Mark Carter

The idiom, “full circle,” the internet says, probably originated with Shakespeare, which might help explain why I had to wonder about its origin. (In high school, I tended to zone out when we got around to Shakespeare, relying on my…

Editor’s Letter: A Razor’s Edge on New Year’s New Year’s Day in Arkansas will have an edge in 2022, a “Razor’s” edge, if you will — the Hogs are bowling on Jan. 1. Never mind that TCU’s opt-out of the…

Geddy Lee is a noted pro baseball fan — Tigers as a kid, then the Blue Jays once Toronto landed a team — but likely doesn’t spend much time considering the landscape of American college sports, football in particular. Or…

Had Star Wars not landed on planet Earth in 1977 and redefined the movies, the highest-grossing film in the United States that year would’ve been one that included an Arkansas setting. Yep, Smokey and the Bandit. Burt Reynolds, the Florida…

Early into March Madness, as Arkansans bathed in the afterglow of a 3 seed well-deserved and a program back on track, the simultaneous beauty and absurdity of the tournament hit home for me. The NCAA men’s basketball championship, a.k.a. March…

Bump into a Central Arkansas native of a certain age, and chances are he or she will have a Cajun’s story or two to share. Cajun’s Wharf was an iconic Little Rock spot for decades, tucked between the Junior Deputy…

My old high school buddy Aaron reminded us, in the eulogy, of something his dad would always say in place of a traditional farewell. Mr. Squyres would tell friends, family, presumably even strangers, not to bother saying goodbye. “It’s not…

Jerry once admonished George for wearing sweats full time. “You know the message you’re sending out to the world with these sweatpants? You’re telling the world, ‘I give up.’” For those readers under 40, and we know you’re out there,…

Place attachment — it’s a thing. And I’m a believer. More than an emotional bond someone feels toward a physical place, it’s actually a component to the interdisciplinary field of environmental psychology. Insert eye roll here, for sure, but stick…

My first memory of the Washington Redskins remains fairly vivid. I was 5 or 6 and discovered them on TV one Sunday afternoon soon after returning to the States from overseas. Catching up on exposure to American football, something clicked…