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RECORDINGS | OPINION: More platter, less chatter — New releases survive the algorithm

RECORDINGS | OPINION: More platter, less chatter — New releases survive the algorithm

As Drake floods the streaming zone with three simultaneous albums, Kevin Morby, Rostam, Peter Frampton, 49 Winchester and Willie Nelson make stronger...

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Philip Martin

POPNOTES | OPINION: Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’ returns at Cannes — Why the controversial 1971 film still feels dangerous

POPNOTES | OPINION: Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’ returns at Cannes — Why the controversial 1971 film still feels dangerous

As the 2026 Cannes Film Festival heads into its final weekend, one of the most talked-about resurrection stories in Cannes Classics has not involved...

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Philip Martin

For love of lavender

For love of lavender

Democrat-Gazette online

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Gwen Faulkenberry

On PBS, at least, Sarah Sanders shows deftness, heart

On PBS, at least, Sarah Sanders shows deftness, heart

I am happy to be able to write that our governor is far better on the issue of PBS than Oklahoma's, and that Arkansas is no longer the lone pioneer or...

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John Brummett

Britain should keep Koh-i-Noor diamond as reminder of shameful past

Britain should keep Koh-i-Noor diamond as reminder of shameful past

The young and dynamic mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, when asked what he would say to visiting British monarch King Charles said, "If I was to...

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The greatness of simplicity

The greatness of simplicity

In September 1941, the death of a family member prompted President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to say how he should be remembered.

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THOMAS FRIEDMAN: Where are the Republicans who will put America first?

THOMAS FRIEDMAN: Where are the Republicans who will put America first?

As President Donald Trump and his administration head toward the midterm elections, it's now clear that the Republican Party has split into three...

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Race and sports principles: Solidarity on the soccer pitch

Race and sports principles: Solidarity on the soccer pitch

Democrat-Gazette online

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John Brummett

Countering the alarmists on Arkansas data centers

Countering the alarmists on Arkansas data centers

The Washington Post published a story several months ago with this headline: "There's a reason electricity prices have been rising. And it's not data...

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Rex Nelson

We are a democracy, despite the armchair experts’ claims

We are a democracy, despite the armchair experts’ claims

It's been a while since I've talked about cognitive biases. Considering that Monday is Memorial Day and we have people going around claiming the...

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Brenda Looper

STAR PARKER: Pass the Major Richard Star Act

STAR PARKER: Pass the Major Richard Star Act

Major kudos to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. During his testimony before Senate Armed Forces Committee, Hegseth was asked by Democratic Sen. Richard...

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COLUMNIST: Did Trump just say we’re at war for PR reasons?

COLUMNIST: Did Trump just say we’re at war for PR reasons?

While in China, Donald Trump said the pile of 440 kilograms of 60 percent enriched uranium that was at the heart of his justification for going to war...

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OPINION | EDITORIAL: House plans

OPINION | EDITORIAL: House plans

This may come as no surprise to those familiar with northwest Arkansas’ sustained growth, but affordable housing is hard to come by in the region.

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OPINION | EDITORIAL: People and profit

OPINION | EDITORIAL: People and profit

Watching the tube earlier this week, we saw/heard some folks from out west chanting slogans against data centers in their communities. They were...

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OPINION | JOHN COLEMAN: As students complete their school years, are older folks underestimating them?

OPINION | JOHN COLEMAN: As students complete their school years, are older folks underestimating them?

'Tis the season for graduations in Northwest Arkansas. If you ever struggle with a positive outlook on the world's future, I suggest attending the...

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Unleashed

’Tis the season for graduations in Northwest Arkansas. If you ever struggle with a positive outlook on the world’s future, I suggest attending the...

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John Coleman

Grandstanding on gas

Grandstanding on gas

A Republican state legislator has asked Gov. Sarah Sanders to call a special session—which we just had, with that session coming immediately after...

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John Brummett

Advice of elders

Advice of elders

My grand-niece recently texted me an invitation to her college graduation. My mother—who oversees all divisions of the family operation requiring...

