Cranky to the max

With the extreme heat advisories and warnings throughout Arkansas this week, it should come as no surprise that my summer crankiness has cranked up a...

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Suspicious minds

I'm not alone, I know, in being weary of constant notifications on my phone. I still have to pay attention to them lest an important one gets lost in...

17.07.2025 3

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OPINION | BRENDA LOOPER: On Roosevelt

It's hard to believe, but some people forget that I'm a big ol' honkin' nerd. Not just about words, but knowledge in general. I can get lost for days...

10.07.2025 10

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OPINION | BRENDA LOOPER: Love of country

This is the time of year I always think about patriotism--I mean what it actually means, rather than what some have decided, for their own reasons,...

03.07.2025 4

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OPINION | BRENDA LOOPER: Splooting season

Longtime readers know I get really cranky around this time of year, and not just about politics and all the grandstanding and other ridiculousness...

26.06.2025 10

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Taking offense

I had a little bit too much fun last week, thanks to my little sister syndrome. It happens sometimes. I might have been a little mean in my jokes...

19.06.2025 5

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Emotional month

June is a month that holds both joy and sadness for me. Thursday will mark eight years since I lost my furry son Luke, who was such a special soul...

12.06.2025 10

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Won’t go quietly

Something struck me when I was perusing my Threads feed last week. Wedding photographer Kelsey Combe posted May 27: "Here's the thing. I am lectured...

05.06.2025 7

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Angry? Use it

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."--Douglas Adams, "The...

29.05.2025 10

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OPINION | BRENDA LOOPER: Muddied meaning

Language, as I've often written, evolves over time. It's mostly a natural process, and dictionaries record those changes once they become significant...

22.05.2025 4

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OPINION | BRENDA LOOPER: Law of letters

It's been a while since I've talked about the Voices page, so let's dive in. One reader says he's noticed an extreme shift to the left since Rex...

15.05.2025 2

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Always right?

It wouldn't be a day in modern America if there weren't some bully saying, "But I'm a paying customer." Ahem. Paying for goods or services doesn't...

08.05.2025 10

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Exercise caution

Some interesting discussion came about from last week's column about ensuring that cited quotes are accurate, both in their content and in to whom...

01.05.2025 3

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Too perfect

It's been an eventful few days, with Easter, the death of Pope Francis (rest in peace), Earth Day, and a lot of misleading statements about the case...

24.04.2025 3

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Not limitless

Those who know me well know I don't do things by half-measures. If I break a bone, I really break it: In 2009, on my freakin' birthday, I shattered my...

17.04.2025 3

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Singular sensation

Much of the past week has been spent laughing at penguin memes. Because when the U.S. decides to put tariffs on islands containing nothing but...

10.04.2025 20

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Rights on line

The past week has been busier than usual for me, between getting my car up and running again now that I'm cleared to drive, getting staples out of my...

03.04.2025 3

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A day of your own

Back when I wrote food stories on a fairly regular basis (much thanks to the wonderful Irene Wassell, may she rest in peace), I did one on food...

27.03.2025 4

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What they deserve

Every time there's a special day, week or month to celebrate, for example, the contributions of Black people, women (this is Women's History Month),...

20.03.2025 4