Little Rock Zach Polett and I met for breakfast to review ACORN’s political operations and of course we went to the Community Bakery on Main Street right above the Wilbur Mills Expressway as it dips to the east. This was not a new thing for me, but an old habit. For long stretches in the almost …
Month: April 2004
Talking China around the Kitchen Table
Little Rock Sitting around the kitchen table last night with my “outlaws” as they sometimes call themselves out of the blue China was on the agenda. One was just in from Fort Worth where he was superintending the construction of a music store for a Little Rock construction company. He related a story from …
Signs of Crisis in Corrections
Grady, Arkansas Driving through the Southern Arkansas delta in the spring is a treat. Trees are still working on putting on leaves and a bit naked from the winter, but the azaleas are blooming, setting off the green shooting up everywhere in the fields. Tractors are pulling out from the side roads with huge chemical …