Bobby Ampezzan
Bobby Ampezzan is a native of Detroit who holds degrees from Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA) and the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville). He's written for The Guardian newspaper and Oxford American magazine and was a longtime staff writer fortheArkansas Democrat-Gazette. The best dimestore nugget he's lately discovered comes from James Altucher's Choose Yourself(actually, the Times' profile on Altucher, which quotes the book): "I lose at least 20 percent of my intelligence when I am resentful." Meanwhile, his faith in public radio and television stems from the unifying philosophy that not everything be serious, but curiosity should follow every thing, and that we be serious about curiosity.
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Arkansas has executed Ledell Lee, who was convicted of murdering a woman in 1993. The execution came shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the lethal injection.
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The Arkansas Supreme Court has said it won't reconsider its decision to halt the execution of Stacey Johnson.
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The state of Arkansas will try again to execute two men Thursday night — if the courts clear the way. The state had hoped to put eight men to death before the end of the month.
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Court rulings have stalled plans by the state of Arkansas to execute several prisoners before its supply of a lethal-injection drug expires at the end of this month.
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Several medical doctors today hinted that they would not prescribe medical marijuana to patients even when such treatment is available because its risks... -
Following the national election last month the din of news stories about news stories seems to have reached a crescendo. Academics and even online... -
Little Rock director Jeff Nichols’ movie Loving, about the Supreme Court case that extirpated anti-miscegenation laws in 1967, opens nationwide today.... -
Representatives of the U.S. State Department met with more than two dozen teachers and nonprofit leaders inside the Ron Robinson Theater today to share... -
The Arkansas Public Service Commission hosted a day-long public hearing Tuesday on net metering, the industry term for people and businesses who... -
With virtually no notice from the Arkansas Health Department and no word from the media, legislators reversed direction last month and renewed the... -
Audio FileEdit | Remove Last week students across Arkansas returned to the classroom, and the heavens approved. The clouds huddled close and offered the…
