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The Dodgers, Tarik Skubal and the baseball my father taught me

The Dodgers, Tarik Skubal and the baseball my father taught me

Last week the Los Angeles Dodgers, having found the experience of winning back-to-back World Series insufficiently reassuring, acquired Tarik Skubal...

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Philip Martin

The South’s forestry capital … in remote Crossett, Ark.

The South’s forestry capital … in remote Crossett, Ark.

I'm in Monticello for a conference when I decide to make the short drive south through the pine forests to Crossett. That's because Crossett is home...

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Rex Nelson

The right care for a rare diagnosis: Appendix cancer awareness

The right care for a rare diagnosis: Appendix cancer awareness

There are more than 100 types of cancer, each recognized by the organs or tissues they affect with unique characteristics, behaviors, and treatments....

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OTHERS SAY: The anti-Thanksgiving platform

OTHERS SAY: The anti-Thanksgiving platform

Francesca Hong, the Democratic Socialist who's leading in the polls to be the Democratic Party nominee for Wisconsin governor, is now best known...

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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Shoulder repair on I-30 stretch in Benton should be completed in 2027

OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Shoulder repair on I-30 stretch in Benton should be completed in 2027

Dear Guru of 1B: For two years the right-lane shoulder (about 10 feet long) of Interstate 30, eastbound about 200 yards prior to exit 117, appears to...

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The Southern Fried Podcast: Talking AI in the workforce with Mike Steely

The Southern Fried Podcast: Talking AI in the workforce with Mike Steely

In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with Luminark Global’s co-founder, Mike Steely, about the rapidly evolving landscape of AI and how it...

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Rex Nelson

An opportunity that should not be missed: Revive War Memorial Park

An opportunity that should not be missed: Revive War Memorial Park

This is a good news-bad news story.

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Grant gives 30 Crossing park jump-start at new front door for LR

Grant gives 30 Crossing park jump-start at new front door for LR

When we unveiled the 30 Crossing Park Master Plan at the Downtown Food Truck Festival last year, the overwhelming response was, "This is amazing! How...

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The foresight of Milton Friedman

The foresight of Milton Friedman

Some luminaries are way ahead of their time. Economist Milton Friedman, who died 20 years ago and was a Nobel laureate 50 years ago, was not only...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Books aren’t being banned

ROBERT STEINBUCH: Books aren’t being banned

Three years ago, state Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) sponsored Act 372 of 2023--the Library Law--which:

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Robert Steinbuch

POP NOTES | OPINION: Why human critics still matter in the age of AI recommendations

POP NOTES | OPINION: Why human critics still matter in the age of AI recommendations

Apple Music, Netflix and Spotify have become astonishingly good at predicting what we’ll enjoy next. But recommendation isn’t the same thing as...

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Philip Martin

RECORDINGS | OPINION: Inheriting a musical tradition — Boone Creek, Carter Faith, and Nicholas Payton with Butcher Brown

RECORDINGS | OPINION: Inheriting a musical tradition — Boone Creek, Carter Faith, and Nicholas Payton with Butcher Brown

The question running through all three is not whether the music is "authentic" -- a word that usually conceals more than it reveals -- but whether the...

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Philip Martin

GWEN FORD FAULKENBERRY: We must protect our most vulnerable

GWEN FORD FAULKENBERRY: We must protect our most vulnerable

There is a certain rhythm to life in Arkansas that you can only truly understand if you've spent a balmy July evening sitting on a porch, watching...

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Gwen Faulkenberry

With Blanche confirmation apparently sure, DOJ rebrand on track

With Blanche confirmation apparently sure, DOJ rebrand on track

It appears that Donald Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, will be confirmed as attorney general, formalizing the Justice Department's rebranding as a...

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John Brummett

Arkansans deserve answers from our members of Congress

Arkansans deserve answers from our members of Congress

Over the past year, actions on the part of the president and his administration run the gambit from unconstitutional to illegal (as determined in...

