Arkansas Blog

The first sentence of this article says it all: The era of cheap money may finally be nearing its end.

Democratic attorney general candidate Paul Suskie today announced that he secured the endorsement of Hershel Gober, who was the U.S. secretary of veterans’ affairs during the Clinton administration.

A reader alerts us to Morning News article today about Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott. He’s taking a months’ paid vacation.

Those damned American media. Why don’t they write about the Iraqis who HAVEN’T fled their homes?

Field and Stream says in an editorial that the Bush administration is no friend of hunters and fishermen.

Eric Alterman raises the question in a post yesterday about Joe Klein (that’s him in photo), the “Primary Colors” author who’ll be at the Arkansas Literary Festival just in time to talk about his new book, “Politics Lost.” Alterman writes that he was enjoying a recent talk on global politics until ….

Our resident golf nut had to be resuscitated this morning, his excitement was so great on getting the latest issue of Golf Digest and its article on best public courses.

USA Today finds a decline in baptism, both dunking and sprinkling. But an NLR pastor leads the story.

Roby Brock’s Talk Business blog reports that Air America is close to finding an broadcast radio affiliate in Little Rock to carry its programming.

Wash. Post’s Dana Milbank covers a Clinton visit to Washington and his not-so-subtle digs at the quality of leadership currently in evidence at the White House.