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COLUMNIST: Staged send-offs leave a trail of harm

COLUMNIST: Staged send-offs leave a trail of harm

It's prime season for weddings, graduations, showers and family reunions. But some of these memory-making moments include staged "send-offs" that come...

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STAR PARKER: The darkness of socialism

STAR PARKER: The darkness of socialism

How can anyone escape the irony that in this year, as we celebrate 250 years since the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, the...

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CAL THOMAS: A happy anniversary

CAL THOMAS: A happy anniversary

Golden anniversaries used to be special celebrations in the days when people got married and stayed married.

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Arkansas farm issues won’t stay in the field

Arkansas farm issues won’t stay in the field

Last year, mine was one of many farming operations to close in the state of Arkansas. I made the heartbreaking decision to close to protect my...

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COLUMNIST: Have socialists jumped the shark?

COLUMNIST: Have socialists jumped the shark?

The surprise defeat of a far-left fringe Democrat in Wisconsin could signal that socialists have finally jumped the shark, paving the way for more...

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OTHERS SAY: Tighten the squeeze on Iran

OTHERS SAY: Tighten the squeeze on Iran

President Donald Trump's chief negotiating strategy consists of keeping the other party guessing about what he might do next. As this pertains to...

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Do right, my brothers

Do right, my brothers

To you your father should be as a god

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The best there ever was

The best there ever was

It was 1966 and already hot in Little Rock in early May about the time Arthur Stanley Deras of Hamtramck, Mich., pulled into the parking lot at...

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Work-first transformation needed

Work-first transformation needed

A job is about more than a paycheck. Work gives people the ability to provide for their families, contribute to their communities, and build a future...

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Read widely to get perspective

Read widely to get perspective

I'm fortunate to be included in electronic distribution lists with thoughtful individuals from every corner of this country and beyond our shores....

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Four decades of ‘Graceland’

Four decades of ‘Graceland’

Paul Simon's 1986 album "Graceland" is approaching its 40th anniversary. It stands today as the magnum opus of an artist whose work appears many times...

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Drones fill skies in latest tech evolution

Drones fill skies in latest tech evolution

Years ago while trying to figure out what to do with my next century, I tried to help a budding tech company get off the ground. In a nutshell, they...

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COLUMNIST: It’s okay to judge El-Sayed by the company he keeps

COLUMNIST: It’s okay to judge El-Sayed by the company he keeps

Two key questions are shaping up in Michigan's U.S. Senate race, and both center on Abdul El-Sayed's embrace of accused antisemitic Internet...

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OTHERS SAY: Where is the party of fiscal responsibility?

OTHERS SAY: Where is the party of fiscal responsibility?

Faced with soaring deficits, an aging population, a teetering pension system, unsustainable health-care obligations, $1 trillion in annual interest...

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MICHELLE GOLDBERG: He Fired a Nazi Gun and Joked About Killing Old People. Republicans Don’t Seem Concerned.

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: He Fired a Nazi Gun and Joked About Killing Old People. Republicans Don’t Seem Concerned.

Because this is a family newspaper, I cannot quote the piquant term that Brandon Herrera, a Republican House candidate in Texas, used to refer to...

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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Closure of U.S. 67 rest stop near Corning related to anticipated Interstate 57 traffic shift

OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Closure of U.S. 67 rest stop near Corning related to anticipated Interstate 57 traffic shift

Dear Mahatma: The rest stop on U.S. 67 north of Corning near the Missouri state line has recently closed. This seems unreasonable. The new highway...

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Immigration question not as simple as borders

Immigration question not as simple as borders

There is an issue that deeply concerns me which is at the forefront of many discussions in America today.

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K-4 community school could be right idea for Arkansas

K-4 community school could be right idea for Arkansas

Jonesboro was Capital City for the Day on Tuesday. It's a neat deal, where the governor brings her entire cabinet to town for various events like...

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Want to be a working parent? Get in line.

Want to be a working parent? Get in line.

Who knew motherhood would require so much standing in line?

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OTHERS SAY: See you at the movies

OTHERS SAY: See you at the movies

Movies are back!

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We have to stop whispering about maternal mental health

We have to stop whispering about maternal mental health

I've been watching the coverage of the Lindsay Clancy trial like a lot of you probably have, and I won't pretend I haven't been feeling the weight of...

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COLUMNIST: The heart of pickleball

COLUMNIST: The heart of pickleball

If you aren't among the millions of pickleball players, the fastest growing sport in America, watch "The Dink" on Apple TV to get a glimpse of what...

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COLUMNIST: Prosecuting Dr. Fauci is an affront to justice

COLUMNIST: Prosecuting Dr. Fauci is an affront to justice

Sen. Rand Paul is a medical doctor, an ophthalmologist, but he has an unhealthy obsession with Dr. Anthony Fauci. He now has rigged a ridiculous...

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COLUMNIST: Dr. Trump will see you now

COLUMNIST: Dr. Trump will see you now

President Donald Trump's proposed sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, whether ever implemented or not, are yet another affront to...

