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Find a little courage Our president has started a trade war with an island of penguins. He has lost billions from the retirement savings of his...

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OTHERS SAY: FEMA has a real job to do

OTHERS SAY: FEMA has a real job to do

A few months back, President Donald Trump said something that got attention from too few people. "I say you don't need FEMA. You need a good state...

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TOMMY FOLTZ: We didn’t ask for our economy to be wrecked

TOMMY FOLTZ: We didn’t ask for our economy to be wrecked

It's been a week since "Obliteration Day," and there's so much I'd like to say about our current president, it might take the next four columns to say...

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EDITORIAL: Neolithic Park

EDITORIAL: Neolithic Park

As we read the news, we couldn't help but hear John Hammond and Dr.

yesterday 2

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Christian churches It's just about two weeks now until Christians around the world celebrate the day that Jesus Christ arose from the tomb, conquering...

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OTHERS SAY: Indiscriminate tariffs threaten rest of Trump’s agenda

OTHERS SAY: Indiscriminate tariffs threaten rest of Trump’s agenda

Not yet three months into a second term, President Donald Trump has taken difficult but necessary, actions to rein in the scope of a federal...

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EDITORIAL: Pushback is commencing

EDITORIAL: Pushback is commencing

Ending initiatives in the DEI world--diversity, equity and inclusion--is going well enough among American conservatives.

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EDITORIAL: Shot in the arm

EDITORIAL: Shot in the arm

Those keeping count say that as of Sunday, there were 642 cases of measles in the United States.

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Delaying of justice Has our USA become too legalistic? Do we need fewer lawyers and more doers? Every policy, law, hearing, investigation and/or petty...

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New path forward

New path forward

If a football team were only making first downs on 3 percent of their possessions, it would be foolish to blindly continue running the same plays...

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Don’t worry, be happy

Don’t worry, be happy

Last week was the first in about a decade when I didn't hear or see the name Donald Trump. This was because we were on vacation in a remote part of...

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EDITORIAL: What inspector generals are for

EDITORIAL: What inspector generals are for

The Pentagon's acting inspector general announced last week that he would review use of the unsecure messaging app Signal in providing war plans...

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Overrides that choice I am a proud donor mom and, as such, a reluctant warrior. My only son Brady died from a brain aneurysm 15 years ago this coming...

07.04.2025 3

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OTHERS SAY: This is what we voted for

OTHERS SAY: This is what we voted for

One thing you can say in favor of President Donald Trump's announcement Wednesday from the Rose Garden: He did what he promised during the campaign....

07.04.2025 2

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EDITORIALL Math is hard

EDITORIALL Math is hard

It's said that physicist Wolfgang Pauli was handed some paper by a friend of a friend, and was asked to comment on its conclusions.

07.04.2025 3

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Focusing on educational improvement

Focusing on educational improvement

A former colleague recently asked me, in rhetorical fashion, why we don't choose to educate every child well in Arkansas.

07.04.2025 3

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Arkansans are in harm’s way

Arkansans are in harm’s way

America is careening towards economic recession under the guise that somehow relentless trade wars will curb the flow of fentanyl into the United...

07.04.2025 3

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Trash, treasures alongside the roads

Trash, treasures alongside the roads

I'm a former runner and a current walker-runner, and my regular walk-runs have one purpose: to get needed exercise.

07.04.2025 3

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Discovering Little Rock’s early schools

Discovering Little Rock’s early schools

In the fall of 1820, Matthew Cunningham returned to Herculaneum, Mo.,

07.04.2025 3

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Respectful routes lead to healing

Respectful routes lead to healing

Americans are grappling with a pervasive sense of national crisis.

07.04.2025 3

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American patriotism

American patriotism

Some years ago, I received an email from a gentleman in Belgium who was seeking information on a soldier from Arkansas who had died during World War...

07.04.2025 3

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Safer neighborhoods Once again, state Rep. Brit McKenzie, R-Rogers, is trying to pass House Bill 1790, which would allow any home in any neighborhood...

06.04.2025 3

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Rebuild trust

Rebuild trust

On Jan. 21, 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. FEC that corporations and special interests could spend unlimited amounts of money to...

06.04.2025 3

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EDITORIAL: Kill the cure?

EDITORIAL: Kill the cure?

Speaking of Rep. David Ray, the paper said the Ledge is still considering House JR 1016, also by Mr.

06.04.2025 3

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EDITORIAL: Noncitizen nonsense

EDITORIAL: Noncitizen nonsense

The General Assembly can't put 15 constitutional amendments before the people next election cycle.

06.04.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Two-thirds rule?

EDITORIAL: Two-thirds rule?

