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Column: History Minute -- Tom Terral

Column: History Minute -- Tom Terral

Tom Terral was one of only a handful of one-term governors in the history of the state. Though skilled and reform-minded, the tale of Terral is one...

11.10.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: 70 years at the lake

Column: 70 years at the lake
11.10.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: Everywhere a bailout ...

Column: Everywhere a bailout ...

Ashell game here and a bailout there and, before they know it, MAGA Republicans will meet themselves coming and going. They'll be pocketing a...

11.10.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: Partisan shutdown needs bipartisan solution

Column: Partisan shutdown needs bipartisan solution

One of the most important functions of the United States Congress is wielding the "power of the purse." Article I of the Constitution requires...

05.10.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: Gasoline at $5 and probably $7.50 a gallon

Yes, this is a prediction of the future price of gasoline at the pump, based on my assessment, considering the facts, and trying to blend them with...

27.09.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Letters to the Editor for Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025

Letters to the Editor for Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025

Hidden Movement I've formally studied political science, communications, social studies and race relations. Based on this knowledge, there is (IMHO)...

27.09.2025 2

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: History Minute -- Anthony Bewley

Column: History Minute -- Anthony Bewley

Faith and courage are often not far apart. It often takes a mixture of both to weather the scorn of those who may disagree or to say something...

27.09.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: A lesson in redirecting anger

Column: A lesson in redirecting anger

Sarah Sanders is a slick politician, which might explain why you're mad at health-insurance companies for proposing to raise your premiums by a...

27.09.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: Exploring Greece | Athens and the Peloponnese Peninsula

Over several decades while working overseas and traveling in Europe, Vertis and I have developed a special relationship with Greece. There is...

21.09.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: The ego, bruised, sues anew

In these dark times for American politics, we must take time for humor. Thus, as a public service, the column today will be about the world's most...

21.09.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: History Minute — Frank Pace

Extraordinary and meaningful lives are not always ones found in the headlines. Sometimes, they are lives lived through persistent service to...

21.09.2025 4

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: History Minute -- Ham Moses

Ham Moses grew up in a time when Arkansas was still mostly farms untouched by the modern world. Because of his ambition both behind the scenes and...

06.09.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times

Column: State Capitol Week in Review

Arkansas education officials are promoting more "acceleration' in schools because they believe students can handle more rigorous content, the...

06.09.2025 1

El Dorado News Times

El Dorado News Times