GREG HARTON: News films show state's historic past
I'd have much rather headed down to the Fayetteville square last Wednesday evening for the program at the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and …
I'd have much rather headed down to the Fayetteville square last Wednesday evening for the program at the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and …
Nothing against the sellers of extended warranties, but I wouldn't want to be one.
Without entering Arkansas' gubernatorial race, Jim Hendren just made the 2022 contest to replace his uncle a lot more interesting.
If I were a member of the Arkansas Legislature, I might have Isaiah Torres on my mind.
It's been said that it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt of it.
The entry of Sarah Huckabee Sanders into the Arkansas governor's race last week gave me flashbacks of Arkansas political history as far back as 1978.
People like me probably drive hardcore Democrats and Republicans crazy. Maybe even the devoted Libertarians.
Self-examination is hard for everyone.
Have you ever been to a reunion of your senior class from high school?
Last week, I wondered what it means to admire someone.
The weekly video "meetings" with my parents and brothers started months ago.
I can't say I knew former Washington County Justice of the Peace Candy Clark well personally.
Over the course of the last two days of the work week, Benton and Washington counties contributed more than 1,000 positive covid-19 test results to the astonis…
Apparent successes in the search for a covid-19 vaccine has people in Northwest Arkansas and across our country dreaming of carefree days, when visiting favori…
My folks are living their retirement years down in Sherwood, a town of about 32,000 people that blends pretty seamlessly into the Little Rock/North Little Rock…
Donald Trump's allegations of rampant corruption and cheating in the election systems around the nation has the look and feel of a youngster who flips over a g…
As I listened and watched the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, it seemed to me that there was…
I don't care how much one disagrees or dislikes the sitting president of the United States, hearing that he's contracted a disease that's proven harmful or eve…
It was a mostly peaceful parade until the convoy of cars passed the Texas Schoolbook Depository.
As Ronald Reagan suggested, "trust but verify" is a vital approach in governmental relations.
Whether you're a young Boy Scout or a contestant on "Survivor," sooner or later you're going to have to learn how to make a fire.
On one hand, it's tempting to ignore the ramblings of the man who spoke Thursday night as Democrats wrapped up their national convention, attempting to draw th…
I haven't yet decided whether I'm going to apply to receive an absentee ballot for the Nov. 3 election.
If you've spent most of your life viewing law enforcement officers as people who come to the rescue, a call to "defund police" sounds like an invitation to law…
Most of the time, when 71 percent of voters approve $37 million for a construction project, the city leaders who asked for that approval have the good sense no…
I heard the news last from a fellow editor the day before her obituary appeared.
Growing up, I had heard about Al Capone, the high-profile, Chicago-based crime boss who violently capitalized on bootlegging during Prohibition.
Secretaries of state in Arkansas mostly function without a lot of public attention, unless and until the officeholder sets his or her sights on higher — or at …
Last week, my family had a long wait to determine whether covid-19 had invaded our household.
I've never been a wheeler-dealer on things like buying a car. When it comes time to buy, I'll think about tactics we've perhaps all heard about to broker the b…
Gov. Asa Hutchinson's daily covid-19 press conference on Friday delivered the eye-popping figure of 731 new positive test results in the state since the day be…
The turmoil in Minneapolis and other cities is astonishing, not so much because it's unique, but because in 2020 we're right back where we've been before.
Technology advances fast; our capacity to handle it is a bit slower.
A few random thoughts after another week in covid-19's alternative universe:
What will be on fans' minds as football season rolls around?
"New normal" is the overused phrase of 2020, but what does it really mean?
If I were the coronavirus, whose goal is to be the best stalker it can be before committing assault and battery on any unprotected victim it can find, I'd hang…
Americans' views on federal vs. state powers shift based on whatever outcome they hope to achieve.
Most of us -- the smart ones, anyway -- have severely
A crisis opens doors for people to advance new ideas, but also for people to take advantage of the moment.
Does the economic costs of saving lives add up to too much?
Arkansas have to guard against more than just a virus.
Coronavirus-inspired cancellations and closings turned last week into a crazy, unnerving one.
Virus is real, but fearful reaction to it can lead us down the path of Y2K.
No time like the present to write a letter to the editor.
President Trump needs money for a wall, so he goes digging into the bank account of the U.S. military.
Ambushes, attacks raise level of tensions among those hired to protect, serve and enforce the law.
These days, it’s hard to trust your own eyes.
New way of delivering news a reflection of push to preserve journalism.
Fayetteville owes no one an apology for the arrest of a man police witnessed spray-painting public property.