Local Opinion
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by Dana Kelley June 2, 2023In keeping with the spirit of the moment (or temporary insanity -- sometimes it's hard to tell these days), I'm going to voice my outrage at the sheer audacity…
by Gary Smith June 2, 2023A friend of this editorial page, one whose insights graced its pages for years, departed this life last week.
by NWA Democrat-Gazette June 1, 2023People may think I exaggerate the effects of politics on our lives. And yet, it's so hard to find an area where it hasn't stuck its grimy fingers. It's worse t…
by Brenda Looper May 31, 2023Don House has spent four decades photographing and writing about the Arkansas Ozarks. From his base in Hazel Valley in rural Washington County, he has explored…
by Rex Nelson May 31, 2023Flags flew above stoops. Charcoal flamed as burgers sizzled. Potato salads varied, from mom's downward. And, most likely, many people remembered, if for a mome…
by John Brummett May 31, 2023It was a unanimous 8-0 vote of the City Council nearly a year ago to ban the sale of dogs and cats within Fayetteville by anyone other than the city's own anim…
by NWA Democrat-Gazette May 31, 2023Editor's note: The original version of this column was published Dec. 28, 2013.
by Mike Masterson May 30, 2023Partisans are the problem, along with uninformed people.
by John Brummett May 30, 2023I hope you read Gwen Faulkenberry's May 1 column (nwaonline.com/51refugee/) relating her religious story. We too often keep religious views to ourselves. World…
by Art Hobson May 30, 2023"Our children have become unknowing participants in a decades-long experiment."
by NWA Democrat-Gazette May 30, 2023It may sound odd to those who haven't experienced the scenic tranquility of Harrison's historic Maplewood Cemetery that its annual fall review of flaming red a…
by Mike Masterson May 28, 2023As a teenager, I and my fellow students at Little Rock's Mills High School took the ASVAB test. It was, and still is, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Ba…
by Greg Harton May 28, 2023Is Northwest Arkansas growing too fast?
by NWA Democrat-Gazette May 28, 2023A study of emergency department records at two Level 1 trauma medical institutions in Arkansas during 2018 found frequent dog bite injuries inflicted on childr…
by Mike Masterson May 27, 2023