sunday and Wednesday nights as well, there …
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Can public business be ‘private’ conversation?
The First Amendment protects our free speech from government control, punishment or interference — but when public officials speak freely through private e-mail accounts or mobile phones, are they free to ignore freedom of information laws? On one hand, they are paying from their own …
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Who are you letting into your head?
Have you ever been infuriated by someone’s Facebook post? You’re not alone. One minute you’re mindlessly trolling pictures of your high school girlfriend’s nephew’s graduation, the next minute, someone’s political post makes your head spin. How could they possibly be so misinformed? Wrong question. The …
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Love is in the air
Love, or so it sounds, has blossomed at the office. It’s not cute. It’s not sweet. It’s just annoying especially when you have to sit near it and can’t help but not ignore. I’ll admit their love-dovey ways have quietened over the last few days, …
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FDR’s fireside chat brings fame to Little Rock doctor
President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke of him in a fireside chat, and Gary Cooper portrayed him in a movie. Had it not been for those two events, the heroics of Arkansas native Corydon M. Wassell might never have been known to the world. Cory Wassell …
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Kill cool-weather boredom by geocaching
Spring can be couch potato time for a lot of people simply because they don’t have anything to do outdoors, especially if they don’t fish, jog, walk or work in the yard. This makes geocaching the perfect family cool weather sport, although I enjoy it …
