Putting wind to work Date: 7/2/2009 By: Doug Smith Texas got the oil and Arkansas didn't, and now Texas is hogging the wind too. We see again that life is not entirely equitable. /more/

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Thrown a bone Date: 7/2/2009 By: Gerard Matthews When the General Assembly passed a law earlier this year to make acts of aggravated animal cruelty a felony in Arkansas, Kay Simpson, director of the Humane Society of Pulaski County, cried. /more/

That was him, this is me Date: 7/2/2009 By: Arkansas Times Staff When Bill Clinton was president and Mark Sanford was in Congress, the South Carolina representative and moralist was unforgiving of Clinton's marital misconduct. /more/

The observer, July 2 Date: 7/2/2009 By: Arkansas Times Staff An acquaintance of The Observer's sent us an e-mail that we are forwarding along. It was titled "If You See Barry, Please Help." /more/

Shake-up at Vino's Date: 7/2/2009 By: Lindsey Millar It's a new era at Vino's. Earlier this week, Joey Lucas took over as talent buyer for the pizzeria and brewpub from Samantha Allen, who has handled booking for the club for the last two and a half years. /more/

A&E news, July 2 Date: 7/2/2009 By: Arkansas Times Staff For those Kris Allen fans who didn't snatch up tickets to see Kris and the rest of the "American Idol" top 10 in concert at Alltel on July 25, the Times has your back. /more/

LR school unity Date: 6/25/2009 By: Max Brantley A Little Rock School District employee pulled me aside recently and said I was missing a big story. /more/

Thank court, again Date: 7/2/2009 By: Ernest Dumas It is time to raise a toast to the much-maligned courts, which have once again saved us, if only momentarily, from the folly of that most frequent and dangerous marriage in Arkansas, thriftless industry and pliant government. /more/

Political climate Date: 7/2/2009 By: John Brummett Everyone may be left happy enough eventually by this climate bill debate. /more/

Patriotic gore Date: 7/2/2009 By: Bob Lancaster On the Fourth of July we'll push aside cobwebs and torn plastic and take up brief dusty residence again in the family Homeland Security bunker, our way of harking back to a more patriotic time. /more/