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Look for the union label: Remembering Tony Ellis

Look for the union label: Remembering Tony Ellis

Arkansas is a Right To Work state.

yesterday 10

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Trump’s buying of votes a test of corruptibility of the electorate

Trump’s buying of votes a test of corruptibility of the electorate

Scottish historian Alexander Fraser Tytler allegedly said that "a democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they...

yesterday 10

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Bradley Gitz

Oh, Little Rock: Picture day at school

Oh, Little Rock: Picture day at school

I walked downstairs last week wearing a navy blazer and a tie.

yesterday 10

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Steve Straessle

COLUMNIST: Bring the cats inside

COLUMNIST: Bring the cats inside

When police in Salem, Ohio, received a call for assistance for an injured cat, they couldn't have been prepared for what they found. The cat had been...

yesterday 10

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Too many dropped calls

Too many dropped calls

A recent NBC news report described Sadie, a happy, healthy 15-year-old who had dreams of becoming a lawyer or veterinarian. She had survived her...

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Pragmatist Dismang moves on from Arkansas Legislature

Pragmatist Dismang moves on from Arkansas Legislature

Last week the state Legislature lost to unexpected resignation its go-to guy, its Mr. Fix-It, its nearest thing in this zany modern incarnation to an...

previous day 10

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John Brummett

When developers speak up, it’s time to heed AI warnings

When developers speak up, it’s time to heed AI warnings

Let's jump right in. Artificial intelligence (AI) is here for good. It's burst back on to the front page, but the worry isn't about displacing...

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OTHERS SAY: Go ahead and mail it in

OTHERS SAY: Go ahead and mail it in

It took them a few tries, but a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has now correctly ended President Donald Trump's cynical and partisan effort to...

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True Grand Prairie

True Grand Prairie

I can't remember the first time I met John T. Edge. I do remember that I had heard about an organization at Ole Miss called the Southern Foodways...

previous day 10

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Rex Nelson

Options in the 2028 presidential race

Options in the 2028 presidential race

With the midterm elections ahead, we could see a record number of aspirants for president from both parties, considering that neither party seems to...

previous day 10

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Best-sellers

Best-sellers

Best-sellers

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Aid needed now, not later

Aid needed now, not later

I would quit social media if it weren't for the benefits derived from connecting with readers and like-minded folks I never would meet otherwise. And...

previous day 10

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Gwen Faulkenberry

Rediscovering a Civil War diary

Rediscovering a Civil War diary

In 2018, I stopped by the Johnson County (Ark.) Historical Association to visit with retired physician Don Pennington, a friend who volunteered to...

previous day 10

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Big bucks made off human misery

Big bucks made off human misery

Business is booming for the private prison business, thanks in large part to an administration that has ushered cruelty into fashion and also provided...

previous day 10

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Equine stars of classic Westerns

Equine stars of classic Westerns

Despite rumors of the genre's demise, some of the most watchable series streaming today are Westerns. Among them are "Dark Winds," in which Lt. Joe...

previous day 10

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Karen Martin

A lifelong golfer wonders whether he can still be taught

A lifelong golfer wonders whether he can still be taught

When I was 7, my father gave me a cut-down 7-iron and showed me how to wrap my hands around the hard leather grip and interlock the little finger of...

previous day 10

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Philip Martin

PAPER TRAILS: Metallica Scholars Initiative rocks Arkansas State University-Beebe

PAPER TRAILS: Metallica Scholars Initiative rocks Arkansas State University-Beebe

Perhaps you've heard that rock legends Metallica are bringing their mammoth M72 World Tour to Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville on May 26. And maybe...

previous day 10

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Sean Clancy

The Constitution is a human document, not holy writ

The Constitution is a human document, not holy writ

The Constitution of the United States of America may be the most enthusiastically defended unread document in history, aside from the terms-of-service...

saturday 10

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Philip Martin

The Arkansas Travelers and Bill Valentine

The Arkansas Travelers and Bill Valentine

During his nine years as general manager of the Arkansas Travelers, former big league player Carl Sawatski maintained a close relationship with the...

saturday 10

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Rex Nelson

A teacher’s plea: Let our students learn, laugh, and love learning

A teacher’s plea: Let our students learn, laugh, and love learning

I am writing this not simply as a teacher, but as someone who has the privilege of watching students grow every day. I see their excitement when they...

