Religious conservatives are increasingly opposing birth control. The Bush administration has shifted funding from sex education endorsing condoms to programs preaching “abstinence only.” And Bush F.D.A. appointees spent three years blocking nonprescription use of the “morning after” pill, despite overwhelming evidence of its safety.  more…

The proposal that citizens should show proof of identity before voting is not an unreasonable burden, nor is it an attempt to disenfranchise any segment of our society.
The only people who will be negatively affected by this legislation are those at whom it is directed—noncitizens who try to vote illegally.
The only people who will be […]

By Doug Thompson FAYETTEVILLE -
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Beebe said Friday he would propose paying off between $250 million and $300 million in state bond debt from the state’s growing budget surplus. - Saturday, Sep 23, 2006
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BY DANIEL NASAW ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Republican attorney general candidate Gunner DeLay on Friday criticized his Democratic opponent’s vote to reduce the amount of prison time methamphetamine dealers must serve before becoming eligible for parole.
   DeLay also criticized Democratic Party campaign literature touting Dustin McDaniel, contending that it wrongly states that the state representative from Jonesboro supports […]

BY CHARLIE FRAGO ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
The Arkansas Board of Parole has recommended that Gov. Mike Huckabee pardon a burglar whose 2001 clemency outraged prosecutors and made headlines after news broke that his stepmother was a member of the governor’s staff.
Donald Clark had a lengthy criminal record filled with burglary, theft, hot-check and illegal-possession-of-a-firearm arrests when […]