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COLUMN: That’s a crazy thought (so do it anyway)

COLUMN: That’s a crazy thought (so do it anyway)

As data centers face rising costs, strained resources and growing political opposition, a number of entrepreneurs--Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Eric...

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OTHERS SAY: Israel should be skeptical about Hamas promises

OTHERS SAY: Israel should be skeptical about Hamas promises

Ronald Reagan promoted his philosophy of "trust but verify" in negotiations with the Soviets. President Donald Trump would be wise to apply the same...

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BRET STEPHENS: I’m begging you: Never write with AI

BRET STEPHENS: I’m begging you: Never write with AI

This column isn't so much an argument as it is a plea: Don't use artificial intelligence to help you write. Never let AI do your writing for you.

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GOP ballot blockade means Arkansas got snookered again

GOP ballot blockade means Arkansas got snookered again

The state Constitution vests the ultimate power in the people. The state's motto is that the people rule.

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John Brummett

NWA EDITORIAL | Deal struck for Blanch doesn’t turn him into a worth attorney general prospect

NWA EDITORIAL | Deal struck for Blanch doesn’t turn him into a worth attorney general prospect

Neither of Arkansas' two U.S. senators -- John Boozman and Tom Cotton -- are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Todd Blanche...

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The Yale connection to Crossett, forestry practices

The Yale connection to Crossett, forestry practices

Yale University seems like an unlikely place for one of the nation's top forestry schools. But the congressman for Arkansas' 4th District, U.S. Rep....

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Rex Nelson

Can we really trust AI-detection tools?

Can we really trust AI-detection tools?

When artificial intelligence has made such inroads, how are we in the media supposed to react to it?

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Brenda Looper

COLUMNIST: New York will regret going into the grocery business

COLUMNIST: New York will regret going into the grocery business

The market, as I have noted before, is a small miracle. All these people come together--sellers, buyers, go-betweens--with different preferences,...

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STAR PARKER: Keep the AM stations in your cars

STAR PARKER: Keep the AM stations in your cars

It is rare for me to support anything inserting more government into our lives. I'm now looking at one of these exceptions: The AM Radio in Every...

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“Big beautiful bill” one big ugly mess for Arkansas

“Big beautiful bill” one big ugly mess for Arkansas

It was merely the finest example of good governing politics and policy that I'd seen in decades. And it happened in Arkansas. And soon it will be...

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John Brummett

How to fix baseball, golf, politics, and everyday annoyances

How to fix baseball, golf, politics, and everyday annoyances

I have decided to fix a few things.

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Philip Martin

COLUMNIST: A banal, bland, and thin movie; and we can’t stop talking about it

COLUMNIST: A banal, bland, and thin movie; and we can’t stop talking about it

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the blockbuster that launched a million takes. The interpretations crowd my social media feed like Agamemnon's...

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CAL THOMAS: When it comes to warnings about Hamas, we have to repeat them again and again

CAL THOMAS: When it comes to warnings about Hamas, we have to repeat them again and again

President Trump and members of his administration are (pick your metaphor) whistling past the graveyard, engaging in wishful thinking, and/or deluding...

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ON BOOKS | OPINION: ‘The Vanishing Earth’ — James Crawford on extraction, AI and the modern world

ON BOOKS | OPINION: ‘The Vanishing Earth’ — James Crawford on extraction, AI and the modern world

James Crawford’s “The Vanishing Earth” contends that extraction has become more than an economic activity—it has become the defining habit of...

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Philip Martin

Tariffs can be useful, but also spark inevitable consequences

Tariffs can be useful, but also spark inevitable consequences

Other than the issue of immigration, nothing has gained more national and international attention than the Trump administration's employment of...

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Caught in a trap

Caught in a trap

The campaign against Iran has turned into a debacle. The reasons are simple and obvious: President Donald Trump assumed the Iranians would surrender...

