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Karen Martin

Arkansas Online

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The power behind women’s rituals

The power behind women’s rituals

A recent WhatsApp message reminded me of a friend's fast-approaching baby shower.

30.06.2025 4

Arkansas Online

Karen Martin

Hey, show some respect—or else

Politeness does not always imply goodness, equity, obligingness and gratitude; it at least provides the appearance of these, and makes a man seem...

23.06.2025 10

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Side-by-side: no way to ride

When we lived in the Parkway Place neighborhood in west Little Rock, he was a common sight: an expensively geared-up, super-fit bicyclist in mirrored...

09.06.2025 3

Arkansas Online

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Trying to make sense of it all

NEW YORK --As I took my assigned aisle seat on a recent early-morning flight from Little Rock to New York's LaGuardia, I glanced at the passengers...

02.06.2025 3

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The emergency in emergency medicine

If you have been to an ER lately--or if you've watched the disturbingly accurate TV show "The Pitt"--you've seen scenes that resemble field hospitals...

26.05.2025 1

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Memphis’ Colossus is everyone’s problem

Build a massive supercomputer housed in a plant powered by methane gas-burning turbines that emit an undisclosed amount of pollutants into a...

26.05.2025 2

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Slow but steady: dog park progress

What happened to the idea of building a weather-resistant shade structure in MacArthur Unleashed, the dog park across from Little Rock's Bowen School...

26.05.2025 1

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The miraculous actions of Pope Francis

I am going to miss the Pope. That may sound strange coming from a non-Catholic. I never related to a Pope before. But ever since Pope Francis came...

28.04.2025 2

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A fast track to a new body

This has happened three times in a month: I run into a friend at Target, Kroger, or a fitness center and immediately notice they've lost weight.

28.04.2025 20

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Can’t you read the sign?

"And on the sign it said 'No Trespassing'But on the other side, it didn't say nothingThat side was made for you and me ..."

31.03.2025 3

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The extreme state of Canadian confusion

I thought they might be angry. Over the past quarter century, I've spent big chunks of time in Canada--Montreal and Toronto on occasion, but mostly...

24.03.2025 3

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Advice on finding one’s way

Regarding my column of March 16 in which I describe my embarrassingly inept attempt to find my way from Little Rock's Baptist Medical Center to Fresh...

24.03.2025 2

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The maze that is west Little Rock

Downtown Little Rock is easy to traverse, mostly built on a grid of northbound and southbound streets.

17.03.2025 2

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A thrifty guide to what’s for supper

02.03.2025 10

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When the walls come down

23.02.2025 10

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Micro-deportations are a big concern

19.01.2025 3

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Cartoons of the year

12.01.2025 8

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Library on wheels

17.12.2024 5

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Automation could increase retail theft

24.11.2024 5

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Here’s what happens when words fail

24.11.2024 5

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Opinion: Pushing boundaries of bad behavior

Anything you can do, I can do better; I can do anything better than you. -- Show tune composed for the 1946 Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun"...

19.11.2024 10

El Dorado News Times

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Pushing boundaries of bad behavior

17.11.2024 5

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Take a seat at the Unleashed competition

Seven entries, one first-place winner. The MacArthur Park Unleashed Shade Structure Design Competition invites everyone to meet its finalists at a...

11.11.2024 2

El Dorado News Times

Karen Martin

Avoiding serious diseases in dogs

I grew up with a boxer named Zack whom my family had adopted from our local shelter. We loved him dearly. He was a happy-go-lucky guy with a tail...

11.11.2024 3

El Dorado News Times

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Avoiding serious diseases in dogs

10.11.2024 3

Arkansas Online

Karen Martin

Take a seat at the Unleashed competition

10.11.2024 5

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Sharing the joys of dancing

03.11.2024 2

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A walkway that leads to tranquility

20.10.2024 2

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An exercise regimen that gets results

13.10.2024 4

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Just say no and be done with it

The banker looks serious. I missed a deadline to renew a certificate of deposit. So the bank did what it said it would do in the fine print of...

07.10.2024 6

El Dorado News Times

Karen Martin

Just say no and be done with it

06.10.2024 2

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On the road to Bentonville, at last

29.09.2024 2

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It’s hard to break a plastics habit

22.09.2024 4

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Making fetch happen

22.09.2024 3

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The art of the dining deal

In the midst of the covid epidemic that got serious in March 2020, we, like a lot of people, stopped dining in restaurants and defaulted to...

16.09.2024 2

El Dorado News Times

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The art of the dining deal

15.09.2024 5

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Curious ways we express ourselves

08.09.2024 5

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My way or the highway

01.09.2024 8

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What’s worth redeeming in covid’s wake

25.08.2024 3

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The dark side of a sunny sidekick

18.08.2024 3

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The benefits of wading in the water

11.08.2024 2

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A herd by any other name

04.08.2024 2

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When it’s time to move on

28.07.2024 2

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What's hot to watch this summer

The heat is encouraging many of us to spend more time sheltering indoors than we do during the wintry months. So as long as we're hunkered down on...

22.07.2024 2

El Dorado News Times

Karen Martin

What’s hot to watch this summer

21.07.2024 4

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Karen Martin