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'Jay Barth'

Speaking of Jim Dotson: Then there's school governance

Events today reminded me of another piece of legislation by Rep. Jim Dotson of Bentonville, who sponsored the resolution approved today affirming the legislature's support for gay discrimination in federal law and the Arkansas Constitution.
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How Romney defeat would help the Huck

Columnist Jay Barth makes an interesting case this week that former Gov. Mike Huckabee's star could rise if Mitt Romney doesn't defeat President Obama, thanks to the anti-Republican establishment pose the Huck has taken in defending Senate candidate Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin.
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Romney loss a Huckabee win

In the immediate aftermath of Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin's infamous comments regarding the impossibility of pregnancy from "legitimate rapes," one person could have immediately pushed Akin from his race.

Right-wingers blast Jay Barth appointment to state Board of Education

Haters are going to hate. I wrote the above before learning from Channel 4 that Jerry Cox, leader of the Arkansas Family Council, one of the state's oldest formal hate groups, has pitched in.
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Beebe appoints Jay Barth to state Board of Education

Big shoes; big feet. That's my take on the long-awaited news for who Gov. Mike Beebe would appoint to fill the seat on the state Board of Education that had been held by Dr. Ben Mays, a Clinton veterinarian.

Pride in a president's support for marriage rights

Jay Barth, Hendrix professor and regular Arkansas Times columnist, wrote last night with a reaction to President Obama's support for same-sex marriage.
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Vows: Jay Barth and Chuck Cliett

I've mentioned before that because the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and its affiliated newspapers in Northwest Arkansas won't publish marriage announcements by same-sex couples, the Arkansas Times is happy to provide that service.

Severance tax increase measure not looking good, according to new poll

Fifty-five percent of likely voters would vote against the proposal to raise the severance tax on natural gas, according to a new Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll.
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Is Arkansas really primed for reform?

Commissioned by the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, "Ripe for Reform: Arkansas as a Model for Social Change" argues that, despite creeping hyper-partisanship, Arkansas's modern history is filled with more progressive achievement than its Southern neighbors. And that it's progress that can be built upon

What now for Occupy Little Rock?

Occupy Little Rock and the future.
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The line is open

Over to you. I've been on the receiving end of a variety of messsages related to the release of the West Memphis 3, including from key supporters who spent time with them last night and today in Memphis.
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