Ya'll Have Any John Singleton Copley?

Congrats to Northwest Arkansas on this week's announcement of an $800 million commitment from the Walton Family in support of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.  The museum will open in November with a complete representative collection of America's art history.

The Big Picture on Wildlife Mortality Events

We Arkansans are by nature accustomed to periodic ribbing, but I was hit with both barrels when news hit last week of the New Years Eve mass death of 5,000 blackbirds in Beebe, Arkansas.  The New York Times had the best headline - For Arkansas Blackbirds, the New Year Never Came.

Thanks to The Economist for this vindication:

Wesley Clark on CyberWar

Thanks to Economist.com for these insights from one of my favorite fellow Arkansans.