Good Men Picks: Alabama or Arkansas?
The NFL hasn’t been too kind to Good Men Picks. So, like the coaches of the teams in this week’s edition, we’re giving up and moving to college football. Good Men Picks Record: 0-2, (damn New York...
View ArticleRockin the Falls
If they can somehow find a way to get to 23, they could have their own NHL team. DATELINE: WEDNESDAY 3:12 P.M. I left the house to pick up Drama Queen from school and take her to tae kwon do at...
View ArticleTo Those Who Didn’t Turn Away: The Academy Awards and Paradise Lost
Todd Moore, father of a murdered boy depicted in an Oscar-nominated documentary asks for the film to be removed from the awards. Mark Greene responds. In the twenty-year saga of the West Memphis...
View ArticleTEX
Andy Hinds and his father share memories of Andy’s bootlegging, fist-fighting, cowboy grandfather, “Tex.” Originally appeared at BetaDad. My grandpa died when I was in college. I wouldn’t say that I...
View ArticleThe Corn Curl Experiment
How long can a friendship last? No one is precisely sure when and where the corn curl experiment came from. It was related somehow, to their continuing conversation on the long shelf life of processed...
View ArticleIt’s Time For Gay Pro-Athletes to Come Out of the Closet
In other historical struggles for equal rights, sports have not only played a role, but led the charge. It’s an article perfectly crafted to set the blogosphere alight, an L.A. Times story about...
View ArticleParents Mark Anniversary of Son’s Death by Meeting His Organ Recipients
Dallas News | myFOXdfw.com Organ recipient Paul Morse said, “I don’t feel worthy. He was such a good kid with his whole life ahead of him” Ty Osman, an 18-year-old college freshman, was on his way...
View ArticleNew Sentence Ordered for Arkansas Inmate Given Life Without Parole as Teen
Arkansas’ highest court will follow a decision by the US Supreme Court concerning mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders. Following a US Supreme Court decision from June of last year that...
View ArticleMichigan Will Not Return Fugitive to Arkansas
A Michigan Governor has once again refused to send an elderly fugitive back to prison in Arkansas. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has refused a request by the state of Arkansas to return a 63-year-old...
View ArticleSome Thrive, Some Die
Lawrence Benner’s cat just died, and it’s got him thinking about all the ways we’re obsessed with death, when it’s really quite simple. – Life’s a lousy deal. Like I’m at a card table in a casino...
View ArticleArkansas Public School Bans Three Students for Possibly Being HIV-Positive
Despite significant medical advances that help HIV-positive Americans live increasingly longer and healthier lives, many people still have widespread misconceptions about how the virus is actually...
View ArticleArkansas Supreme Court Rules Cohabitation Cannot be Used to Deny Child Custody
The Arkansas Supreme Court’s latest ruling will ensure that same-sex couples will not be automatically discriminated against in child custody cases. — This post originally appeared at ThinkProgress By...
View ArticleRacial Segregation Returns to US Schools, 60 Years After the Supreme Court...
As the US marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown vs Board of Education ruling, some of the country’s schools remain racially divided. — By Paul Thomas, Furman University As the United States...
View ArticleSneaky Homophobes Are Undermining Gay Rights Progress
Matthew Rozsa explains how bigotry and lack of honor go hand-in-hand. ___ To understand why public trust in our government and political parties has reached historic lows, simply look at the latest...
View ArticleMike Huckabee, From Bad Historian To Racist
View image | gettyimages.com Christopher MacNeil challenges Mike Huckabee’s recent political statements and asks the former governor to be held accountable. _____ In 1857, The U.S. Supreme Court...
View ArticleThug Nasty
— Here’s what I know about Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell: He’s a UFC fighter from Arkansas. He really wants Reebok to get him some camo shorts. And, he just might be my new favorite athlete. I’d never...
View ArticleFloatin’
— If you’re looking for me today, you’re gonna have to head for water. Big Piney Creek to be exact. I’ll be the guy in the back of the red canoe with the beautiful woman perched in the front, soaking...
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