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Mark well the land: Take first steps to preserve our Earth

Mark well the land: Take first steps to preserve our Earth

The planets of our solar system, save one, are known for mythological numens. Most are Roman. One fantastical deity is from the Greek. Earth is the...

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OTHERS SAY: Unplanned effects III

OTHERS SAY: Unplanned effects III

In 2023, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill he claimed would stop price gouging by oil companies. In 2022, average gas prices in California...

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STAR PARKER: It rains in California

STAR PARKER: It rains in California

Here's a scenario from California that would be hard for even a Hollywood screenwriter to come up with.

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CAL THOMAS: Today is a big day in gerrymandering politics

CAL THOMAS: Today is a big day in gerrymandering politics

ARLINGTON, Va.--Today, Virginia voters who bother to vote will take gerrymandering to a new and dangerous level.

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Digital dominates, but there’s something about a real newspaper

Digital dominates, but there’s something about a real newspaper

I am a dinosaur.

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OTHERS SAY: AI turns kids to targets

OTHERS SAY: AI turns kids to targets

Every parent should be paying attention to what's been going on at Lake Zurich High School.

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An ultra-modern version of hell

An ultra-modern version of hell

“Abandon all hope, ye who enter.”

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Accelerating progress in learning

Accelerating progress in learning

As the superintendent of the Jacksonville North Pulaski School District (JNPSD), I know about the time it takes to implement a policy. Just because I...

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Black maternal health and equity

Black maternal health and equity

When I walked into the hospital to deliver my daughter, I carried more than a hospital bag. I carried fear.

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Top priority: consumer protection

Top priority: consumer protection

The author of a recent guest column in these pages asked whose interests Arkansas' attorney general is serving. That's easy: I serve you, the people...

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The chaos never stops here, which makes for an interesting week

The chaos never stops here, which makes for an interesting week

It was an interesting week. I could start out every column that way, but this past week was slightly different.

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OTHERS SAY: President Trump turns up heat on the Iranians

OTHERS SAY: President Trump turns up heat on the Iranians

The American blockade in the Strait of Hormuz alters the strategic equation in the Iran conflict. It also has the attention of our enemies.

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Join together against climate change

Join together against climate change

Becoming a supporter of Earth Day--Wednesday, April 22--is natural for me. I have always been a joiner of good causes.

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A walk down an isolated lane

A walk down an isolated lane

The redbuds and dogwoods are still in bloom here in Staunton, Va., though they've put out leaves. The maples are shedding samaras, the seed packets...

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Physician, heal thyself: Ruminations on ‘Doctor’ Trump

Physician, heal thyself: Ruminations on ‘Doctor’ Trump

Now the rest of us know what the "J" in Donald J. Trump really stands for. Christian nationalists and some evangelical denominations made that...

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Our educational programming

Our educational programming

Recently on the opinion page of this newspaper, I shared truth and a vision of how your public television station is navigating uncertain times.

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MICHELLE GOLDBERG: What Orban’s Defeat Means for the Rest of the World

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: What Orban’s Defeat Means for the Rest of the World

BUDAPEST—Last Saturday, the day before the election in Hungary, I went to Puspokladany, a run-down town of about 16,000 in the northeastern part of...

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Our educational programming

Our educational programming

Recently on the opinion page of this newspaper, I shared truth and a vision of how your public television station is navigating uncertain times.

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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Cable median barriers aren’t cheap, but they work

OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Cable median barriers aren’t cheap, but they work

Favorite Columnist: I'm in favor of cable median barriers and hope there is one in place should I ever go flying off the Interstate. But are those...

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Extortionware exposed: Attacks up ante on businesses

Extortionware exposed: Attacks up ante on businesses

Just a few years ago, ransomware followed a relatively simple script. Criminals broke into a company's network, locked up its data through encryption...

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Context for LEARNS debates

Context for LEARNS debates

I read through nearly 500 comments on a story posted on Facebook about the funding of the EFA component (aka vouchers) of the LEARNS program.

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Armchair Trumpologists weigh in on presidential goals

Armchair Trumpologists weigh in on presidential goals

After his years in the public spotlight that include more than a decade as a politician, armchair Trumpologists who have closely observed President...

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OTHERS SAY: The people, not leaders, rule in democracies

OTHERS SAY: The people, not leaders, rule in democracies

When the people of Hungary decided clearly to vote out their right-wing populist leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, he had the decency to concede...

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Arkansas leading the nation in teacher satisfaction

Arkansas leading the nation in teacher satisfaction

After 19 years in the classroom, I still feel the same pull I did as a child watching my Aunt Becky teach. I wanted to do what she did and help...

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Integrity in journalism still there; just have to find it

Integrity in journalism still there; just have to find it

There were voices that contributed to my education that came not from teachers nor ministers nor kin. They were voices that spoke to our family every...

