And the people of the great state of Arkansas wonder why the rest of us tend to poke fun at them.

Mistaken Ark. law would let toddlers wed

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Associated Press

Saturday’s Live Earth concert may have been the greatest event of its kind solely for its magnitude. The event brought together more than 150 acts in nine venues to bring attention to the climate crisis. Some were amazing. Some were not.

I spent the better part of this weekend watching the first season of “Picket Fences,� which was released on DVD last week.

Something akin to a miracle occurred at the movie theater Sunday afternoon.

The Lubbock City Council on Thursday voted to rescind a 1995 resolution that changed the names of two sites named for native son Buddy Holly because his widow, Maria Elena Santiago Holly, was seeking

While searching for something to throw at the TV Wednesday night after Melinda Doolittle was unceremoniously dumped from “American Idol,� I came across the day’s mail, which included an envelope from TrueMajority.org.

My congressional budget flying disc was here. Yea!!

The April issue of Texas Monthly magazine contains a great article on the history of the Bandidos motorcycle club and how it has grown from a Texas-based version of Hell’s Angels into a worldwide organization.

The story tells the evolution of the group from leather-wearing, Harley Davidson-riding, drug-taking, crime-committing thugs to a kinder, gentler breed of bikers who still have the occasional run-in with various forms of law enforcement but they are not nearly as feared as they were 20 or 30 years ago.