AltWeeklies Wire
Marriage Equality Comes to Arkansasnew
A state court overturns Arkansas's same-sex marriage ban.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley, David Koon, David Ramsey and Leslie Newell Peacock |
05-14-2014 |
LGBT
On the Path of the Tornadonew
Surveying the damage in Mayflower and Vilonia, Ark.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
05-02-2014 |
Disasters
Will Mayflower, Ark. ever be the same after Exxon oil spill?new
It's all fun and games until the world's richest corporation spills 200,000 gallons of goop in your backyard.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon and Leslie Newell Peacock |
04-10-2013 |
Environment
Tags: ExxonMobil, Mayflower Oil Spill
John Rogers Owns More Photos Than Anyone, Anywherenew
Meet the man who's built the largest privately held collection of still photographs in the world.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
10-11-2012 |
Features
Eight States Give Prisoners Access to Citizens' Private Infonew
If you're worried about identity theft, the last place you'd probably want your birth date, Social Security number, and name to wind up might be a prison. However, a new report by the Social Security Administration finds eight states, including Arkansas, in which prisoners have access to personal information through inmate work programs.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
04-15-2010 |
Policy Issues
A Whiskey Still Maker Talks Copper, Spirits and the Lawnew
The whiskey stills The Colonel builds are undoubtedly art. For a gadget geek like me, there is a loveliness to The Colonel's creations that is not unlike the loveliness of a tumbler of good whiskey.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
12-17-2009 |
Food+Drink
Race for the Cure Critic Incurs Pink Wrathnew
Little Rock attorney Scott Strauss, as a man, wasn't able to officially enter the Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure and walk with his mother. He's protesting, and the result has been like a wave of Pepto-Bismol-colored napalm.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
06-25-2009 |
Policy Issues
Public Library Takes the Reins of the Arkansas Literary Festivalnew
For book geeks, spring in Little Rock has gained a whole new appeal in the last few years. That's because of the Arkansas Literary Festival.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
04-16-2009 |
Books
North Little Rock Rep Is America’s Highest-Ranking Greennew
With his silver hair, sunglasses, and crisp black suit, Richard Carroll certainly looks the part of a state legislator. Currently, he's the highest-ranking Green in the United States.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
01-29-2009 |
Politics
Boy Killer Mitchell Johnson Speaksnew
On March 24, 1998, the 13-year-old Johnson helped murder four of his classmates and a teacher. Now, his account is public.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
12-05-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Carpooling's Popularity is on the Rise in Arkansasnew
If you want a real-world example of how $4 a gallon gas began reweaving the fabric of what it is to be American -- or at least what we're willing to put up with -- surf over to one of the numerous online carpool-partner-matching websites.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
10-31-2008 |
Transportation
"Good as Gold" part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
'Jumper' Looks Cool, but Falls Flatnew
Part Bourne Identity and part Matrix, Jumper should have been a sleek and sexy new take on the genre. Instead, it comes off hollow and soulless, more about special effects than characters.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
02-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Jumper
Untraceable is Uninspirednew
Tired, slow, and wholly unbelievable, Untraceable is the kind of movie that makes me want to become a serial killer, if only to hunt down the coked-up Hollywood 'tards who greenlight crapola like this time and again.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
01-31-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Untraceable
D(igital)-Day for Broadcastnew
For those who can't afford a new set or a set-top box to convert the digital signal to analog, Feb. 17, 2009 may be the day they re-enter the Radio Age.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
07-19-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