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COLUMNIST: I got the back-to-school blues

COLUMNIST: I got the back-to-school blues

These days, returning to the classroom seems to involve more homework for parents than for students.

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OTHERS SAY: Big Bad Oil

OTHERS SAY: Big Bad Oil

On Wednesday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote to the U.S. CEOs of seven major oil companies, accusing them of "profiteering" from the war in Iran and...

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CAL THOMAS: Summer reruns

CAL THOMAS: Summer reruns

When I was younger, so much younger than today (credit: The Beatles), television networks would rerun programs that had originally been broadcast the...

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Protect the prairie wetlands that produce Arkansas’ ducks

Protect the prairie wetlands that produce Arkansas’ ducks

Arkansas duck hunters may be hundreds of miles from the Prairie Pothole Region, but what happens to those northern wetlands directly affects what we...

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COLUMNIST: Far-left Senate candidate in Michigan could haunt Democrats

COLUMNIST: Far-left Senate candidate in Michigan could haunt Democrats

The narrower than expected victory by the far left Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, could backfire on the party in November.

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OTHERS SAY: Sometimes pollsters just get it wrong

OTHERS SAY: Sometimes pollsters just get it wrong

At the end of July, Emerson College released a poll of likely Democratic primary voters in Michigan that had progressive firebrand Abdul El-Sayed...

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A paradox of duty

A paradox of duty

In October 2008, just before the financial markets cratered, I started as a co-op student with the Memphis District of the Army Corps of Engineers. I...

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Just more gaming of the system by Trump and Co.

Just more gaming of the system by Trump and Co.

Years ago I went to the Pulaski County Courthouse and tried my best to get out of jury duty. I failed.

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A to-do list for the Legislature

A to-do list for the Legislature

It's almost hold-your-breath-time again as the Arkansas Legislature prepares some 1,200 bills to drop in the hopper for next year's legislative...

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The future of my childhood hero

The future of my childhood hero

Suzanne Morphew--cancer survivor, wife of 27 years, and mother of two daughters--went missing in Colorado on Mother's Day 2020. Her husband, Barry...

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Reverse moves of PBS programming

Reverse moves of PBS programming

As former first ladies of the state, our job has always been to listen to Arkansas citizens and lend our visibility to whatever usefulness it might...

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A view to a kill

A view to a kill

The Trump administration recently issued a 123-page report heralding a "new golden age" for U.S. science.

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The right care for a rare diagnosis: Appendix cancer awareness

The right care for a rare diagnosis: Appendix cancer awareness

There are more than 100 types of cancer, each recognized by the organs or tissues they affect with unique characteristics, behaviors, and treatments....

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OTHERS SAY: The anti-Thanksgiving platform

OTHERS SAY: The anti-Thanksgiving platform

Francesca Hong, the Democratic Socialist who's leading in the polls to be the Democratic Party nominee for Wisconsin governor, is now best known...

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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Shoulder repair on I-30 stretch in Benton should be completed in 2027

Dear Guru of 1B: For two years the right-lane shoulder (about 10 feet long) of Interstate 30, eastbound about 200 yards prior to exit 117, appears to...

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An opportunity that should not be missed: Revive War Memorial Park

This is a good news-bad news story.

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Grant gives 30 Crossing park jump-start at new front door for LR

When we unveiled the 30 Crossing Park Master Plan at the Downtown Food Truck Festival last year, the overwhelming response was, "This is amazing! How...

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The foresight of Milton Friedman

Some luminaries are way ahead of their time. Economist Milton Friedman, who died 20 years ago and was a Nobel laureate 50 years ago, was not only...

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Arkansans deserve answers from our members of Congress

Over the past year, actions on the part of the president and his administration run the gambit from unconstitutional to illegal (as determined in...

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COLUMN: That’s a crazy thought (so do it anyway)

As data centers face rising costs, strained resources and growing political opposition, a number of entrepreneurs--Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Eric...

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OTHERS SAY: Israel should be skeptical about Hamas promises

Ronald Reagan promoted his philosophy of "trust but verify" in negotiations with the Soviets. President Donald Trump would be wise to apply the same...

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BRET STEPHENS: I’m begging you: Never write with AI

This column isn't so much an argument as it is a plea: Don't use artificial intelligence to help you write. Never let AI do your writing for you.

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COLUMNIST: New York will regret going into the grocery business

The market, as I have noted before, is a small miracle. All these people come together--sellers, buyers, go-betweens--with different preferences,...

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STAR PARKER: Keep the AM stations in your cars

It is rare for me to support anything inserting more government into our lives. I'm now looking at one of these exceptions: The AM Radio in Every...

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COLUMNIST: A banal, bland, and thin movie; and we can’t stop talking about it

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the blockbuster that launched a million takes. The interpretations crowd my social media feed like Agamemnon's...

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CAL THOMAS: When it comes to warnings about Hamas, we have to repeat them again and again

President Trump and members of his administration are (pick your metaphor) whistling past the graveyard, engaging in wishful thinking, and/or deluding...

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