Local Opinion
The notoriously leaking North Arkansas Board of Regional Sanitation (NABORS) landfill, capped by the state nine years ago for serial violations and leaking lea…
by Mike Masterson March 21, 2023Gov. Sarah Sanders' education bill now law set a minimum teacher salary of $50,000 and ordered $2,000 raises for teachers already above $50,000. It vowed to pr…
by John Brummett March 21, 2023Once upon a time in Arkansas there lived a political cartoonist named George Fisher. Proposals by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for damming (thereby damning…
by Fran Alexander March 21, 2023"Strangers aren't that strange. Try hosting," says the AirBnB commercial as it seeks out homeowners willing to turn their properties into tourist lodging.
by NWA Democrat-Gazette March 21, 2023At the heart of democratic theory is the idea that the people rule; that in the end, their wishes become codified in law and public policies. Put somewhat less…
by Bradley Gitz March 20, 2023I was on the back deck at home enjoying one of those rare warm afternoons in early March, listening to birds visiting and chimes dancing in the breeze.
by Mike Masterson March 19, 2023Check it out: Librarians aren't enemies of the people.
by NWA Democrat-Gazette March 19, 2023We've allowed ourselves to become so divided as a nation that we can't even agree on how much sunlight at what hour to allow into our days as the seasons chang…
by Mike Masterson March 18, 2023With his announcement that the Justice Department will seek to tighten up the definitions of who counts as a gun dealer and must then conduct mandated backgrou…
by The New York Daily News March 18, 2023Several years back, in Sherwood, Ark., a large Walmart was being built next door to a smaller “neighborhood” Walmart on JFK/107. We were in the smaller store a…
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette March 18, 2023Once upon a time, children, the United States was caught red-handed (and red-faced) when its president denied an international incident. His name was Eisenhowe…
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette March 18, 2023I watched the Oscars the other night.
by Gary Smith March 17, 2023This week is recognized across the country as Sunshine Week, an annual observance by advocates of open government that recognizes the importance of keeping pub…
by NWA Democrat-Gazette March 17, 2023It's Thursday and another chance to fire off a few up or down thumbs about some of news developments in our neck of the woods and elsewhere:
by NWA Democrat-Gazette March 16, 2023From its inception, Fox News has done untold damage to the American body politic, not because it espouses conservative principles and beliefs but because of th…
by Woody Bassett March 16, 2023