High steppin’ and fancy dancin’

"I ran across this a few days ago and posted it as an update on the previous thread. Rather than be accused of burying the lead, I wanted to take the opportunity to ask our readers this question: “Is it legal for dead people to make political contributions?” I don’t...

Texting may be hazardous to your thumbs

" Well, it had to happen sooner or later. The first recorded case of “Text Messagers Thumb”. In New Zealand.  "The 20-year old student is thought to have sent up to 100-text messages/day, which resulted in inflammation of the tendons in her thumb, causing grave...

Obama, Clinton tied in latest poll

"US Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are in a dead heat for the first electoral showdown in the 2008 US presidential race, according to a poll released today. The polling firm Strategic Vision says Sens Obama and Clinton both received 29% among likely caucus...

Tulsa: Man Buys Plane; It Then Crashes, Killing At Least Two

This is the second deadly small plane crash in this area in the last few weeks."The News On 6 has learned the airplane was piloted by a Little Rock, Arkansas, police officer and his wife. Dan Howard with Dan Howard Aircraft tells The News On 6 his company sold the couple the...

Wal-Mart "forcing" suppliers to go green....

Wal-Mart is certainly in a position to demand Green products from their suppliers, they have the muscle.  Does it help our society's consumption problem?  No.  How "green" and "sustainable" can society be if we continue to believe in a business/lifestyle that...

Club for Growth: conservative hypocrisy?

Club for Growth President Pat Toomey was recently quoted, "Earmark reform will shine a glaring light on the profligate pork barrel projects and the politicians who sponsor them,"  It didn't occur to him  that earmark reform also exposes the recipients of...

More on The Club for Growth’s smear of Mike Huckabee

"UPDATE: "Emmett", a commenter who has joined the discussion, has rightly pointed out that my original post did not make the proper distinctions between Jackson (Jack) Stephens who passed away in 2005, and his son Jackson (Steve) Stephens, Jr. I have edited the original...

Equal education for all Arkansas Students

How can a pregnant teenager be denied education? Yesterday in Drew County a Pregnant Teenager that has attempted to follow her Doctors order of being Homebound was denied rights to her education. The excuse that was given was that Homebound Instruction was not offered...

A Young Mother To Be

What must young pregnant girls do to further their education? Everyone should have the right to finish High School. Today, In Drew County Arkansas a Young Mother To Be was denied the right to further her Education, when asked why she could'nt attend, they simply replied that...