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Issues involving religion have emerged full force in the public square in recent times, never mind that of late, the pope and the president of the...
The hype surrounding psychedelic drug ibogaine reached a fever pitch earlier this month when President Donald Trump talked up its potential at a White...
When my daughter Renae, my firstborn, was 5 months old, she spiked a fever. By that evening, she was having trouble breathing; the color was gone from...
"Buggies needed a long flexible whip to get the horses going ... cars don't."--Rich Raquet
The Spirit Airlines saga highlights the folly of government industrial policy, whether promoted by Democrats or the current president.
We live in an age of both scientific miracles and superstition about science, increasing in tandem. One year we're creating novel vaccines that arrest...
Jason, a junior in my dyslexia intervention class, missed the lesson on consonant digraphs and silent e patterns. When I wrote phone on the board the...
No amount of advertising money can sell a bad product--or at least a product that consumers have determined they don't want (see: New Coke). This...
Maybe you don't like the war with Iran. Perhaps widespread Medicaid fraud has you questioning our massive federal government's ability to manage...
Cole Tomas Allen, who was arrested during an attempt to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner last weekend, may be America's first...
Earlier this year, a young adult was last heard in bed, making “gurgling” sounds. Hours later, he was found dead.
Some causes need a poster child before they gain sufficient momentum to enact real progress.
The White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting Saturday night was what happens when leaders hit the snooze button. Our country can't afford to sleep...
As we prepare to cast ballots this fall, we expect our elected leaders to talk about the most important issues that impact our lives. But in Senate...
Hypocritical Democrats and their sycophants in the media are rushing to evade blame for inciting political violence in the country, including the...
President Donald Trump erupted in anger at CBS journalist Norah O'Donnell after she read him excerpts from what is said to be a manifesto written by...
Our fraught national debate over immunization and public health has overshadowed some extremely encouraging advances being made by researchers in the...
Many speeches will be delivered this year about the Declaration of Independence as we celebrate our country's 250th birthday.
It would be amusing if it wasn't so serious. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and several other Democrats were on weekend programs...
When Donald Trump took office in 2025, he selected Lee Zeldin, one of his loyalists, as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. On Feb. 12 of...
I gave my life to Jesus on a September evening in the Cabot High School auditorium. I was a 13-year-old student athlete from a broken home. The sermon...
You can't make this stuff up: Florida lawmakers are going to reconsider a proposal to expand vaccine exemptions for school children just as the state...
Throughout decades of golf, I've always said, "When someone with a lower handicap offers advice, take it." And if that's a reasonable school of...
This is a typical call to the Arkansas Office of Skills Development:
The Prince Edward Dragoons mustered on June 24, 1861, near Farmville, Va. They rode to camp at Ashland, where they would become Company K of the 2nd...
Fishermen have an old saying: "Throw them back and get them when they're bigger." That strategy works; the ecosystem provides conditions that allow...
Libya is basically a low-humid desert, which preserves historic buildings and tracks in the sand. Put an Arkansas arrowhead hunter like me there,...
There is a common Internet idiom that commands "go touch some grass." It is typically used when someone online begins spouting logic that can only...
The razor-thin outcome in Virginia's recent redistricting referendum, which allowed the state to move forward with a heavily gerrymandered map...
Tucker Carlson, you might have heard, is sorry. Early this week he posted a long conversation with his brother, Buckley, a former Trump speechwriter,...
Dear Knowledgeable Source: Much is written of the consequences of driving while texting. Am I also liable to be arrested for munching on my Sonic...
As a young parent and member of the House Public Health Committee, I see the value of investing in maternal health issues. That's why I continue...
This is a momentous year for U.S. history. Celebrating the semisesquicentennial of U.S. independence, America 250 will reach its apex on July 4 of...
Chancellor Charles Robinson, Provost Indrajeet Chaubey, and Dean Brian Raines: It has come to my attention that Rep. Dan Sullivan has declared his...
Our immigration system has been broken for a long time, often leaving immigrants in decades-long limbo.
President Donald Trump is the new Gerald Ford.
It's not often one hears students clamoring for tougher coursework and tighter deadlines. But a group of college kids who recently graduated from...
University administrators sometimes ask how their institutions can best serve democracy. For decades, many believed that their role was to serve as...
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...
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...
Here's a scenario from California that would be hard for even a Hollywood screenwriter to come up with.
ARLINGTON, Va.--Today, Virginia voters who bother to vote will take gerrymandering to a new and dangerous level.
I am a dinosaur.
Every parent should be paying attention to what's been going on at Lake Zurich High School.
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter.”
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...
When I walked into the hospital to deliver my daughter, I carried more than a hospital bag. I carried fear.
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...
It was an interesting week. I could start out every column that way, but this past week was slightly different.
The American blockade in the Strait of Hormuz alters the strategic equation in the Iran conflict. It also has the attention of our enemies.