Opinion

Arkansans mired in this terrible covid-19 variant have a right to ask: Has our governor, Asa Hutchinson, "changed" his view and his fight against the virus?

In the late 19th century, people protested against mandatory smallpox vaccines. Despite them, today we live in a world without smallpox.

Some days, it seems, even the government has a bad day.

Not meaning to be always blaming the virus on things that are not going well -- it is hard to predict just how engaged the public will be with politics this ...

In the 21st century, many of us are used to the murderous mass violence of modern warfare.

The covid news for our state is not good -- not good at all! And as Labor Day celebrations take place, public schools are open and, of course, our colleges t...

You know something interesting has happened when a lot of people start to care about what happens to jail inmates.

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Yes, I got out of bed this morning intending to write my weekly column about anything but covid-19 and the variants that are sweeping Northwest Arkansas, our...

As a child, I would from time to time hear someone make a comment to the effect that "You could grow up to be president of the United States."

Publishing stories in a newspaper 365 days a year, reporters sooner or later will make a mistake. Hopefully it will be a small one, although to people strivi...

Unless you are employed directly with the schools, a banker or, perhaps, a newspaper reporter -- few citizens in any community in Arkansas can name all the m...

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What a waste of legislative time! Perhaps this last week was the most blatant and disassociated 135 members of the General Assembly to ever gather on one sin...

It seems after reading an op-ed piece by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the lead Republican gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 race for Arkansas' governor, the mos...