Greg Harton
Stories by Greg
COMMENTARY: Vacations Of Historic Proportions
LOOKING BACK FONDLY AT FAMILY OUTINGS
FAYETTEVILLE — When it comes to vacations, my family is typically lured to places with sunshine, sand and beautiful water. Read More »
COMMENTARY: Immigration, ‘Idol’ and Idiocy
BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES MISS THE POINT IN HEALTH CARE DEBATE
FAYETTEVILLE — The Associated Press reported late last week that Utah may become the first state in the union to actually send employers to jail if they fail to verify their workers legal eligibility to hold a job. Read More »
COMMENTARY Learning From Coverage
PAPERS FILLED WITH ‘BAD NEWS’ DEPENDS ON PERSPECTIVE
FAYETTEVILLE — The story on the front page reported that the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan were increasingly using women and children as shields, all the while firing at U.S. and Afghan forces. Soldiers and journalists reported gunfire from compounds where women and children can clearly be seen on rooftops and windows. Read More »
COMMENTARY: Mental Illness Or Getting Caught?
HUMAN NATURE CAN CAUSE BEHAVIOR HURTING A LOT OF FOLKS
FAYETTEVILLE — A few years back, the Northwest Arkansas Times took a strong editorial stance favoring state action to return to our region a responsible level of care for those suffering from acute mental illness. Read More »
COMMENTARY: What Voters Really Meant
TEA PARTY REPRESENTATIVE COULD LEARN FROM JOURNALISTS
FAYETTEVILLE — One of the basic tenets of writing as a journalist is to make sure the statements one writes are not overly broad. Read More »
COMMENTARY: Family Man Will Be Missed
WIFE’S COUSIN’S HUSBAND MORE LIKE GREAT FRIEND THAN DISTANT KIN
ELKINS — They say you can pick your friends but you can’t pick your relatives. Read More »
Election-Year Politics Requires Work
START LISTENING TO CANDIDATES NOW BEFORE MAKING VOTING DECISIONS
FAYETTEVILLE — I had to chuckle Wednesday night when I picked up my ringing phone and on the other end of the line was a man who introduced himself as a representative of the Republican Party of Arkansas. Read More »
COMMENTARY: The Rumble, Act II
BABES, BLING LOSES SHEEN FOR SOME IN FAYETTEVILLE
FAYETTEVILLE — Over the last decade, Fayetteville’s experience with Bikes, Blues & BBQ — and the rally’s experience with Fayetteville — has reached a kind of equilibrium. After a few years in which the rally’s size seemed to overwhelm some downtown businesses and residents, the organizers and downtown folks reached a bit of a truce through diplomatic efforts on both sides. Read More »
COMMENTARY: Longhorns’ Loss Teaches Lesson
BACKUP QUARTERBACK GARRETT GILBERT ILLUSTRATES IMPORTANCE OF PREPARATION
FAYETTEVILLE — As I sat watching the BCS National Championship game pitting No. 1 Alabama against No. 2 Texas, I couldn’t help feeling a little sorry for the Longhorns. Read More »
COMMENTARY Longhorns’ Loss Teaches Lesson
BACKUP QUARTERBACK GARRETT GILBERT ILLUSTRATES IMPORTANCE OF PREPARATION
Northwest Arkansas — As I sat watching the BCS National Championship game pitting No. 1 Alabama against No. 2 Texas, I couldn’t help feeling a little sorry for the Longhorns. Read More »
COMMENTARY: Spoiler Alert
STATE GETS IN HOT WATER OVER CAPITOL DISPLAY DECISION
It’s tough to be a spoiler. You’ve seen them before. They’re the folks who interfere with a perfectly fine tradition embraced by the masses all because the spoilers don’t agree with the majority’s viewpoint. When the spoilers show up, the crowd can almost always be hea Read More »
COMMENTARY: Christmas Opportunity For Giving
It’s four days until Christmas. Even more amazingly, it’s 11 days until we enter 2010. Read More »
Rumble For Dollars
Is Annual Motorcycle Rally Spreading Its Money Too Thin?
