Local Opinion

Before we end 2018 "The meanest one is Rooster Cogburn. He is a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking." December 11, 2018

LOWELL GRISHAM: Rescuing the powerless Not all Christian denominations observe the four Sundays before Christmas as the season of Advent, but many do. Advent is a season of expectation, the expectati... by Lowell Grisham - December 11, 2018

NWA editorial: Mandated memory? It is possible to oppose a thing without opposing the intention behind it. by NWA Democrat-Gazette - December 11, 2018

NWA LETTERS Bush’s example worthy standard for all people December 11, 2018

MIKE MASTERSON: Earned trust I learned long ago I can never go wrong by writing about our mutually shared connection to canines. by Mike Masterson - December 9, 2018

NWA EDITORIAL: Responsive government? The fireworks between Eva Madison, one of 15 members of the Washington County Quorum Court, and the county judge's office make for quite the spectacle. Like the... by NWA Democrat-Gazette - December 9, 2018

GREG HARTON: Is the president the nation's John La Tour? In Fayetteville last week, voters of Ward 4 showed that the 2014 election of political newcomer John La Tour was a momentary anomaly they corrected handily as s... by Greg Harton - December 9, 2018

OTHERS SAY A big footprint The world is heading in the wrong direction, and it does not have much time left to change course. After several years in which global greenhouse-gas emissions ... by The Washington Post - December 9, 2018

NWA LETTERS Compassion can be in eyes of beholder December 9, 2018

MASTERSON ONLINE: Censored in Springdale Powers that be at Springdale's Har-Ber High School found themselves in the middle of a major statewide flap last week after yanking an admirable news story and ... by Mike Masterson - December 8, 2018

DOUG THOMPSON: Flynn's gift still wrapped Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is not close to being over. Even if it was, the other investigations branching out from it are not. by Doug Thompson - December 8, 2018

NWA EDITORIAL: Code of conduct Come January, 26 Republicans and nine Democrats will take their places in the Arkansas Senate. by NWA Democrat-Gazette - December 8, 2018

NWA LETTERS ‘So-called right’ wrong in backing president December 8, 2018

NWA Letters to the Editor Compassion can be December 7, 2018

GARY SMITH: Rules of the aisle As I've firmly established on numerous occasions, I can think of quite a few things I'd rather do than shop. Quite a few. And some of them don't even involve ma... by Gary Smith - December 7, 2018