Here’s a good long read for the day and worth a look even if the Wash. Post now requires free registration.
Arkansas Blog
Fighting the censors
From the Morning News: The Springdale Library resists efforts to strip shelves of some PG-13 movies.
Will a toll road pay for itself?
We’re about to find out Bella Vista way. Stephens Media.
Jesus as politician
Brummett follows up today on the Garry Wills op-ed that drew so much comment here, about how the people who try to appropriate Jesus for political purposes — on either end of the spectrum — have missed the point.
The income gap
Columnist Steve Lopez in the LA Times writes about the haves and have nots and the pressure put by illegals on wages at the low end of the scale.
Rutherford named Clinton School dean
Sources at both the Clinton School and public relations firm CJRW have confirmed that Skip Rutherford will be the next dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
First transplant
This just in: The first pediatric liver transplant in Arkansas was performed last Friday and the patient went home Tuesday.
Jimmie Lou hospitalized
Jimmie Lou Fisher was admitted to St. Vincent Infirmary this morning after suffering an apparent stroke.