Have demagoguic tongue, will travel. Mike Huckabee jetted into Omaha today to whip up a small crowd furious that Sen. Ben Nelson has provided the super-majority necessary to pass a tentative start at health care reform.
Sayeth the Huck: It is an attack on the very liberty of the American people [...]
There is a bit about Arkansas in this one. Students in rural states do better on SAT.
New Research: Taking the SAT In A Crowded Room Means Lower Scores – NurtureShock Blog – Newsweek.com.
Posted in Arkansas, Education [...] 
State Sen. Kim Hendren is one of the eight Republican candidates trying to win over the crowded field for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. In an effort to get his campaign some traction, Hendren put out the word today that he is putting up $200,000 [...]
Gerard Matthews over on the Ark Times reports that the state capital display will get a bit more crowded as Federal Judge Susan Webber Wright orders Secretary of State Charlie Daniels to allow the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers to put up their winter solstice display. Not sure exactly what [...]
Curtis Coleman, a Republican candidate for US Senate and the second place winner in his party's straw poll this past weekend, made a speech at the party with a line that I think can really rally state conservatives to his campaign:...in the [...]
At a crowded gathering of Republicans in Hot Springs, Gilbert Baker narrowly won the Senate Straw with 35% of the vote of the estimated 700 ballots cast. However, surprising close on his heels was challenger Curtis Coleman with 33%. Rounding up third place finish was Conrad Reynolds [...]
The Seattle Times has posted documents from the state parole board that bear on the decision by Gov. Mike Huckabee to commute murder suspect Maurice Clemmons' 108-year-prison sentence to immediate parole eligiblity. He said he'd fallen in with a bad crowd after moving to Arkansas, but had turned his [...]
Got a long shopping list but no enthusiasm for plunging into the maddening crowds?
Check out this week's Times and Kat Robinson's cover story. It's a detailed list of good Arkansas food, perfect for giving.
Also in this week's paper:
* Speaking of shopping, you CAN'T buy a North' [...]
If you were curious where Fox News contributor Dick Morris stands on the Health Care Bill, he cleared it up today at an Americans for Prosperity Rally in Little Rock. He is against it. Surprise!
Morris threw out the red meat to the crowd after first being worked up to a [...]
Former President Bill Clinton promised renovation of the former Rock Island railroad bridge by his library would begin in 2010. He told a crowd of 1,000 gathered in a tent on the grounds of his library for the center's fifth anniversay -- as he'd told us in [...]
