Opinion
HOW WE SEE IT Don’t Overreact To Student’s Disgusting Note
An eighth-grader at Lingle Middle School in Rogers has been suspended for passing an inflammatory, racially offensive note to a fellow student last month. According to a police report, the note stated, “Join today! KKK,” as well as the phrase, “Requirements: Must hate blacks.” It also included a drawing of a stick figure hanging from a burning cross. Read More »
PUBLIC VIEWPOINT Hate Crimes Deserve Punishment
What is a hate crime? According to Wikipedia, I found the following: “Hate crimes (also known as biasmotivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, or political affiliation.” I never would have guessed that in the year 2010, I would have to research this heinous crime. Read More »
It’s just money
But now we’re awake
LITTLE ROCK — WHENEVER some of the dodgy numbers behind this administration’s grand health-care reform, reconciliation, and general confabulation come to light, the president is fond of citing the Congressional Budget Office’s estimates to back up his case. Never mind that, on closer examination, they may not. Read More »
Not so fast
LITTLE ROCK — Increasingly policymakers and citizens across the political spectrum recognize the need to rethink traditional sources of energy and work toward a more diversified and sustainable mix of energy sources. For most, this mix would include a new generation of nuclear power that has been widely promoted by the industry as safe, clean and affordable. Read More »
Yes to nukes
LITTLE ROCK — What would help our economy create hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs, bring millions of dollars to federal and state treasuries, provide clean air, reduce our trade deficit and enable America to be less dependent on foreign oil? Building more nuclear plants, that’s what. Read More »
A resignation to applaud
LITTLE ROCK — Until Tuesday, this state’s Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors didn’t seem much different from many of the other boards and commissions in Arkansas government set up by, for and of the industries they’re supposed to regulate. It was just one more sleepy watchdog. Read More »
LETTERS
LITTLE ROCK — Rein in big bank spending As families across the country continue to struggle with unemployment rates around 10 percent, mortgages that cost more than the homes they pay for are worth and the anxiety of lost retirement and college savings, some of the biggest banks and Wall Street firms are about to give out bonus and compensation pools rivaling record-breaking 2007 levels. Read More »
Economic destruction
LITTLE ROCK — Economic development is so important that municipalities and state governments are willing to expend big money to attract jobs. Read More »
Too soon for bonuses
LITTLE ROCK — The state lottery is only six months old and already the honchos there are worried about how big a bonus they’ll get for logging 10 years on the payroll. Read More »
HOW WE SEE IT: Take The Mystery Out Of Infant Death
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Arkansas coroners do not perform autopsies, but are authorized to request one from the state medical examiner’s office. Read More »
PUBLIC VIEWPOINT: Supreme Court Made Right Call
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — About half the states allow corporations to contribute to state and local political campaigns. Read More »
High charter mark
How it’s supposed to work
LITTLE ROCK — RAFAELA Espinal lives in New York City, specifically Harlem. Read More »
The emotions of reform
LITTLE ROCK — We all have our emotional hot and cold spots. If you asked me about the New York Mets, you’d see a glow in my eyes. If you asked me about banking reform, words might come out of my mouth, but you’d notice me nodding off midsentence. Read More »
Got a light, Mr. President?
LITTLE ROCK — May I bum a smoke, Mr. President? Read More »
LETTERS
LITTLE ROCK — Reform good for Arkansas The recent heath care summit revealed two things. Read More »