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COLUMNIST: DeSantis was right all along

COLUMNIST: DeSantis was right all along

Three heavyweights in AI development recently called for a significant slowdown in the technology, an unusual consensus among competitors that is...

saturday 10

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OTHERS SAY: ‘Trump bucks’ bad news

OTHERS SAY: ‘Trump bucks’ bad news

President Donald Trump's offer at his midterm convention here sounded suspiciously like vote-buying, and we hope most Americans were offended by it. A...

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MICHELLE GOLDBERG: They Could Afford to Stand Up to Trump. Why Didn’t They?

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: They Could Afford to Stand Up to Trump. Why Didn’t They?

The thing I've found most shocking about Donald Trump's second presidency is not the epic grift, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement paramilitary...

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Gemini helps to overcome indecision, add to existing decor

Gemini helps to overcome indecision, add to existing decor

When an old high school friend reached out to me through Classmates.com, I had a fascinating discussion, thanks to input from Google Gemini.

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OPINION | Drivetime Mahatma: Loss of pedestrian bridge leads to slower speed limit on section of Markham

OPINION | Drivetime Mahatma: Loss of pedestrian bridge leads to slower speed limit on section of Markham

Dear Mahatma: Curious as to why the speed limit has changed from 35 mph to 25 mph on Markham Street curve near the Arkansas School for the Deaf and...

18.09.2026 5

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The Southern Fried Podcast: Keeping Little Rock Beautiful with Maria Craig and Lennie Massanelli

The Southern Fried Podcast: Keeping Little Rock Beautiful with Maria Craig and Lennie Massanelli

In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with Maria Craig, chair of the Keep Little Rock Beautiful nonprofit, and Little Rock Sustainability Officer...

18.09.2026 4

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Rex Nelson

Dream come true: ASU veterinary school brings learning home

Dream come true: ASU veterinary school brings learning home

Becoming a veterinarian has been a dream of mine for years. But as someone who grew up in Arkansas, I always thought pursuing that dream might mean...

18.09.2026 10

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The unsettling words of Wendell Berry

The unsettling words of Wendell Berry

I have to admit not knowing much about American novelist, poet, essayist, and rural and agrarian advocate Wendell Berry until learning of his death a...

18.09.2026 10

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Later abortions are not safer than pregnancy

Later abortions are not safer than pregnancy

I don't pretend to know what Danielle Williamson and her husband felt when they learned that their five-month-old preborn child did not have a...

18.09.2026 10

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The book of Nate

The book of Nate

Job lost his animals, servants, and 10 children in a single afternoon. And then came the boils. Oh, the boils. He had done nothing to deserve it. That...

18.09.2026 10

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Robert Steinbuch

POPNOTES | OPINION: Aaron Lee Tasjan brings new album to White Water Tavern

POPNOTES | OPINION: Aaron Lee Tasjan brings new album to White Water Tavern

Tasjan, who will play Little Rock's White Water Tavern on Thursday, has never seemed particularly interested in remaining inside whatever box the...

17.09.2026 3

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Philip Martin

FIVE QUESTIONS: Aaron Lee Tasjan on Todd Snider, ‘Get Over It, Underdog’ and songwriting

FIVE QUESTIONS: Aaron Lee Tasjan on Todd Snider, ‘Get Over It, Underdog’ and songwriting

"Five Questions" is an invitation to an articulate person to think out loud. "Get Over It, Underdog," Nashville singer-songwriter and guitarist Aaron...

17.09.2026 2

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Philip Martin

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Trump's lies serve

17.09.2026 10

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Nwa Democrat-Gazette

We’ve only just begun

We’ve only just begun

I am at the Grand Galvez, a hotel built on the beach in Galveston, Texas, in 1911, and recently restored. It is a study in old opulence. It felt upon...

17.09.2026 10

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Gwen Faulkenberry

Memories of Fayetteville on 9/11

Memories of Fayetteville on 9/11

They come nearly a week late. These tardy personal reflections on 9/11 a quarter-century ago were inspired by reading all those properly timed and...