Sometimes it's not what the Arkansas Legislature does, but what it doesn't do.

06.04.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Ax the grocery tax

EDITORIAL: Ax the grocery tax

This past week Arkansas got one step closer toward axing the grocery tax.

06.04.2025 3

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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Bill targets collection of sales tax on vehicles at point of purchase

OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Bill targets collection of sales tax on vehicles at point of purchase

Mr. Mahatma: Several of your readers have asked why we do not collect sales tax on a vehicle at the point of purchase as do surrounding states.

06.04.2025 2

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Unorthodox education idea

Unorthodox education idea

Modern public education has failed at adapting to massive and consequential shifts in American society that have changed the lives, backgrounds and...

05.04.2025 4

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Unbridled benefit

Unbridled benefit

In January 1971, in what can be accurately described as a "swords to plowshares" action, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took charge of a...

05.04.2025 3

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A step backwards

A step backwards

Gov. Sarah Sanders and Arkansas lawmakers have been ambitious in their efforts to overhaul Arkansas' education system, particularly when it comes to...

05.04.2025 3

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OTHERS SAY: Why DOGE matters

OTHERS SAY: Why DOGE matters

If Republicans dare broach the subject of waste and fraud in Medicaid or Medicare, it will be seconds before Democrats accuse them of seeking to throw...

05.04.2025 5

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EDITORIAL: Tariff-fic idea

EDITORIAL: Tariff-fic idea

"I really relish giving my Republican colleagues the chance to not just say they're concerned, but actually take an action to stop these tariffs."

05.04.2025 3

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I'm gonna be just fine Thought I would check in with family and friends and let them know that I am just fine. With all the negativity coming from...

05.04.2025 4

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Violent immigrants With a majority of letters to the Voices page written by haters of President Donald Trump, an outsider might think Arkansas is dark...

04.04.2025 3

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OPINION | CRAIG DOUGLASS: Our next leader

OPINION | CRAIG DOUGLASS: Our next leader

Donald J. Trump is term-limited. At least the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution states as much. His time in the White House should come to an end at...

04.04.2025 2

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OTHERS SAY: Serving the public, or making bank?

OTHERS SAY: Serving the public, or making bank?

Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin Sunday night, Elon Musk suggested that his Department of Government Efficiency will investigate how certain...

04.04.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Two worlds

EDITORIAL: Two worlds

Another example of how Americans live in separate realities, depending on whether your team wears the red or blue:The other day, DOGE officials gained...

04.04.2025 2

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STAR PARKER: Yes, please end the federal Department of Education

STAR PARKER: Yes, please end the federal Department of Education

A recent report from the American Enterprise Institute summarizes results from the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress--also...

04.04.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: What happened?

EDITORIAL: What happened?

We're not sure we understand everything we know about this one.

04.04.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Two worlds

EDITORIAL: Two worlds

Another example of how Americans live in separate realities, depending on whether your team wears the red or blue:The other day, DOGE officials gained...

04.04.2025 2

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Conservative letters I know this opinion I'm posting will never be printed in your paper. I always knew this paper leans hard left, but every once in...

03.04.2025 4

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COLUMNIST: Are you obsessed with Greenland too? You might also be using the wrong map

COLUMNIST: Are you obsessed with Greenland too? You might also be using the wrong map

At some point in his life, Donald Trump looked at a world map and saw something he wants--something that, as president of the U.S., he now says he...

03.04.2025 3

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OTHERS SAY: Don’t give DOGE the voter rolls

OTHERS SAY: Don’t give DOGE the voter rolls

President Trump's executive order seeking to impose federal oversight on state-run elections is not needed and is not legal. And tasking Elon Musk's...

03.04.2025 3

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EDITORIAL SHORT: Today’s the day

EDITORIAL SHORT: Today’s the day

April 2 is here.

03.04.2025 3

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TOMMY FOLTZ: Gimme some truth

TOMMY FOLTZ: Gimme some truth

A lot of airtime has been given to the idea that America is on the brink of civil war.

03.04.2025 3

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EDITORIAL: Standards mean something

EDITORIAL: Standards mean something

Imagine you're wearing the uniform of this country's military, and you've been sent to war.

03.04.2025 2

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Compassion for others "A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor." Americans need to recover, and start talking about,...

02.04.2025 3

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EDITORIAL SHORT: Fast(est) food

EDITORIAL SHORT: Fast(est) food

The Washington Post's Andrew Van Dam had an interesting column in the paper last weekend: Which are the fastest fast food joints in America? And the...

02.04.2025 2

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Outside the norm

Outside the norm

I learned about the U.S. Foreign Service while sitting in Harding University's student placement office to eventually get a job at a local...

01.04.2025 3

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