Mark Carter

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June 18, 2025 From earning national acclaim to SEC championships, 2024–25 was a year to remember for Vanderbilt Athletics—and a preview of what’s to come NASHVILLE, Tenn.

1 week ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Mark Carter

Brian Bridges grew up with the Arkansas Alligator Farm & Petting Zoo, which has been in his family since 1965. Opened in 1902, the attraction is one of Hot Springs’ oldest and most iconic, and Bridges serves as director of marketing. The alligator farm and the petting zoo, of course, make for two distinct components to the overall experience, and working at each of them requires quite different levels of composure.

2 weeks ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Mark Carter

American consumers still struggle with certain aspects of life insurance, though total premiums paid for individual policies set a record for the fourth consecutive year in 2024. Life insurance premiums in the United States totaled $16.2 billion last year, according to financial services research firm LIMRA. Life insurance represents a sound security blanket, even if it can feel confusing and intimidating to some consumers.

2 weeks ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Mark Carter

Writing recently in Christianity Today about “the male malaise,” freelance writer, Federal Reserve analyst and men’s ministry leader Domonic Purviance referenced an observation from anthropologist David Gilmore about how manhood is defined. Gilmore wrote in Manhood in the Making that most cultures across the globe generally define manhood in rather simple terms — around the abilities to provide, protect and procreate.

3 weeks ago | armoneyandpolitics.com | Mark Carter

FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinEmailThe regional bugaboo that had plagued the baseball Razorbacks the past two years was snuffed out with emphasis over the weekend in Fayetteville. Arkansas, the No. 3 national seed, swept through the Fayetteville Regional with convincing wins over the region’s fourth seed, North Dakota State, on Friday, and Creighton, the third seed, on Saturday and Sunday. In their three regional games, the Hogs outscored opponents 26-8.