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Commentary: Most Politics Today Are National, Partisan

Is it Possible to Rise Above Partisanship?

Subscriber only All politics is local. That adage, associated with the former speaker of the U.S. House Tip O'Neill, has long represented conventional wisdom. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: Jul 6, 2014 at 1:30 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Commentary: Nationalism Good, But Can Be Bad

Subscriber only I like the national anthem. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: Jun 15, 2014 at 1:30 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Commentary: Power Has Its Perks, Perils

Subscriber only Gaining, maintaining, extending or expanding power are fundamental goals in politics and public affairs, business, sports, international relations and beyond. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: May 25, 2014 at 1:30 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Commentary: Will Arkansas Senate Race Defy Trends?

Subscriber only Recent opinion polls have caused a considerable stir among political junkies and pundits. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: May 4, 2014 at 1:30 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Commentary: It's Time for Setting Foreign Policy Priorities

Subscriber only Driving down the highway, I listen to a radio commentator in his best belligerent tone berating the Obama administration over Crimea and Ukraine. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: Apr 13, 2014 at 5 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Commentary: Television Network 'Discovers' Arkansas' Hardy

Subscriber only Although I have lived much of my life in Northwest Arkansas, I have lived or spent considerable time in a number of other places in the state and elsewhere. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: Mar 23, 2014 at 5 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Techno-Media Giants Gaining Clout

Subscriber only You may have seen or heard it mentioned on the news: Comcast is taking over Time Warner Cable for $45 billion. Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $16 billion to $19 billion. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: Mar 2, 2014 at 5 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Politicians Say (And Do) The Darndest Things

Subscriber only Some may remember the old radio program with Art Linkletter called “Kids Say the Darndest Things,” then the TV show by the same name featuring Linkletter and Bill Cosby. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: Feb 9, 2014 at 3 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Foreign Policy Faces Fork In The Road

DO CANDIDATES, PUBLIC WANT INTERVENTION?

Subscriber only This will be a year of congressional and state elections and, undoubtedly, continuing focus on the health care law and its implementation and ramifi cations. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: Jan 19, 2014 at 4:52 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

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COLUMNIST: THEODORE ROOSEVELT UNDOUBTEDLY RANKS AS ONE OF OUR MORE COLORFUL PRESIDENTS

Subscriber only For many years, I have off ered end-ofyear, holiday-season commentary on books that I find interesting or important or which have found their way on to my reading list for whatever reason. Continue reading...

By Hoyt Purvis Posted: Dec 29, 2013 at 1:24 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

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