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Bradley Gitz

Youth aren’t just the future of Arkansas; we are its present

Youth aren’t just the future of Arkansas; we are its present

Arkansas faces a civic health challenge, but it also has a powerful resource capable of creating change: its young people. According to the 2023...

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Ruminations on Fauci, liberty, and masks

Ruminations on Fauci, liberty, and masks

Before delving into today's important subject--which is that conservatives seem hellbent as a matter of principle on not protecting us if we get...

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John Brummett

Capitalism’s not perfect, but it’s a cleaner dirty shirt

Capitalism’s not perfect, but it’s a cleaner dirty shirt

The words from this president's mouth rarely cease to amaze, and Monday was no exception. In Michigan, he said, "I'm not going to knock your parents,...

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Pine trees, pink tomatoes

Pine trees, pink tomatoes

In a 1987 issue of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Ellen Compton wrote about the Bradley County seat of Warren.

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Rex Nelson

Best-sellers

Best-sellers

Best-sellers

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Mark Zuckerberg’s lucrative AI plan

Mark Zuckerberg’s lucrative AI plan

The conventional wisdom in tech is that it's better to overspend than miss out on a blockbuster hit.

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Debating education savings accounts

Debating education savings accounts

I am currently a plaintiff in two court cases that challenge the LEARNS Act, and am not at liberty to argue those cases in this forum. However, there...

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Gwen Faulkenberry

The battle against sex traffickers

The battle against sex traffickers

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kanisha Hamilton became an expert on sex trafficking in the most unfortunate way, beginning at age 12. So whenever she heard talk...

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Of babies and bathwater

Of babies and bathwater

The other day I was merrily scouring the Internet for journals with open calls for creative writing submissions and found an e-journal where an...

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Our insatiable demand for resources

Our insatiable demand for resources

I've resisted writing about the price of crude oil as long as I can.

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Recalling the start of female fitness

Recalling the start of female fitness

Every week when I join others in my fitness club's energetic kickboxing classes, I think of my mother.

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Karen Martin

The view from the back of the bus

The view from the back of the bus

People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically ... No, the only tired I was, was...

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The Difference Between Being Lonely and Being Lonesome

The Difference Between Being Lonely and Being Lonesome

Like Gustave Flaubert, I believe there are no true synonyms. Every word occupies its own territory of meaning. Lonesome and lonely are not...

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Philip Martin

PAPER TRAILS: Winner of King Biscuit Blues Festival poster contest honors legendary radio show

PAPER TRAILS: Winner of King Biscuit Blues Festival poster contest honors legendary radio show

Helena-West Helena artist Jámin Crawford is the winner of the annual King Biscuit Blues Festival poster contest.

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Sean Clancy

CRITICAL MASS | OPINION: The logo that became a cultural landmark

Launched as a 24-hour music video experiment, MTV became the loudest voice of a generation — and quietly reshaped fashion, fame and the way we...

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Philip Martin

Louisiana, Arkansas Supreme Court feuds reveal loss of judicial dignity

Louisiana, Arkansas Supreme Court feuds reveal loss of judicial dignity

In Arkansas, when national rankings arrive, we traditionally console ourselves by saying, "Thank God for Mississippi." It isn't generous, but neither...

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Philip Martin

Crossett, Ark., a company town

Crossett, Ark., a company town

What's now Ashley County was formed from parts of Chicot, Drew and Union counties in November 1848. It was Arkansas' 53rd county and is the...

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Rex Nelson

The Strenuous Life: End of summer

The Strenuous Life: End of summer

There are very few days that drive me away from my front porch. Our evening ritual almost always includes an informal family meeting there as we...

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Steve Straessle

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: A Setback for the MAGA Media Takeover

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: A Setback for the MAGA Media Takeover

In April, the attorney Norm Eisen was on his way into the Supreme Court as part of the legal team fighting to preserve birthright citizenship when he...

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