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El Dorado News Times

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Don't restrict Arkansans' First Amendment rights

Earlier this month, I sat in the public meeting of the Arkansas State Library Board and listened as board member Jason Rapert gave an impassioned...

19.11.2024 8

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SouthArk receives work force training grant from state

On Thursday, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary Hugh McDonald, Chief Workforce Officer Mike Rogers, and Arkansas Workforce Connections...

18.11.2024 5

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Opinion: WHITHER KAMALA?

Despite the sound defeat that Vice President Kamala Harris suffered in the 2024 presidential election, she'll likely remain in the public eye. "I...

16.11.2024 5

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Opinion: HAVE YOU JOINED THE 'UNDERCONSUMPTION' BANDWAGON?

I didn't realize a recent CNN story would attempt making me feel guilty about my annual father-son bonding ritual. Each summer Gideon and I cut a...

14.09.2024 3

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Opinion: Harris and Trump debated, but viewers learned nothing

Viewers who tuned in to the highly anticipated debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris left disappointed. Harris' supporters wished she had...

14.09.2024 9

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OPINION | REX NELSON: The Wilson experience

It's a Wednesday morning, and I'm shooting skeet with the Mississippi River levee as my backdrop. I told the folks at The Louis Hotel, where I'm...

09.09.2024 6

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Opinion: The many abortions positions of Donald Trump

It's the most perilous circus act of all time: An overweight wacko is trying to keep his balance by waddling on a high wire. That's Donald Trump doing...

08.09.2024 5

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OPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: FOIA Freedom, part II

Two weeks ago, I discussed how during the last general and special sessions of the Arkansas Legislature, some legislators lauded their proposals to...

07.09.2024 5

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Horoscopes August 2

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Zedd, 35; Salma Hayek, 58; Keanu Reeves, 60; Mark Harmon, 73. Happy Birthday: Mixed emotions will promote a desire for...

02.09.2024 5

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Opinion: Horsing Around

I am not one to exaggerate, but when my friend invited me to go horseback riding with her, I nearly died. I'm not generally a fan of farm animals...

31.08.2024 5

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OPINION | PHILIP MARTIN: The dictator's mistress

If you think of Mussolini's mistress Clara "Claretta" Petacci at all, the mental image is likely grotesque; some version of the famous photographs of...

21.08.2024 5

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OPINION | REX NELSON: The town Bandini built

If you believe population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, nowhere in Arkansas is growing more quickly from a percentage standpoint than...

30.06.2024 5

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NEEDED: THE COMMON SENSE HUMOR OF WILL ROGERS

Our politics sure is divided these days. Tempers are flaring and minds are rigid and closed. Here's the solution: the wit and wisdom of legendary...

04.06.2024 10

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Louisiana should do more to address drinking water crisis

The Advocate. May 22, 2024. The scenes in Killian over the last month -- a failing water well, tanker trucks and pallets of bottled water -- have...

24.05.2024 8

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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

The Advocate. May 22, 2024. Editorial: Louisiana should do more to address drinking water crisis The scenes in Killian over the last month -- a...

24.05.2024 9

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MERRICK GARLAND MIA DURING CAMPUS UPHEAVALS

Last week, amid nationwide student protesting that threatened Jewish students and effectively shut down college campuses, twenty-seven Republican...

06.05.2024 20

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EDITORIAL: See what tomorrow brings

You'd be forgiven if you tend to cringe when thinking about 18-wheelers running down the highway without drivers. The trucking industry knows this and...

20.04.2024 10

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OPINION | KOMAL MEHRA: Champion needs

Going to the dentist can be an uncomfortable and scary experience for any of us. But for children with autism and other sensory-sensitive disorders,...

20.04.2024 6

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The Last Sin We Have

Joe Biden. Donald Trump. Bill Clinton. According to always-reliable social media, these men are pedophiles. It doesn't stop with them, either....

20.04.2024 7

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History Minute: Fay Jones

Fay Jones spent his life building and creating, bringing elaborate and stylish building designs to life. In the process, the Arkansas native became...

19.04.2024 10

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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: For once, agreement

We may be seeing the political right and left coming together right here in Arkansas, among the unlikeliest of places. Harmony's historic agent? That...

19.04.2024 10

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DEFENDING HIGHER EDUCATION AGAINST CYNICAL POLITICS

Thanks to the so-called culture wars, debates about events on college campuses are being employed as useful weapons for attacking the gradual...

16.04.2024 10

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Editorial: In April, be accepting, not aware, of autism

Most of our calendars list April as Autism Awareness Month, but many members of the autistic community are pushing for a name change. We're typically...

16.04.2024 5

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Republicans should unite, not fight

MICHAEL REAGAN MORE BY THIS AUTHOR I don't blame the public for not wanting to put the Republican Party back in power in Washington. As the GOP proved...

16.04.2024 6

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The damage done by crypto mines

You know crypto exists in the world, but it may not be part of your world. Unless fraudster Sam Friedman's arrest is on every news source, all matters...

15.04.2024 10

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Who's going to save America's soul?

Lent is over – and I'm kind of sorry. As a practicing Roman Catholic, I observe Lent every year. The Britannica defines Lent as a solemn period of...

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Where Eagles Dare

Bald eagles. Big, feisty, fighting creatures. Lousy fathers sometimes. They're like your cousin Richie, is what they are. This is why you hope Richie...

13.04.2024 10

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OPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Clinging to our gun rights

It's been a bad couple of weeks for Arkansans' right to self-defense. Last week, I lost a gun-rights case in the Arkansas Supreme by a vote of 4 to 3....

13.04.2024 9

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WILL YOU STILL NEED ME, WILL YOU STILL FEED ME?

During my career as a late-in-life columnist, I have been blessed with the opportunity to chronicle three birthdays ending in zero. (My so-called...

12.04.2024 20

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What Nation Besides Israel Is Killing Gaza's Innocent Palestinians?

JIM HIGHTOWER FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2024 "Somebody better investigate soon." That's a lyric in Bob Dylan's "Oxford Town," a 1962 song...

11.04.2024 7

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Editorial: Missouri extended oversight to religious schools for a reason. Don't undo it.

Three years ago, Missouri legislators finally confronted an intolerable hazard to children: State law at the time put religiously affiliated boarding...

10.04.2024 5

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ARE YOU A FAN OF NOISY RESTAURANTS?

A recent Wall Street Journal article provided food for thought about the decibel levels in restaurants. According to the article, in 2023, audio data...

09.04.2024 10

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ONE AGAIN, REPUBLICANS ARE POLITICIZING A TRAGEDY

Leave it to the right to make a cheap attempt to capitalize off human tragedy. For most people, the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in...

09.04.2024 5

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Hillary Was Right the First Time

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton was criticized for her use of the word "superpredators" back in 1996. Some on the left laid...

06.04.2024 9

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Editorial: Alabama's anti-DEI law may be impossible to enforce

Reining in the excesses of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion programs may be called for, but Alabama's newly signed law banning DEI programs...

29.03.2024 10

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