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Column: South by southeast

Column: South by southeast

I'm often asked to speak about economic development in Arkansas. There was a time when my speeches focused on northwest Arkansas and how that...

25.04.2026 6

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Rex Nelson

Opinion: Advice from the past on point -- It's still about the prices, stupid

Opinion: Advice from the past on point -- It's still about the prices, stupid

A massive poll for NBC taken over the first couple of weeks of the month showed Donald Trump's approval rating at an all-time low. But other...

25.04.2026 6

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John Brummett

Column: Ancient Libya

Several of my readers have asked me about the Greek and Roman ruins in Libya, and while I'm not an Anthropologist or an Archeologist, I've...

18.04.2026 10

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Richard Mason

Opinion: Trump specter lingers as 2028 Democrats consider presidency

Opinion: Trump specter lingers as 2028 Democrats consider presidency

On Monday, preachers in Arkansas, including even the Republichristians and the Southern MAGAbaptists, were publicly expressing deep disapproval of...

18.04.2026 9

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John Brummett

Column: Arkansas works to save green-tree reservoir hardwoods

When I lived in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s, my favorite way to start each morning was with a cup of coffee and a copy of The Washington Post. If...

11.04.2026 10

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Rex Nelson

Opinion: Arkansas' election integrity was never in doubt

At least we know now that Arkansas is pure.

11.04.2026 10

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John Brummett

Column: Dreaming of Bayou Meto, a paradise for hunters and birders

Because of the quality of public duck hunting it offers, Arkansas' George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area might be the most...

04.04.2026 10

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Rex Nelson

Column: Returning to your roots

I think one of the prime reasons Vertis and I decided to move back to Arkansas from South Texas was the climate. It was a difficult decision because...

04.04.2026 10

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Richard Mason

Opinion: Rascals in both parties in full self-preservation mode

If you haven't been in a conversation lately with people agreeing that the whole cast of Washington politicians ought to be run out of office,...

04.04.2026 10

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John Brummett

Column: Earth Day

This week, when I was walking my usual route from my house on Calion Road in El Dorado and, as I turned down Long's Blow Pipe Road (North Smith...

28.03.2026 10

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Richard Mason

Opinion: Public money in private schools -- why not the same standards?

A guest piece in the opinion section recently of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette railed disingenuously against a percolating public initiative for a...

28.03.2026 10

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John Brummett

Opinion: In Arkansas' Decalogue ruling, simple reason and common sense

U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks of Fayetteville is the man you want whenever these legislators of ours try to pull some unconstitutional stunt...

21.03.2026 20

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John Brummett

Letters to the Editor for March 22, 2026

As we are now in the season of Lent, which is a foreshadow of the death of Jesus Christ. It all adds up to Easter. During the Lent season, we sing...

21.03.2026 20

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Kate Flynn

Column: 'The Natural State'

As I look back on my life from pre-teen to senior status, I can easily say I have spent literally thousands of hours hunting in our woods, fishing in...

21.03.2026 10

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Richard Mason

Column: First flight for a Smackover girl

(NOTE: This is a first-person account of Vertis' flight to join me in Benghazi, Libya.) It was the fall of 1963, and I can remember it like it...

14.03.2026 10

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Richard Mason

Opinion: Incremental politics proof that more than one thing can be right at once

I like it when true conservative Bradley Gitz writes the truth about the personal disgrace that is Donald Trump, standing up for real conservatism...

14.03.2026 20

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John Brummett

Column: A climate change solution

07.03.2026 20

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Richard Mason

Column: World confronts Iran’s long history of warfare

07.03.2026 20

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Dr. Ken Bridges

Column: The problem with making war without a plan

07.03.2026 20

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John Brummett

Brummett: Furor over Trump cuts a microcosm of left versus right

It presents a nearly perfect case study of our political polarization and dysfunction. It is a microcosm of us. It explains and laments both the right...

01.03.2026 10

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John brummett it presents a nearly perfect case study of our political polarization and dysfunction. it is a microcosm of us

Letter to the Editor for Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026

Effective Communication, civic engagement and community participation is the cornerstone of a thriving community, reflecting our collective voice and...

01.03.2026 10

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Effective communication

Column: Bringing people to your downtown

People are the key to any downtown large or small, and a "dead" downtown or mall is a downtown or mall without people. Countless downtowns...

01.03.2026 20

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Richard mason people are the key to any downtown large or small

Column: History Minute — Count Casimir Pulaski

01.03.2026 20

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Dr. Ken Bridges

Editorial: Building a foundation of better care

El Dorado is being asked in March to make a decision that isn't really political. It's practical. Voters will decide whether to approve a...

01.03.2026 10

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El dorado is being asked in march to make a decision that isn't really political. it's practical

Letter to the Editor

In your Sunday February 22, 2026, addition of the El Dorado News-Times you published an opinion piece letter signed by "--Anonymous". The...

01.03.2026 20

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Anonymous. really?

Letter to the Editor for Feb. 26, 2026

As Fire Chief of the El Dorado Fire Department, I feel a responsibility to speak plainly about what the proposed sales tax to support our local...

01.03.2026 20

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To the editor

Column: History Minute -- Matthew Lyon

Matthew Lyon lived a life that made him a witness to some of the most important events and figures of early American History. An Irish immigrant, he...

01.03.2026 20

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Matthew lyon lived a life that made him a witness to some of the most important events and figures of early american history. an irish immigrant

Column: A Historical Peak at Richard Mason

01.03.2026 20

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Richard Mason

Column: Trump's SOTU theatrics did their job -- Make Dems look bad

01.03.2026 20

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John Brummett

Column: The deterioration of rural Arkansas

08.02.2026 20

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Rex Nelson

Column: Life in Arkansas, the Trumpiest outpost of them all

08.02.2026 20

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John Brummett

Column: 'I don't know'

01.02.2026 20

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Rex Nelson

Column: Winter storms and the idiocy of youth

01.02.2026 10

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John Brummett

Column: Quality of life improvements

01.02.2026 20

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Richard Mason

Column: Why even ask who's at fault? It's certainly not Trump

25.01.2026 20

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John Brummett

Column: Hogskin County

24.01.2026 20

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Richard Mason

Column: Tree planting time in Arkansas

18.01.2026 20

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Richard Mason

Column: Democrat's aim to connect with real people a blast from past

18.01.2026 30

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John Brummett

Letter to the Editor for Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026

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Kate Flynn

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Questions for Hester on prison, kowtowing to Sarah

11.01.2026 30

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John Brummett

History Minute: Venezuela

11.01.2026 30

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Bradly Gill

Column: Living The Best life Possible -- Part Two

04.01.2026 30

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Richard Mason

Column: New year means higher health-insurance rates

04.01.2026 20

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John Brummett

Column: New Year's Resolutions

28.12.2025 40

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Richard Mason

Column: Trumpian outrage overload must be managed for sanity's sake

28.12.2025 30

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John Brummett

Letter to the Editor for Dec. 25, 2025

28.12.2025 30

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Kate Flynn

Column: Christmases Remembered

21.12.2025 20

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Richard Mason

Opinion: Arkansas Ledge's new aim -- taking power from the people

21.12.2025 20

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John Brummett

Column: Republicans set board for health-insurance chess game

14.12.2025 30

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John Brummett

Column: Hot Checks

14.12.2025 50

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Robert Steinbuch