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GREAT MOVIES | OPINION: Kubrick’s ‘Barry Lyndon’ and the end of an era

Stanley Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon” (1975) is a meditation — an elegy told in slow, flickering motion, drifting across the screen like smoke from a...

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Philip Martin

ROBERT STEINBUCH: Republican poll tax

Filing fees for political offices across the country typically are set by statute and collected by state government. In Arkansas, however,...

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Robert Steinbuch

NWA EDITORIAL | Asking permission for expenditures is good policy for government

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EDITORIAL: Fourth of July—a secular holiday?

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COLUMNIST: Not as free as you think

There's a lot to celebrate this Independence Day, as we mark the 249th anniversary of our national divorce from Great Britain and the abuses of...

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Law poses risks

I have dedicated my life to service of my country, Arkansas, and our veterans. I always strive to ensure that our eligible active, reserve,...

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Technicalities matter

Every word matters in critical legal documents, and no language is more pored over and parsed for meaning than that used in our U.S. Constitution....

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Letters

Rewrote Constitution In the Dred Scott decision (1857), the Supreme Court declared that a "free negro of the African race ... is not a 'citizen.'"...

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Flashback

Editor's note: This letter was originally published 15 years ago today. First, be appreciative Jimmy Carter once ended a speech by saying "I just...

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POPNOTES | OPINION: Springsteen at 75 and the Gospel According to ‘Tracks II’

Bruce Springsteen has always been a haunted man. Haunted by his father’s silence and the black dog of depression. Haunted by his country’s sins and...

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Philip Martin

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: How the sausage is made

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John Brummett

EDITORIAL: When legal sense is common sense, too

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OPINION | KRISTY BRASFIELD: Raising readers

In recent years, Arkansas has taken bold steps to improve literacy through the R.I.S.E. (Reading Initiative for Student Excellence) Arkansas...

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OPINION | Gwen Ford Faulkenberry: Abandon darkness for light, love

Democrat-Gazette online I was on Facebook earlier this week and came across a friend with whom I have all but lost touch. We met in college at UCA...

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Gwen Faulkenberry

Security blueprint

Ensuring the safety and security of American citizens is generally associated with foreign policy and counterterrorism efforts, but the reality is...

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Caught in a tiresome cycle

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John Brummett

OPINION | BRENDA LOOPER: Love of country

This is the time of year I always think about patriotism--I mean what it actually means, rather than what some have decided, for their own reasons,...

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Brenda Looper

COLUMNIST: A year out

One year from now, the nation will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. I fear it could be a shame, even possibly a sham....

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COLUMNIST: SCOTUS respects rights of parents

Here's why I think the Supreme Court might be on to something in its decision allowing a group of Muslim and Christian parents to opt their young...

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Des Arc takes off

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Rex Nelson

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: The end of presumption?

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John Brummett

OPINION | PHILIP MARTIN: Love your country

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Philip Martin

NWA EDITORIAL | Money transfer companies need to watch out for their customers

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CAL THOMAS: Where is our pride?

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Following trips to different countries over many years, I have longed to return home and hear these words from an...

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OTHERS SAY: Is centrism in the Democratic Party dead? Let’s hope not

An interesting question has emerged after socialist Zohran Mamdani's primary triumph in the race for New York City mayor. Is the primary electorate...

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OPINION | ART HOBSON: My 90-year path to Fayetteville, physics, family and the future

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Art Hobson

EDITORIAL SHORT: Got one right

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What a character

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Steve Straessle

OTHERS SAY: The push to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program must continue, until there isn’t one

Now that the 12-Day War has been ended by the Trump Truce (with some salty language from the president), the ultimate goal must continue: To...

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A journey in news

I started my journalism career in 1990 at the Trumann Democrat (now the Poinsett County Democrat Tribune). I was 20 years old, a radio/TV student...

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Did Trump just earn the Nobel Peace Prize?

It's easier to make the case that President Donald Trump has earned consideration for the Nobel Peace Prize than it will be to convince those who...

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Trump got it right

Has there ever been a more despicable regime than the mislabeled Islamic Republic of Iran, in the sense of one governed by an uglier creed and more...

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EDITORIAL: Congress gets busy

As surprising as it may be, it turns out Congress is actually doing some work, not just ceding all decision-making to the executive branch. On...

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EDITORIAL: Speaking of computers …

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