Category: America

We are all guilty

Too By The Observer (Arkansas Times), April 23 2015   There’s an enemy out there, lurking in the dark. It’s the enemy of every human being and — The Observer has become convinced over the years — the root of all evil, no matter what you’ve heard about the Greenback Dollar. Money, it turns out, …

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I do believe I have a little say

Partners By Arkansas Times’ The Observer, April 02, 2015   The Observer is a great lover of language, which makes us a great lover of conversation, which makes us a great lover of debate. We’ve been witness to a lot of debate in recent days over House Bill 1228, the bill that sponsor Rep. Bob Ballinger …

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On this day before Easter

  After lurking in the shadows and watching this unfold (and yet still not knowing what [the Palestinian in Nazareth] wrote that was its catalyst), I guess I’ll throw in my two cents’ worth…   The proverbial elephant in the so-called “Holy Land” room is the diaspora Palestinians, who for 70 years and now in their third …

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So very proud of this superpatriot

  Dear editor: “Death to America!” This continues to be the chant from those evil, Islamic radicals in Iran. What is there about this message that all of you liberal sympathizers don’t understand? They are clearly saying that they want to kill all of us — including you! Yes! They also regard most of you …

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478,819 Arkansans

The Most Important People In The World Are From Arkansas By Charles Pierce, Mar 10, 2015 @ 9:21 AM   I know I missed it on election night back in November, but it seems that 478,819 citizens of the state of Arkansas voted themselves in control of the foreign policy of the United States. They …

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You’re so naïve

The Mother of All Middle East Conspiracy Theories By Karl reMarks, 9 Mar 2015   The Middle East is, to coin a phrase, a complex place. All is not what it seems. Appearances can be deceptive. The truth is hard to come by. It is also a place where journalistic conventions necessitate the use of …

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Jehovah will smite you for that

Live from darkest Arkansas By Gene Lyons, February 19, 2015   Housebound in an ice storm, the columnist finds himself distracted by online trivia and tempted to yell at the TV: Washington Post headline: “Williams undone by his gift for story-telling/Anchor’s love of a good yarn played a role in his downfall.” Gee, you think? The …

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