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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...
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...
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...
As we read the news, we couldn't help but hear John Hammond and Dr.
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...
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...
Ending initiatives in the DEI world--diversity, equity and inclusion--is going well enough among American conservatives.
Those keeping count say that as of Sunday, there were 642 cases of measles in the United States.
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...
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...
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...
The Pentagon's acting inspector general announced last week that he would review use of the unsecure messaging app Signal in providing war plans...
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...
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....
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.
A former colleague recently asked me, in rhetorical fashion, why we don't choose to educate every child well in Arkansas.
America is careening towards economic recession under the guise that somehow relentless trade wars will curb the flow of fentanyl into the United...
I'm a former runner and a current walker-runner, and my regular walk-runs have one purpose: to get needed exercise.
In the fall of 1820, Matthew Cunningham returned to Herculaneum, Mo.,
Americans are grappling with a pervasive sense of national crisis.
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...
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...
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...
Speaking of Rep. David Ray, the paper said the Ledge is still considering House JR 1016, also by Mr.
The General Assembly can't put 15 constitutional amendments before the people next election cycle.
Sometimes it's not what the Arkansas Legislature does, but what it doesn't do.
This past week Arkansas got one step closer toward axing the grocery tax.
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.
Modern public education has failed at adapting to massive and consequential shifts in American society that have changed the lives, backgrounds and...
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...
Gov. Sarah Sanders and Arkansas lawmakers have been ambitious in their efforts to overhaul Arkansas' education system, particularly when it comes to...
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...
"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."
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...
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...
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...
Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin Sunday night, Elon Musk suggested that his Department of Government Efficiency will investigate how certain...
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...
A recent report from the American Enterprise Institute summarizes results from the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress--also...
We're not sure we understand everything we know about this one.
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...
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...
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...
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...
April 2 is here.
A lot of airtime has been given to the idea that America is on the brink of civil war.
Imagine you're wearing the uniform of this country's military, and you've been sent to war.
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,...
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...
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...