There are millions of links in the naked city. These are the ones we didn’t hit today. Roby Brock notes that outgoing AR-02 congressman Vic Snyder will shave his mustache if donors raise $50,000 for Joyce Elliott by Sunday. There’s…
Tag: In The Blogs
End-of-Day Miscellany: It's Friday, You Ain't Got No Job…
Loverboy was right; everybody’s blogging for the weekend. Or something like that. Jason Tolbert points to Timmy! Griffin taking his ridiculous radio ad to a television screen near you. No, you are not high1; Tim Griffin is actually making CHARACTER…
AR-Sec. State: Tangled Up In Blue Hog Report
Alt-title: Oh, what a tangled world-wide web we weave… Last night, when I scheduled today’s 9 a.m. post about Rep. Mark Martin’s apparent abuse of state reimbursements and possible ethics violations, I was pretty sure that one post would not…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
[For an explanation of the title, see here.] Here’s what I didn’t get to on a sloooow news day: Jason Tolbert covered the Mike Beebe Campaign Kick-off event today, and noted that the ol’ Gov isn’t singing the same song…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
According to the Kubler-Ross model, there are five discrete stages people go through when dealing with grief or tragedy: denial (“No…no…this isn’t happening! Lalalalalala, I can’t hear you!!” /sticks fingers in ears), anger (“ARGH! Me smash things! Stupid grief!!! /punches…
In The Blogs: Tolbert Tackles Auto Issue
I was going to chime in a with few thoughts on the StateVehicleGate thing, but I see that Jason Tolbert absolutely nailed it. So I will just link to his post, blockquote some of it, and note that this is…
In The Blogs: FMLA Extended To "Non-Traditional" Families
Move over, Ozzie and Harriet. According to Talk Business (citing Tod Yeslow at MWSGW), the Dept. of Labor has expanded the definition of “son” or “daughter” under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) so as to include “families in the…
AR-02 In The Blogs: Timmy! v. Elliott Is Must-See TV
Or whatever the political equivalent of “must-see TV” is, according to Suzi Parker’s article for Talk Business. The most interesting race in Arkansas may not be between Senator Blanche Lincoln and Rep. John Boozman. Rather the battle to watch? The…
In The Blogs: The Emerging Republican Minority
Fivethirtyeight.com has a fascinating post discussing a recent working paper by Ruy Teixeira. “The Democratic Party will become even more dominated by the emerging constituencies that gave Barack Obama his historic 2008 victory, while the Republican Party will be forced…
In The Blogs: The Bonnie Garland County Situation
This story is important enough that, rather than re-invent the wheel, I am re-posting the original story as reported by Blue Arkansas Blog. The situation in Garland County is worrying me big time. Again, if you’re living in Garland (Hot…