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BRET STEPHENS: No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza

BRET STEPHENS: No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza

It may seem harsh to say, but there is a glaring dissonance to the charge that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. If the Israeli...

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Love, Arkansas-style

Love, Arkansas-style

Note to readers: The Howard County Elberta peaches showed up on the porch a little early this year. But it's never too early to rerun this ode to...

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John Brummett

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Which commandments are to be displayed? There is talk again about whether or not the Ten Commandments should be displayed in all of the schools....

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EDITORIAL: Pulling the trigger

EDITORIAL: Pulling the trigger
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EDITORIAL: FDA AI LSD

EDITORIAL: FDA AI LSD
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OTHERS SAY: When drones interfere with rescue efforts

OTHERS SAY: When drones interfere with rescue efforts

In the aftermath of the devastating floods that hit Kerr County over the July 4 weekend, a helicopter involved in search-and-rescue efforts was...

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Cutting lifelines

Cutting lifelines

I'm a small farmer in Arkansas. I grow vegetables, cook meals, teach kids about food, and try--like so many others--to make my community stronger,...

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Cages not a joke

Cages not a joke

T-shirts are now being sold to celebrate "Alligator Alcatraz," a Florida attraction where migrants are placed in cages, surrounded by alligators,...

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Letters

Letters

What they voted for Our congressional "representatives" (and I use the term very loosely) have done our rural communities an enormous disservice....

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GUEST COLUMN | SOLOMON BURCHFIELD: There’s a better way to respond to homelessness than criminalization

GUEST COLUMN | SOLOMON BURCHFIELD: There’s a better way to respond to homelessness than criminalization
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Let’s try reaching across the aisle

Let’s try reaching across the aisle

My older children recently staged an intervention with me, which is why I am writing this from home on Couchy in the bosom of my snoring dogs...

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Gwen Faulkenberry

With eyes wide open

With eyes wide open
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Rex Nelson

Cranky to the max

Cranky to the max

With the extreme heat advisories and warnings throughout Arkansas this week, it should come as no surprise that my summer crankiness has cranked up...

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Brenda Looper

Frank as a friend

Frank as a friend
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John Brummett

EDITORIAL: Death to … never mind

EDITORIAL: Death to … never mind
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EDITORIAL: Clean slate

EDITORIAL: Clean slate
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STAR PARKER: Take on immigration next

STAR PARKER: Take on immigration next

Last month, the Trump administration Labor Department slapped a hold on Biden administration rules on H-2A visas, which allow U.S. farmers to hire...

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COLUMNIST: Trump, the lame duck; and some smell blood in the water

COLUMNIST: Trump, the lame duck; and some smell blood in the water

For an entire decade now, Donald Trump has been immune to alienating his supporters--a base so loyal they'd drink bleach if he told them it would...

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Ancient codes

Ancient codes
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Philip Martin

If it walks like a duck …

If it walks like a duck …
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John Brummett

EDITORIAL: Sweat jackets

EDITORIAL: Sweat jackets
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CAL THOMAS: Late night politics

CAL THOMAS: Late night politics

Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" has been canceled by CBS, effective next May. Critics of the decision are claiming politics is the reason. They are...

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OTHERS SAY: Texas flooding shows dangers of ignoring history and common sense

OTHERS SAY: Texas flooding shows dangers of ignoring history and common sense

Science and technology have made many hazards predictable in ways that were unthinkable 150 years ago. Tragedies, like the central Texas flash...

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EDITORIAL: Speaking of staying inside …

EDITORIAL: Speaking of staying inside …
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EDITORIAL: Water works

EDITORIAL: Water works

If you've read the paper this year, or talked to anybody, or poked your head out the front door, or the back, you may have heard of plans to build...

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A lesson in love

A lesson in love

Saturday morning, July 5, I was at my usual morning spot, at a table in what I call The Sun Room, enjoying coffee and reading the Democrat-Gazette,...

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DEI death rattles

DEI death rattles

At the root of disagreements over "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) are different assumptions regarding both Black and white. Along these...

21.07.2025 1

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Still not 49th

Still not 49th

Data releases from federal economic bureaus in the past year provide further evidence the adage '"Thank God for Mississippi" is a fable ("We're Not...

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EDITORIAL SHORT: Major League

EDITORIAL SHORT: Major League

The Arkansas League of Women Voters is at it again. To the cheers of many. The League has asked a federal judge to issue an order blocking the...

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Lewisville looks ahead

Lewisville looks ahead
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Rex Nelson

White ahead of his time

White ahead of his time
20.07.2025 1

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John Brummett

Moral illiteracy

Moral illiteracy
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Philip Martin

Working in a Superfund site

Working in a Superfund site
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Amazon Prime Day needs updating

Amazon Prime Day needs updating

The results of the recent Amazon.com super sale are hard to parse. The company didn't provide any figures, saying only that July 8-11 was "the...

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EDITORIAL: A hollowing

EDITORIAL: A hollowing
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PAPER TRAILS: New book details movie career of ‘gentleman bandit’ Henry Starr

PAPER TRAILS: New book details movie career of ‘gentleman bandit’ Henry Starr
20.07.2025 1

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Sean Clancy

Where to go when the heat is on

Where to go when the heat is on
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Karen Martin

Does America need billionaires?

Does America need billionaires?

What's the most downtrodden and persecuted minority in America? If you said it's transgender youths, immigrant workers, or women trying to access...

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From Emma Willard to Spring Hill

From Emma Willard to Spring Hill
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Panama!

Panama!
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Better than this

Better than this
20.07.2025 1

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Experiencing first-time motherhood

Experiencing first-time motherhood
20.07.2025 1

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Gwen Faulkenberry