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Philip Martin

Econ 101

Econ 101

I am not an economist, but have personal experience with the principles of economics and the rules that allow Americans to prosper while becoming more...

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ON BOOKS | OPINION: Canwen Xu’s ‘Boring Asian Female’ skewers prestige culture and comparison anxiety

ON BOOKS | OPINION: Canwen Xu’s ‘Boring Asian Female’ skewers prestige culture and comparison anxiety

"Boring Asian Female"Comparison might be the thief of joy, but in Canwen Xu's debut "Boring Asian Female," it has metastasized into a way of life.

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Philip Martin

OTHERS SAY: The DOJ’s Comey indictment

OTHERS SAY: The DOJ’s Comey indictment

For an administration that has been all too willing to weaponize the Department of Justice, the recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey...

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For a different Congress, shift focus from fundraising to governing

For a different Congress, shift focus from fundraising to governing

Ideally, members of Congress are sent to Washington to legislate, solve problems, and represent their constituents. In practice, much of their time is...

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Ruminations on Trump’s third term (Part I)

Ruminations on Trump’s third term (Part I)

Donald Trump would want a third and a fourth, fifth or even sixth term as president if mortality and the Constitution didn't prevent it (although the...

18.05.2026 10

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Bradley Gitz

‘Other Days’ provides glimpse into the past

‘Other Days’ provides glimpse into the past

There are many parts to this newspaper that I consistently enjoy, but one of the tops is the "Other Days" section. Brief articles from 100 years ago,...

18.05.2026 10

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Steve Straessle

Dress codes: no way to fix what’s broken

Dress codes: no way to fix what’s broken

Late last year, Target Corp. started giving detailed guidance to store employees about how to act. The 10-4 rule, as the company calls it, directs...

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Golf, Aging and the Limits of Optimization Culture

Golf, Aging and the Limits of Optimization Culture

Recently a launch monitor informed me, politely but conclusively, that I am no longer the golfer I used to be.

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Philip Martin

Psychedelics’ trip to mainstream medicine

Psychedelics’ trip to mainstream medicine

The White House directive to put psychedelics on a regulatory fast track is welcome, and worrisome. This area of medicine demands extra care, or the...

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PBS in Arkansas still unsettled, still subject to Murphy’s Law

PBS in Arkansas still unsettled, still subject to Murphy’s Law

The issue of whether we'll continue to get Public Broadcasting Service programming in Arkansas after the imminent end of this month, which many of you...

17.05.2026 20

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John Brummett

U.S. seems mired in Iran as our next Vietnam

U.S. seems mired in Iran as our next Vietnam

"Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence."

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Arkansas’ school people

Arkansas’ school people

In their early years as a married couple, my parents were "school people." That's what we always called them in our family. The word you hear these...

17.05.2026 10

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Rex Nelson

My last well in Libya

My last well in Libya

After getting the logging equipment set up, it crossed my mind: 13 days to go. We had a schedule that a maximum of two weeks or 14 days in the desert...

17.05.2026 20

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Living in the Dark Age

Living in the Dark Age

In the ancient teachings of the Upanishads, the Kali Yuga is the final, shortest, and worst of the four Yugas, or world ages. The Upanishads say that...

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The outcomes of bad marriage advice

The outcomes of bad marriage advice

This is an opinion column with no set subject, which is fun because I can write whatever is on my mind. Sometimes that's politics. Other times it is...

17.05.2026 20

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Gwen Faulkenberry

Remembering those days with The Buzzard

Remembering those days with The Buzzard

My new car comes with three free months of Sirius XM channels. It might as well come with three free months of crack cocaine. There's no doubt that,...

17.05.2026 20

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Karen Martin

Culture’s role in interracial adoption

Culture’s role in interracial adoption

There is a conversation happening quietly across America in homes, schools, therapy offices, across social media, and in the hearts of many Black...

17.05.2026 20

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Who’s taking care of moms?

Who’s taking care of moms?

Before I became a doula, I was simply a mom trying to navigate pregnancy and everything that came with it.