17.09.2026 10

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John Brummett

Politicians, you’ve disappointed us too many times, so farewell

Politicians, you’ve disappointed us too many times, so farewell

Dear politicians,

17.09.2026 20

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OTHERS SAY: Slop gets more realistic

OTHERS SAY: Slop gets more realistic

The artificial intelligence-powered political future is here, and it's getting predictably ugly.

17.09.2026 10

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BRET STEPHENS: Has AI become Death, Destroyers of Worlds?

BRET STEPHENS: Has AI become Death, Destroyers of Worlds?

Creators who anguish over the consequences of their creations are nothing new. Alfred Nobel and dynamite, J. Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb,...

17.09.2026 10

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Tom Cotton scared of debating? Surely not!

Tom Cotton scared of debating? Surely not!

Public-television debates among candidates for state and federal office in Arkansas are lightly watched and don't matter much, and have generally been...

16.09.2026 10

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John Brummett

The Arkansas Travelers, Carl Sawatski and Bill Valentine

The Arkansas Travelers, Carl Sawatski and Bill Valentine

Legendary Arkansas Gazette sportswriter Jim Bailey once had this to say about Ray Winder of the Arkansas Travelers: "Most of his teams lost big on the...

16.09.2026 20

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Rex Nelson

Healthy masculinity isn’t misogynistic or scared of vulnerability

Healthy masculinity isn’t misogynistic or scared of vulnerability

People could be excused if, while reading comments on my column last week, they thought they'd stumbled into the manosphere. I mean, the misogyny was...

16.09.2026 10

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Brenda Looper

OTHERS SAY: Colleges need a refresher on free speech

OTHERS SAY: Colleges need a refresher on free speech

At Republicans' recent midterm convention, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) began his remarks with his own version of a land acknowledgment.

16.09.2026 10

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STAR PARKER: From the SAVE Act to court-packing, the Devil is in the details

STAR PARKER: From the SAVE Act to court-packing, the Devil is in the details

In February 2026, the U.S. House passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility America Act to require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to...

16.09.2026 10

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NWA EDITORIAL | Be careful, Benton County, when the federal government offers free money

NWA EDITORIAL | Be careful, Benton County, when the federal government offers free money

The debate over precisely how criminal justice should be carried out is, and should be, never-ending. Remaining committed to the status quo assumes...

15.09.2026 20

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Nwa Democrat-Gazette

President’s bribe evokes mehs from Arkansas’ Bland Brothers

President’s bribe evokes mehs from Arkansas’ Bland Brothers

I called the Arkansas congressional delegation the "bland brigade" and opened the paper to see each of the six prove it.

15.09.2026 10

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John Brummett

How care presents itself when progressive disease shows up

How care presents itself when progressive disease shows up

She calls it "light" Parkinson's.

15.09.2026 10

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Philip Martin

COLUMNIST: The case against cutting Social Security benefits

COLUMNIST: The case against cutting Social Security benefits

Are Social Security benefits too generous? Some fiscal hawks and classic conservatives say the answer is yes, and see the upcoming depletion of the...

15.09.2026 10

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OTHERS SAY: A little R-E-S-P-E-C-T would help data center advocates deal with opposition

OTHERS SAY: A little R-E-S-P-E-C-T would help data center advocates deal with opposition

The rapid backlash to data centers and artificial intelligence has taken many in the tech and finance worlds by surprise.

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CAL THOMAS: As always, turnout will be key in the election

CAL THOMAS: As always, turnout will be key in the election

Republicans held a unique midterm combination rally/get-out-the-vote convention in Dallas earlier this month. The GOP hoped to raise enthusiasm (and...

15.09.2026 10

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ON BOOKS | OPINION: Mark Lynas’ ‘Six Minutes to Winter’ poses that nuclear threat is still real

ON BOOKS | OPINION: Mark Lynas’ ‘Six Minutes to Winter’ poses that nuclear threat is still real

Mark Lynas’ “Six Minutes to Winter” asks why we stopped worrying about nuclear war. Arkansans have particular reason to remember what can go wrong.

14.09.2026 5

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Philip Martin