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Build a partnership Parent-teacher conferences are more than just a 15-minute chat; they're an opportunity to start or strengthen a powerful...
Small businesses, thousands of jobs, and America's economic strength, past, present, and future, all depend on our railroads. Once a marvel of...
In "Anna Karenina," Tolstoy wrote that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Tolstoy may have been right...
It's not that commonly known, but petroleum products are in just about everything and everywhere around us. The stuff is in our gas tanks, our asphalt...
Tired of the whining In a recent column, Gwen Faulkenberry complains she's tired of the political noise in our country. Well, Ms. Faulkenberry, others...
I've always been a big believer in "keeping it real."
There's a military expression about a bad habit in the ranks: It's called "fighting the problem." This occurs when an officer or NCO is too busy...
It was just another routine day for the crew on "Fox and Friends," churning up the latest conspiracy theories and dissing wokeism. But the...
On April 2, 1851, Reuben Blackwell sat down with Marcia Beardsley.
I was talking to a friend who had recently returned from a trip to Europe, and he made a "looks like a French village" statement while standing on...
At noon Sept. 19, Arkansas child-care providers logged onto a Zoom meeting expecting good news from the Arkansas Department of Education. Instead,...
Two important books In the midst of deep political division, historical amnesia, and a growing indifference to the erosion of democratic values, I...
Recently the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published an editorial supporting the expansion of nuclear power production in Arkansas. The editorial...
The seemingly low-stakes question of whether Chicago restaurants should be free to let patrons bring their dogs has got folks surprisingly engaged....
Who's to blame for this federal government shutdown? Democrats or Republicans? Our answer: Yes.This
Recently, I attended two local interfaith events in Bentonville.
Dear Mahatma: On Saturday morning, Sept.
Volleying for power We are a nation held hostage by bickering politicians volleying for power over the next election cycle. We must witness their bad...
As our country writhes in response to the heinous murder of Charlie Kirk, the topic of our national discourse is saturated by the employment status of...
Words matter. I'm reminded of this almost daily by a framed Nathaniel Hawthorne quote in my office that I received as a gift some years ago, which...
Late last month, I read Jerry Damerow's and Philip Martin's recent columns about digital assets. Mr. Damerow and Mr. Martin explored blockchain...
In recent weeks, Americans have grown increasingly anxious over mounting threats to free expression. New revelations about government influence during...
In the economy, like life, there are one-off events, and there are patterns.
It says something about the era in which we live--and not anything good--that a governor of Utah fer-cryin'-out-loud, who opposes abortion except in...
Created the problem So let's get this straight, the Republicans put together a budget without any input from the Democrats and voted to pass it. The...
President Trump and Congress recently delivered a major victory to small-business owners, with the passage and signature of the One Big Beautiful Bill...
It's normal--and good--for school leaders to honor inspiring teachers, beloved coaches, civic leaders and accomplished alumni, among others. Instead,...
How else would Americans make such an important decision? We'll have a contest, of course, and whoever survives the brackets wins!Call it September...
"What do you read, my Lord?" "Words, words, words." --Polonius and Hamlet The place has the smell of new about it: New paint and new carpet. New...
The great destroyer He sees himself as the great one, the almighty one, a god. He seeks immortality for his name and image so the world will never...
One of the few things that can still unite Americans in these bitterly divided political times is the ability to come together in a bipartisan way to...
As of this writing, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva, who was elected in a special election in Arizona.
Democrats, despite their hypersensitive bleeding-heart reputations, can be harsh. Ruthless, even. When it comes to picking their presidential nominee,...
P.J. O'Rourke once noted the differences between God and Santa Claus: God is paternal, not fraternal.
Russellville teacher Russellville lost a gem on Thursday evening when the school board voted to fire a teacher over an inappropriate social-media...
Here's a modern paradox: The very mechanism that allows people to easily connect with others drives some to isolation. Social media has many benefits....
Somebody in New York state apparently threw a beer at a golfer's wife this past weekend.
It's been 10 years since a white supremacist shot and killed nine people studying the Bible at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. In a...
When Sully and Baz--two of the more optimistic Razorback guys in the media--are shrugging their shoulders and speculating on coaching jobs, you know...
Context in definition In Thursday's paper, in a letter from John McPherson titled "An apology is owed," I think that instead of the AP team of...
In recent years our Arkansas GOP supermajority and governor have put in place several acts that restrict certain nonprofit and for-profit activities....
The paper reported last week that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering using the Franklin County prison site for an immigration...
Disdain for women The War Department has done it again under the leadership of Herr Hegseth with his ludicrous stance on women in the military. His...
It was an interesting week in the nation's labor market.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris waits only a few pages into her book to start the blame game. Special Counsel Robert Hur's expert opinion that...
On Wednesday, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, was interviewed on some sort of YouTube channel: "[This] appears to be...
America has a long history of intense disagreement over politics, but polarization and uncivil language toward "the other side" has now reached a...
I've been in this field for over 30 years. I hold a doctorate in education with a focus on organizational leadership. I've served on the board for the...
How did we get from single-digit pricing for a barrel of oil in the 1920s to triple digits? Oil sold for less than $10 per barrel for years, then...
In 1851, probably in the early summer, Amanda Trulock took her three older children to Bridgeport, Conn.