OPINION | GREG HARTON: Is TikTok’s time on top of the social media heap winding down?
I've been around long enough to remember the world BS.
I've been around long enough to remember the world BS.
There's power in my vote.
Every election cycle brings its own drama.
The old warning against bringing a knife to a gunfight is a violent version of the Boy Scout motto: Be prepared. The recent gun violence at Lake Fayetteville s…
One of this newspaper's editorials on Page 2-H today provides perspective on an effort to develop so-called "affordable" housing in Bentonville that seems to h…
A couple of letter writers have suggested lately that the "formerly known as Twitter" reference to the social media site X should cease. They're probably right…
There's no way we'll ever live in a world with no labels, as some long for.
Asa Hutchinson, in my view, never had much of a chance of winning the U.S. presidency, but I acknowledge my political prognostications are as likely as not to …
From Atlanta to Burlington, Vt., from Oahu, Hawaii, to Portland, Maine, getting into the business of renting properties for short-term, hotel-like stays is get…
First things first: Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and yours. And thanks for reading the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette generally and my column…
The University of Arkansas is in the middle of a controversy involving Gov. Sarah Sanders. That's probably news to the UA. More on that later.
Because Arkansas lacks an NFL or NBA franchise, it's long been suggested that the Arkansas Razorbacks' football and basketball squads are, more or less, the st…
Maybe the University of Arkansas should offer a degree in forgiveness. Actually, it would probably be more of an emphasis area within its bachelor of science i…
Early deadlines due to the holiday and the prospect of a meal someone else was cooking had my mind scattered last week. I couldn't quite focus on a single issu…
"Flying by the seat of your pants" is how some people like to do life.
For the politically active folks in Arkansas, last week probably felt a little like Christmas.
"There is still no cure for the common birthday."
From time to time, someone in Arkansas floats (hint, hint) an idea that immediately draws attention because the proposal itself taps into a subject critically …
Where are the answers for Washington County's criminal justice challenges going to come from?
From an admittedly loose definition, libraries are "banning" books all the time.
What, if anything, is owed to specific groups of human beings who have been wronged by other groups of human beings makes frequent headlines. As Americans, and…
The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission voted last week to spend $203,000 for a consulting firm to develop a 10-year master tourism plan. Arkansa…
If skepticism could be used as fuel, Americans would already have ended their reliance on the internal combustion engine.
After intense public opposition last week, Gov. Sarah Sanders backed off sweeping changes to Arkansas' Freedom of Information Act.
In the early 2000s, Northwest Arkansas' cycling environment was still nascent. It wasn't until 2009, when the Walton Family Foundation provided $15 million to …
A good rule of thumb for state lawmakers, if they want Arkansans to abide by the laws they pass, is to avoid filling the Arkansas Code with confusing statutes.
People keep saying Donald Trump wasn't at the first Republican presidential debate held last Wednesday evening in Milwaukee. They're all wrong.
When you hear someone comment about watching the sausage being made, more times than not it's a reference to government.
It's been years since I spent any time with Arthur.
If you are still a supporter the 45th U.S. president, you owe it to yourself to read the indictment in the latest federal criminal case of The United States of…
A few days back on family vacation to the "Emerald Coast" beaches of the Florida panhandle, the last thing on my mind was soccer.
As I grew up in central Arkansas, my family spent a lot of weekends and some longer vacations enjoying one of the state's best lakes.
"The white race deems itself to be the dominant race in this country. And so it is in prestige, in achievements, in education, in wealth and in power. ... But …
No single judge should be able to invalidate the wishes of the majority of Arkansas lawmakers or the will of voters.
"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters."
The Department of the Air Force is the military branch that selected Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith as the home of its permanent Foreign Military…
A historic structure disappears and for those affected by its demise, it feels like an important piece of their lives has been ripped from the community.
The question of preserving historically Black neighborhoods in Fayetteville -- or more accurately, spending taxpayer dollars to do it -- is scheduled to come b…
As 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…
I love change. Change stinks.
My social media feed suggests videos it thinks I might light. Its mostly way, way off because I try to maintain privacy settings that limit how well its system…
In Fayetteville, the Great School Resource Officer Debate of 2020 became The Great School Resource Officer Debate of 2022, with distinctly different outcomes.
It's been 30 years since Fayetteville spent $1.5 million to renovate a building behind it's City Hall that formerly housed a J.C. Penney automotive repair shop.
For people of faith, prayer is a powerful act. Seeking divine wisdom or intervention is a sign of just how serious one considers a situation.
How do you resolve a public policy clash that pits compassion for the homeless against respect for one's neighbors?
It's not unusual for the last days of a regular session of Arkansas' Legislature to feature pieces of legislation flying all over the place as lawmakers make a…
"You simply melt right in,
For advocates of fully legalized marijuana, the people of Oklahoma delivered a real bummer last Tuesday.
If I own a piece of property, should I get to do whatever I want with it?
Government can walk and chew whatever lobbyists are serving them for dinner at the same time.