On June 19, Jeff Landry, the Republican governor of Louisiana, signed into law House Bill No. 71, requiring the display of the ten commandments in all public classrooms in Louisiana. […]
Guy Lancaster
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Verna’s Bar & Grill is a living fossil that defies trends
Verna’s Bar and Grill has occupied the same spot on Stagecoach Road since 1963. Verna’s has survived not by rethinking itself every few years, but by staying the same.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Faulty history: A historian’s critique of a new documentary on the Elaine Massacre
One can demand a better tomorrow without distorting the historical record to manufacture a better yesterday.
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Bourbon and cigars, Protestant monuments, a female governor: the many ways Arkansas violates ‘religious freedom’
If allowing people to obtain legal abortions violates an Arkansas National Guard colonel’s religious beliefs, what other violations are happening out there? Lots.
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Quarterboats, Queer Arkansas and Pigeoneers
A sampler platter from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
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Why Gov. Sanders’ attacks on antisemitism ring so hollow
When Republican proposals to fight antisemitism consist solely of limiting the rights of students to express solidarity with Palestinians, or even just to acknowledge the fundamental complexity of the whole mess, you can tell that they do not care about the actual health and safety of Jewish people.
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How does Ol’ Bart at Diamond Bear stack up against the brewery’s former restaurant?
At its original Little Rock location, Diamond Bear was able to start off without food service due to the fact that it was the only option in the state, but these days it seems like all breweries have to develop sophisticated restaurant fronts just to keep the lights on.
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Newly released sisters’ memoirs reveal the costs of growing up Duggar
Two of the famous 19 Duggar offspring have penned memoirs about their reality TV childhoods shaped by strict adherence to a now-discredited church leader. Authors and sisters Jinger Vuolo and Jill Duggar offer surprisingly different takes.
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Harlequin heats up Arkansas with thrillers set in The Natural State
They’re not your traditional “crotch novels” (Sorry, Aunt Mary Lane!), but these Arkansas-themed Harlequin paperbacks aren’t half bad.
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Defection, dominance and misogyny in docuseries “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets”
The four-part Amazon Prime series uses the public exposure of Arkansas’s own Duggars as a hook to pry open the larger story of a fundamentalist movement and its continuing war against American society.