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Fixation on president I have been asked about TDS. A timely question. I'm not an expert, but have my opinions. The letters stand for Trump Derangement...
Good thing we have more than one editorial writer in this outfit.
NEW ROSS, Ireland--Traveling the world as I have this summer exposed not only different opinions about major issues, but also a difference in how...
We couldn't help but notice the vibe on Saturday for the historic matchup between the Razorbacks and Red Wolves.
Walt Disney delusion It seems the central delusion of the progressive impulse is the belief that the world can be transformed into whatever one...
The SAT is billed as a great way to find out how prepared students are for college. If that's true, recent changes to its format offer an unflattering...
The NBA's salary cap has always been a curious invention--part shield, part illusion, part pact between billionaires and players who keep the lights...
She's in the news again. This time it's for something more serious than Jewish space lasers or gazpacho police.Rep.
In the oil business, when it's good, it's good.
As President Donald Trump decides to invest in Intel to secure American chips, batteries are not far behind. For too long, America has been...
War Memorial Stadium has seen its fair share of history: President Harry Truman spoke there, as did Billy Graham and Bob Hope; The Rolling Stones,...
Take action on guns "Two hundred million guns are loaded, Satan cries, 'Take aim.'" Prescient lyrics written over 50 years ago by John Fogerty,...
"You're not going to believe this, but you have cancer." In retrospect, these may not have been the urologist's exact words when he called me on Feb....
In the Democratic Party's ongoing election postmortem, two sides have emerged: woke activists ("the groups") who want the party to move further left...
On Wednesday, Newsmax filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Fox News, contending that Fox sought to maintain its market dominance through intimidation...
Unacceptable actions Let us now agree that the following are abnormal and unacceptable actions by our president: It is not normal to invite a Russian...
Labor Day's in the books. College football's in full swing and, yep, Congress is back in session ...
The Trump administration continues to carry out its immigration raids.
Wars rarely have nice, neat, time-clock-runs-out endings.
I was working in El Salvador when President Nayib Bukele declared a state of exception. In 2022, after a sudden spike in homicides, he suspended due...
A letter always feels to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend.
If you see a tall, skinny guy in El Dorado walking down the street looking at his cellphone, it ain't me. Yes, I have a cellphone. Who doesn't? But...
Lifesaving programs As a third-year medical student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, I've come to appreciate how much basic...
According to some news reports, Arkansas farmers are in distress. Many have filed for bankruptcy and are genuinely wondering what the next year will...
Anything you can do, Florida can do dumber.
Dear Mahatma: Baseball fans are grateful for signage and the crosswalk at West Broadway and Willow Street in North Little Rock.
"Never have children, only grandchildren." --Gore Vidal The difference in being a parent and grandparent reminds me of Mark Twain's quote about the...
Food banks' struggle While speaking with Pat Tate of Neighbor to Neighbor recently, something I was aware of was validated: Our Arkansas food banks...
With a decision on the future of the Little Rock School District's Hall High School looming, it's important to know how we got here, so we may learn...
Will the world ever see all of the Epstein files? Your guess is as good as ours.
"I'd like to get you on a slow boat to ChinaAll to myself aloneGet you and keep you in my arms evermoreLeave all your lovers griping on the faraway...
Cities need that help I find it interesting and quite pathetic that Democrat mayors and governors are denying help from Donald Trump to clean up the...
We, as a nation, have a serious problem. Ever-more devastating mass shootings are occurring with increasing frequency, and yet our elected officials'...
The rancor that dominates Minneapolis politics fell silent in the aftermath of last week's mass shooting of children in southwest Minneapolis. The...
Most states want to woo new businesses. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento are trying the opposite approach....
There was a mass shooting last week in Minnesota.
Support public health I have read with alarm, and now horror, of events at the CDC. Vaccines have saved millions of lives. Arkansas physicians know of...
Corporate marketing has gotten considerably more challenging in the culture-war era. Julie Felss Masino, the embattled CEO of Cracker Barrel Old...
The much-publicized exchange between Bed Bath & Beyond chairman Marcus Lemonis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a lesson for the whole country. We...
There's been a lot of talk surrounding the high-inflation rate shown in the Producer Price Index (PPI) versus the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The...
Sometimes you're reading along in a news story and you have to stop at a number.
Eyes of the beholder An Aug. 24 letter excoriated Eliza Hussman Gaines. the ADG, and the mainstream media in general for biased reporting. The writer...
President Trump wants to penalize anyone who burns the American flag. After initially announcing his intent--apparently before being told the Supreme...
The news comes fast and furious these days, and the news cycles speed up.
Celebrate together Labor Day, a celebration of the American worker, emerged from hard-fought battles to improve workers' rights and working...
If you were not in Fayetteville last Monday afternoon, or if you did not have a student or loved one who was attending class or working on campus at...
The "equity" movement is based on deception. It grabs a word that sounds close to a word that everyone supports--"equality"--to justify policies that...
Faith, freedom and family are paramount in our culture. But those values are best supported when people have access to meaningful work--jobs that...
Abraham Lincoln might have been an early advocate of welfare reform, to judge by a letter he wrote to a brother-in-law who had asked him for the loan...
Support Arkansans To our elected federal representatives: I understand that you are under immense pressure to toe the line with your Republican Party...