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NOTE TO EDITORS: For the time being, as Gene Lyons recovers from illness, his weekly columns will be “classics” from his archive. This column originally ran on Oct. 12, 2022.

A friend down at the dog park asked about my wife the other day.

A friend down at the dog park asked about my wife the other day. She and her girlfriend had taken a long weekend trip to visit a former roommate. My friend wondered if I thought she’d be safe from crime in Chicago. Isn’t that a terribly dangerous place? This is a common, media-driven perception here […]

Chances are, if you live in an American city, particularly in the South — the most violent part of the country since forever — these things are familiar to you.

The New York Times focused on our state last month due to the ongoing disaster known as the Arkansas Legislature. It published a major story about Bitcoin operations popping up across the state, the problems theyre causing and the fact that Arkansas residents have little recourse thanks to dupes in the Legislature.

We think about how we phrase our poll questions. Our new online poll asks readers to state a preference in the presidential search at Southern Arkansas University. It’s an open-ended

Bald Knob is a surprisingly good place to dine for a town of 2,500 residents. Theres the Bulldog, a past inductee into the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. Theres Market Cafe, which has been around since 1946. Eating there is like stepping back in time. Theres Who Dats, which has my favorite Cajun cooking in the state. Theres Farmhouse Cafe, which has solid country cooking.

It was 1985. I was 26, single, living in the states largest city, serving as assistant sports editor of the Arkansas Democrat, covering Dallas Cowboy home games and loving life.

On this week’s episode, Rex speaks with Mason Ellis of WER Architects, an Arkansas firm that specializes in historic preservation and restoration.

I became convinced that God has a sense of humor when my oldest son was a distance runner.