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COLUMNIST: Trump says his social media post depicted him as a doctor, not Jesus. A Catholic school alum weighs in

COLUMNIST: Trump says his social media post depicted him as a doctor, not Jesus. A Catholic school alum weighs in

The general consensus is that President Donald Trump's social media post of himself dressed in robes, after a busy weekend in which he blasted Pope...

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BRET STEPHENS: How Trump can wrap up this war

BRET STEPHENS: How Trump can wrap up this war

"The easiest method for the United States to reopen Hormuz," I wrote last Tuesday, "is to start seizing tankers carrying Iranian crude once they reach...

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COLUMNIST: Where’s the beef?

COLUMNIST: Where’s the beef?

When I was in grade school back in the 1800s, they fed us cheeseburgers extended to the frontiers of human palatability by hefty amounts of what some...

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STAR PARKER: Voter disconnect explained, maybe

STAR PARKER: Voter disconnect explained, maybe

The United States must be growing and prosperous at home and strong and secure in the face of the many security threats facing us abroad. The former...

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COLUMNIST: Pope Leo’s brave stand

COLUMNIST: Pope Leo’s brave stand

A war for the soul of the world is happening now that's straight out of the Bible--and I'm not just talking about the Middle East.

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CAL THOMAS: Exploration is in our blood, young people: So explore socialism, too!

CAL THOMAS: Exploration is in our blood, young people: So explore socialism, too!

Watching the enthusiasm, especially among people younger than me, over the Artemis II mission around the moon recalled that the last men to land on...

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Educating Arkansas: Why A-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine matters

Educating Arkansas: Why A-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine matters

Agriculture remains the cornerstone of Arkansas' economy. Poultry, cattle, row crops and the farming operations that sustain communities across our...

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Litigation machine isn’t working

Litigation machine isn’t working

New York's Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is aiming to reduce car insurance premiums in her state--now averaging more than $4,000--by targeting staged...

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El Dorado’s historic Calion Road

El Dorado’s historic Calion Road

Calion Road once connected south Arkansas to the early French settlements on the Ouachita River originally called Scarborough's Landing, then later...

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Words that function as idols

Words that function as idols

All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

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Reconnecting with friends is more important than politics

Reconnecting with friends is more important than politics

The original text on the group thread read "Good morning fellas." The originator aspired to gather a number of us who were, and remain, good friends...

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OTHERS SAY: Poisoning the ears of kids with every egg roll

OTHERS SAY: Poisoning the ears of kids with every egg roll

What must it be like, we wonder, to be an American child in the era of President Donald Trump?

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Are we alone? Or together?

Are we alone? Or together?

A short while ago, the president of the United States, the secretary of state, and the secretary of defense addressed leaders from this hemisphere at...

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Newspaper, family history inseparable

Newspaper, family history inseparable

Charles Gordon Newman's origins are mysterious. We know that he was born in Richmond, Va., in 1840. The names of his parents can't be found. Searches...

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COLUMNIST: We’re stuck with an unchecked mad king for a while

COLUMNIST: We’re stuck with an unchecked mad king for a while

Amid all the alarming and unhinged comments of the president of the United States in recent days threatening Iran with genocide--remarks beyond even...

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OTHERS SAY: No victory yet for the people of Iran

OTHERS SAY: No victory yet for the people of Iran

Like most Americans, we were relieved that President Donald Trump's potentially cataclysmic pledge to kill off Iranian civilization Tuesday night did...

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COLUMNIST: Donald Trump at 80

COLUMNIST: Donald Trump at 80

President Donald Trump is giving old people a bad name.

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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Lower speed limit for section of North Rodney Parham aims to protect pedestrians, cyclists

Greetings Wise One: Does your MUTCD cover speed limits on city streets? When North Rodney Parham between Green Mountain/Hinson and Pleasant Forest was...

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Stick to the truth: Revising Mideast history to fit beliefs a bad idea

In his "Antisemitism again" April 4 op-ed piece, Robert Steinbuch describes Middle Eastern University of Arkansas professor Mohja Kahf as displaying...

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Crime is down: A trend to continue

At the national level, crime is down all across America. If President Donald Trump wasn't wrecking campaign promises in other areas, he might be...

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The real mission: Denying PBS to Arkansas

A first reading of Carlton Wing's "Still on mission" on Voices April 2 appears positive. Subsequent, more careful readings, looking for intentions and...

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COLUMNIST: What comes next?

Given the charged and at times apocalyptic rhetoric coming from the White House in recent days--particularly President Donald Trump's warning that a...

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COLUMNIST: Is Pete Hegseth next to be shown the door?

Since the start of the year, three problems have created major political traumas for President Donald Trump, helping to lower his already lagging job...

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Uniformity in Arkansas schools receiving public funds a step backward

"Public school is broken" is something I hear often. I would not call it broken. I would call it standardized.

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OTHERS SAY: All the president’s words: Restraint? What’s that?

When a leader speaks of a civilization dying "tonight," the weight of those words does not fall lightly. Language at that level does more than...

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