Geoscientist: CAFO a no-no
If you were responsible for permitting an industrial hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed along Big Creek, would you ask an expert to analyze what kind of drainage to expect from tons of swine waste applied atop the porous limestone of what geologists know as the Boone Formation? Continue reading...
America the beautiful
Even in the midst of devastation
THE AMERICAN spirit is alive and well even in the scattered mound of rubble that was once Moore, Okla., before a two-mile-wide tornado leveled most of it. Continue reading...
The Japanese model
A generation ago, Japan was widely admired—and feared—as an economic paragon. Continue reading...
Just out of respect . . . .
Anybody surfing the internet last Thursday might have come across it an ad on one of those national news sites. Continue reading...
A testament to compromise
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to send the bipartisan immigration bill to the full Senate. Continue reading...
Add one, carry the two …
In the distraction of the scandal fever swirling through Washington and the news media, you might have missed the announcement the other day that one of the great puzzles of number theory had been solved. Continue reading...
LETTERS
Must share the truth I believe atheists want your children. Freethinkers do, too. Continue reading...
A Brief History Of Football From A Fan
Being an avid football fan, I wish to expound on the origins and historical evolution of this extraordinary contact sport. Continue reading...
Troubles Reflect Need For Qualifi cations
The arrest of state Treasurer Martha Shoff ner on federal extortion charges was not a complete surprise, although the process and new allegations were unexpected. Continue reading...
Episode Demonstrates Shortcomings
To say that Martha Shoffner did the right thing Tuesday by resigning an oft ce she appears to have disgraced is damning with faint praise. Continue reading...
A sagging story
Aren’t there more pressing problems?
YOU KNOW what many people think when they see somebody walking around—or at least shuffling around—with his pants pert’ near falling off his backside? Continue reading...
Obamas overdo it
In recent commencement addresses to black college graduates, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama really piled on the homework. Continue reading...
The president just can’t win
Once again, some in the African American community are hammering President Obama for doing nothing for black people. Continue reading...
Of wigs and spies
In the days of the Soviet Union, street maps of Moscow did not exist for most citizens, or they were deliberately misleading. Continue reading...

