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I was assistant sports editor of the Arkansas Democrat in the winter of 1986, and University of Arkansas at Little Rock men's basketball was all the...
Across the country, there is a growing desire to spend less time with screens and more time engaged with the people and places around us. What many...
The Democratic Party just shot cancel culture in the foot. Its weapon of choice: Graham Platner.
In the small Ukrainian village where I grew up, you never saw dogs lounging on the sofa or curled up by the fireplace. Dogs, I was told, were to be...
In 2021, Israeli film director Nadav Lapid moved to France because, he told me, he felt his country was in a state of "total moral collapse." After...
Without Gemini, Google's artificially intelligent bot, I might never have figured out how to get the most out of my new Bilt credit card. Gemini is a...
Dear Mahatma: Are people forbidden from walking underneath Interstate 30 in downtown North Little Rock? -- Jasper
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with Dr. Nirvana Manning, head of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UAMS, about maternal health in Arkansas.
Since the Ten Commandments are so controversial, the following modern precepts have been forged to enlighten a misguided world. Schools could post...
Antithesis is a literary device that pairs opposite ideas. The most famous, and possibly the best, example of its application is found in the opening...
Donald Trump has no moral compass, no conscience, no shame, and is without compassion for the suffering of others. He and his family rob the U.S....
Florida is discussing a plan to eliminate real property taxes on the first $250,000 of a home's value and later expand that exemption to $500,000. For...
From Robert Mitchum to Robert De Niro to Javier Bardem, “Cape Fear” keeps returning because Max Cady changes less than the country he haunts.
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She was conducting a town hall for her choir. The questions largely were like-minded, friendly, and outright set-ups. That doesn't mean she didn't...
Little Rock has a $1 billion opportunity at the Port. We've seen this movie before, and this time, we want to see a different ending.
This is a reflective time of year for me. My father, Ronald Reagan, died in June 2004, and each year I let myself drift into whatever realm my...
It isn't clear what effect, if any, Graham Platner's multiplying personal scandals will have on his chances in the Maine Democratic primary that's...
Democrat-Gazette online
The social media feeding frenzy has become a staple of American life. People see misinformation on social media, believe it and then share it. They...
My mama always told me I came out of the womb worrying (and two weeks early, spoiling her plan for a baby in each week of January, so yeah, I'm...
Polls are not like a weather forecast. We can't do anything about the weather. If the prediction is rain, the only thing to do is get ready for it....
The giant blue carts have arrived in Fayetteville, signaling a significant shift in the way the city collects and processes recyclable materials.
Current American politics tends to think of party before country, emphasizing the aims of the tribe over the qualities of the individual.
The first basketball player who amazed me was Elgin Baylor.
Two decades after the first casino opened in Pennsylvania--paving the way for many older residents to get hooked on slot machines--gambling interests...
In less than one month, the United States will observe its 250th birthday. It is shaping up more like a memorial service for a lost loved one than a...
The traditional American version of the story treats the famine primarily as a natural disaster. The reality is considerably more complicated.
Any settlement between Iran and the U.S. that might emerge before this column sees print, or at any future date for that matter, won't matter a whit.
We don't have to reach too far back in our history to remember when Arkansas was a leader in children's health insurance and early childhood...
Former first lady Jill Biden drew considerable attention recently after acknowledging that President Joe Biden's performance during his 2024 debate...
PBS programming will remain on the air of Arkansas public television. That's on the authority of a voice vote Thursday of the network's governing...
If courage is contagious, Congress may finally be coming out of quarantine--maybe. After 16 months of Trump 2.0, Congress has displayed more...
If President Donald Trump wants the Senate to pass an immigration enforcement package, he'll have to give up his ill-advised "anti-weaponization"...
In December 1843, a 160-acre tract in the pine woods of south Arkansas was named El Dorado. Matthew Rainey had set up a retail store there, and area...
I am writing this from Nanuya Lailai, a tiny island inhabited by fewer than 100 people in the Yasawas archipelago off the west coast of Fiji's main...
It is no coincidence that many of the leading figures in the rush to develop and implement artificial intelligence across broad swaths of society and...
Arkansas is the nation's rice leader. We produce nearly half of all American rice and export more than $400 million worth of rice annually to markets...
The term "rule of law," once fundamental to the normative order of our republic, has become a hot discussion topic. For most lawyers, the idea of the...
I have seen cities and towns with the best sidewalks (Paris, France, comes to mind) and those in small villages near Benghazi, Libya, that were so...
Wrack your brain. Do you remember fashion? Not runway fashion or celebrity fashion or whatever influencers are selling on Instagram. Ordinary fashion....
People say America is trapped in nostalgia, though that diagnosis seems to be lazy cultural shorthand that sounds persuasive until you start poking...
One of my earliest memories is an embroidered patch on the sleeve of my father's flight suit.
Arkansas native Jake Bell had a distinguished career as stage manager and production manager on some of Broadway's longest-running productions and...
There was a period, roughly from "The Black Dahlia" through "American Tabloid," when reading James Ellroy felt like discovering that somebody had...
Frank Lloyd Wright taught Americans to see buildings. Keith Haring believed art required no secret handshake. Their shared faith in ordinary curiosity...
I'm in my room at The Haywood, one of the state's finest hotels, and I have two books to keep me company.
Tyronza native Lt. Billy Gene Edens dropped his plane from the clouds in June 1944. After patrolling for several hours and coming up empty-handed, he...
When it became evident a few weeks ago that President Donald Trump had no strategy for winning the war in Iran and little hope of getting out of the...
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