We have noted in past select blog posts the repercussions that can follow from a drunk driving arrest and conviction in Arkansas. Like many other states, the penalties can be severe and seem even draconian to many people. There is of course the immediate fear and...
Earlier this month, an Arkansas judge ruled that a constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2004 that banned gay legal unions in the state was unconstitutional. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazzi struck down an earlier state law banning gay marriage at the...
The American economy is marked by a solid dose of paradox and irony. To cite just one example, debt is both good and bad. On the one hand, liberal borrowing by consumers to purchase household appliances and furnishings, automobiles, clothing and other goods fuels the...
The question that persists for many commentators on family law continues to be this: Are the courts sufficiently fair to fathers or not? That inquiry is posed all the time in family law, with fathers’ rights advocates routinely charging that men are shortchanged...
A news story out of Wisconsin has widespread relevance in Arkansas and throughout the country, and we summarize its material facts for our readers here. The tale comes with an initial observation rendered necessary by what happened to an innocent young woman falsely...
An Arkansas judge stated in late April that he would quickly issue a ruling on whether the state's 2004 constitutional amendment banning gay marriage passes legal muster. As promised, that ruling on same-sex marriage was announced in timely fashion, with Pulaski...
What is it about debt collectors and the agencies they work for that is so scary to many people? Well, for starters, it is certainly understandable for persons in Arkansas and elsewhere to feel frightened when they are dealing with challenging debt loads. As we have...
Married life in the United States military for couples in Arkansas, nationally and around the globe is, in many respects, not dissimilar from the shared lives of civilian couples. What predominates in most military marriages are the same things that are important in...