Local Opinion
RSSRazorback Football Stadium Debate: Times, Traditions Change
University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long’s recent announcement the Razorbacks will play only one game per year at Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium for the next fi ve years — with no guarantee of any games after that — was a big deal. Continue reading...
Sudden, Massive Raise A Very Bad Idea
LIBRARY PAY BOOST IS BAD - AND LOOKS WORSE; PUBLIC BODIES MUST TUNE IN TO PERCEPTION
I wonder if somebody’s eyeing David Johnson’s job and wanted the pay bumped up first. Continue reading...
PUBLIC VIEWPOINT A Husband’s Christmas Lament: Decorations Galore
Twas three weeks before Christmas and all through the house Decorating was starting by my lovely spouse. Continue reading...
Will There Be Nuclear Fallout In Washington?
SENATE CHANGES FILIBUSTER RULE
What will be the fallout from the nuclear option? Continue reading...
Elmo’s Way Reflects Value Of Government Regulation
A couple of weeks ago I buried 95-year-old Elmo Samuel, who for more than three decades worked as an inspector at the Campbell’s Soup plant in Paris, Texas. He was a government employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was an inspector, overseeing the cleanliness of the Campbell’s plant to make sure it met government regulations and produced a safe product. Continue reading...
Fayetteville Eyes Library Expansion
Weather conditions may slow the traff c for a few days, but local libraries are great winter destinations. Continue reading...
PUBLIC VIEWPOINT Congress A ‘Special Ruling Class’
You and I have a very precarious situation in our health care options as compared to our congressional representatives. Continue reading...
HOW WE SEE IT Residents Will Have Say On Service Fee
In all likelihood, the funding mechanism established by the Benton County Quorum Court to preserve ambulance service in rural areas is on life support. Continue reading...
PUBLIC VIEWPOINT Canfield’s Writing Must Be Challenged
To avoid being even associated with the tea/ Republican party, first a compliment to be followed by an unmasking of a conservative fraud attempt. Continue reading...
Loyalty To Players Laughable
This is how the tweet from Troy Williams read: “Don’t ever commit cus of a coach. Faker than a 3 dollar bill.” Williams was upset. He is a quarterback at Washington responding to the news his coach, Steve Sarkisian, had accepted an identical position on Monday at Southern California. Continue reading...
HOW WE SEE IT Remembering Pearl Harbor 72 Years Later
This morning in snow-covered Northwest Arkansas, one might be forgiven for thinking of Hawaii as an escape. The tropical setting would be a nice place to be as the region works its way out of the fi rst winter storm of 2013. But our minds today must also pay tribute to what happened so many years ago. Continue reading...
HOW WE SEE IT Food Excesses A Resource For The Hungry
We’ve long heard one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. In the realms of sustainability, eff ciency and economy, the axiom translates into taking a hard look at every process to determine where material once treated as waste can be turned into a resource. Continue reading...
The Tradition Of Little Rock Games
Growing up in Arkansas, it was a given that I would be a Razorback fan. Although my parents are from Georgia, they moved to Fayetteville to work at the University of Arkansas for Campus Crusade for Christ after they graduated from college. By the time I was born they had transferred to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, but calling the Hogs was already a family tradition. Continue reading...
PUBLIC VIEWPOINT Residents Will Never Like Body Shop
Ido not like them, Sam I Am. I do not like green eggs and ham!” Anyone who has read Dr. Seuss’ beloved story of Sam repeatedly encouraging the hero to eat green eggs and ham can relate to the Bella Vista City Council’s intentional disregard for us residents. On Nov. 25, it voted 5-1 to rezone property abutting Timbercrest Lane so a body shop could be built. Continue reading...
CASUALTIES OF WAR
To honor the men and women in our armed forces and remind our readers of their sacrifices this, newspaper is publishing Department of Defense announcements identifying Americans killed in active military operations. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick H. Quinn, 26, of Quarryville, Pa., died Oct. 13, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of injuries suftered when the enemy attacked his base with small-arms fire. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo. Continue reading...