17.05.2026 20

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A lame approach to Cheat Mountain

A lame approach to Cheat Mountain

Staunton, Va.'s Thornrose Cemetery is a stone's throw from my desk. Just over the hill. Some 1,700 Confederate dead are buried there. The general...

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PAPER TRAILS: Guide dog graces label of Little Rock beer as brewery teams with blind nonprofit

PAPER TRAILS: Guide dog graces label of Little Rock beer as brewery teams with blind nonprofit

Hank is an 8-year-old yellow lab and the guide dog of Eric Yarberry, CEO of Little Rock-based nonprofit World Services for the Blind.

16.05.2026 9

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Sean Clancy

CRITICAL MASS | OPINION: Why The Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” changed popular music forever

CRITICAL MASS | OPINION: Why The Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” changed popular music forever

Sixty years after Brian Wilson turned studio pop inward, outward and upside down, The Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ remains less a nostalgic artifact...

16.05.2026 9

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Philip Martin

ONBOOKS | OPINION: Andy Beta’s ‘Cosmic Music’ reconsiders the genius of Alice Coltrane

ONBOOKS | OPINION: Andy Beta’s ‘Cosmic Music’ reconsiders the genius of Alice Coltrane

Andy Beta’s ‘Cosmic Music’ argues that the pianist, harpist and spiritual visionary was never merely adjacent to jazz greatness. The culture...

16.05.2026 20

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Philip Martin

COLUMNIST: Patel’s exploits are a serious risk to the FBI

COLUMNIST: Patel’s exploits are a serious risk to the FBI

"Don't embarrass the bureau." Among the unwritten rules of the FBI, upholding the reputation of the organization has been paramount since the days of...

16.05.2026 10

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Back to Entergy’s early roots in Arkansas

Back to Entergy’s early roots in Arkansas

In Wednesday's column, I wrote about Entergy Corp.'s plans to build a natural gas-fired power plant in Hot Spring County to replace the company's Lake...

16.05.2026 20

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Rex Nelson

EFAs make private education possible, even in rural Arkansas

EFAs make private education possible, even in rural Arkansas

Rex Nelson's April 26 column suggested that southeast Arkansas communities like mine derive no benefit from the Education Freedom Account (EFA)...

16.05.2026 10

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OTHERS SAY: A constitutional end-run

OTHERS SAY: A constitutional end-run

The U.S. Constitution is not an a la carte menu. States can't pick and choose the amendments and clauses they'll abide by and those they won't.

16.05.2026 20

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‘The Promise of America’ and the crisis of shared civic language

‘The Promise of America’ and the crisis of shared civic language

Democrat-Gazette online

16.05.2026 20

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Philip Martin

The Southern Fried Podcast: Talking Public Education with Dr. Glen Fenter

The Southern Fried Podcast: Talking Public Education with Dr. Glen Fenter

This week’s episode is the first of a two part series in which Rex Nelson talks with Marion School District Superintendent Glen Fenter about public...

15.05.2026 8

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Rex Nelson

Careful what you hope for on gerrymandering

Careful what you hope for on gerrymandering

Last week after my column about the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais, one of the comments to the online edition summed up one of...

15.05.2026 10

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To build a healthier Arkansas, start with better data

To build a healthier Arkansas, start with better data

Arkansas' health challenges are not a matter of perception. They are visible in the numbers.

15.05.2026 20

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Breaking the monopoly of the American Bar Association

ROBERT STEINBUCH: Breaking the monopoly of the American Bar Association

For more than a century, the American Bar Association has functioned as the de facto national gatekeeper of legal education. Its accreditation...

15.05.2026 20

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Robert Steinbuch

TELEVISION | OPINION: ‘Beef’ season 2 review — Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac and Korean cinema influences elevate the series

TELEVISION | OPINION: ‘Beef’ season 2 review — Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac and Korean cinema influences elevate the series

Netflix’s anthology reinvention ‘Beef’ trades the first season’s operatic chaos for something sharper and more unsettling.

14.05.2026 9

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Philip Martin