FAYETTEVILLE — I’m sure it’s hard to be the leaders of the Bikes, Blues and BBQ motorcycle rally. Read More »
Attention, Frenzied Shoppers
Retailers strike a balance in post-Thanksgiving shopping chaos
FAYETTEVILLE — What do you have when you lure several hundred people to one location — say, a parking lot — then whip them into a frenzy to the point that they virtually attack a helpless individual, resulting in his death. A gang fight? A riot? Read More »
WHAT GIVES: Tragedies test the human spirit, but never win
PEOPLE RESILIENT IN DIFFICULT TIMES
FAYETTEVILLE — I remember walking into the restaurant for the first time. It was just off the main highway and didn’t look all that extraordinary — just another cafeteria-style place to eat. Read More »
WHAT GIVES Back in the news
Change, already a familiar fact of NW Arkansas, comes to newspapers
FAYETTEVILLE — Although I don’t often break away from the entertaining antics of my 6- and 4-year-old boys early on a Saturday morning, when it happens, I try to open my eyes to the great beauty and character of my chosen hometown. Read More »
Life-saving developments
Arkansans need a better cooperative system of trauma care
FAYETTEVILLE — Many Arkansans have lost family members, friends or someone they know to trauma. Read More »
WHAT GIVES : Revamping the plan
New Fayetteville High School still within reach of community
FAYETTEVILLE — When Fayetteville School District administrators last week announced a possible new approach to fund expansion and renovation of Fayetteville High School, some of the folks who opposed last month’s millage request probably felt a sense of satisfaction. Read More »
WHAT GIVES: Lessons from Rockefeller
Arkansas’ late governor still gives us reason to think
FAYETTEVILLE — The other day, I received my electronic copy of the annual report of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, a report I’ve received several times over the years. Read More »
Happy Hollow Elementary rallies around injured student
FAYETTEVILLE — Happy Hollow Elementary School students and teachers are rallying their support for a thirdgrade classmate seriously injured in a car wreck last week. Read More »
Days of excitement
The twists and turns of local newspapering
FAYETTEVILLE — Friday was one of those days as a newspaper guy that you hate to love. Read More »
Campaign seeks to extend legal aid for poor in Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE — Local lawyers and judges on Thursday helped kick off a statewide campaign to raise $500,000 to boost poor Arkansans' access to legal representation in civil cases. Read More »
Campaign seeks to extend legal aid for low-income Arkansans
FAYETTEVILLE — Local lawyers and judges on Thursday helped kick off a statewide campaign to raise $500,000 to boost poor Arkansans' access to legal representation in civil cases. Read More »
WHAT GIVES : Striking the balance
Obama seeks to open doors on a precarious world stage
FAYETTEVILLE — President George W. Bush undoubtedly did quite a bit of damage to the United States' international relations with his defiantly unilateral approach to foreign policy. I suspect there are few of us, if we were president, who would have been able to resist a hardening of a cooperative spirit after terrorists, aided directly and indirectly by some nations, committed such a dastardly act as the Sept. 11, 2001, murders in New York and Washington, D.C. Read More »
WHAT GIVES Going coarse on discourse
Is there some way to reduce rudeness in the 21st century?
FAYETTEVILLE — Does rudeness rule? Read More »
Joint effort: NWA newspaper competitors propose merger to Justice Department
FAYETTEVILLE — The Northwest Arkansas media landscape changed dramatically Thursday as the two newspaper companies competing against each other in the region announced a proposed merger. Read More »
A 'brand' new day
UA athletics has a lot to promote as season begins
The University of Arkansas last week announced plans for the "RazorRock Rally Kick-Off " on Sept. 5 in Little Rock in preparation for the season opener against Missouri State University. Read More »
WHAT GIVES: A shocking discovery
Protecting yourself while digging not as simple as a single call
Have you seen through the years the commercials for Arkansas One Call? Read More »
WHAT GIVES To the rescue, or Petty theft?
Ward 2 alderman explains how he stole a tricycle
One Sunday afternoon in March, a University of Arkansas student who works at KXUA-FM, the student-run radio station on campus, noticed her threewheeled, steel-frame tricycle, which had been chained and padlocked to a bike rack at the Arkansas Union, was gone. Read More »
WHAT GIVES Resignation still a mystery
Fayetteville High icon, new superintendent have yet to clear the air
"My No. 1 reason for being here today is to gain closure. And try not to let what Dick Johnson did damage our millage campaign." Dick Johnson, Fayetteville athletic director and assistant superintendent, as he explained his resignation last week. Read More »
Delivering the news Web changes continue commitment to community coverage
WHAT GIVES
Wednesday marks the beginning of a new era for the Northwest Arkansas Times and its sister publications that distribute news and information through the Web site NWAnews.com. Read More »