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Because there are sometimes too many topics to cover in just one; we have columns like this one.
"Nobody knows anything," the screenwriter William Goldman famously said of the movie business. Much the same can be said today for artificial...
Each October, it is encouraging to see so many organizations, communities, and Arkansans find ways to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From...
A $600 putter can remove a complication from your stroke. Doubt is harder to engineer away.
With the midterms 23 days away, football season in high gear and movies in theaters, today's column is a hodgepodge of politics, sports and...
This is the time of year when I get called a buzzkill by Democrats who complain that right-leaning columnists don't kill Republican buzzes the way I...
With polls showing the 2026 Arkansas governor's race tightening, this is a good time to review the 1980 race for governor. Gov. Sarah Sanders' first...
On Sept. 16, the Senate held its first hearing on the dismal state of federally funded menopause research and vast gaps in treatment and care. Within...
A friend on Facebook posted an image the other day titled, "What You're Actually Voting For in 2026." She wrote that she was "not playing games" with...
A friend recently fell seriously ill and developed sepsis. The doctor in his rural clinic ordered his immediate transfer to a large city hospital for...
Elon Musk has been a mixed blessing for Wall Street. His mega-financing deals have generated lucrative investment-banking fees while reshaping global...
Serendipity is an unexpected stroke of good fortune that leads to a happy discovery. It showed up on a recent early morning as I was walking my dog...
There is a song that came out of west Texas several decades ago. The refrain from an oilman is "All you need to really succeed in life is one good...
Earlier this year, when we as a country were collectively cheering for the astronauts on NASA's Artemis II lunar mission, the term "moon joy" became a...
On Sept. 19, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social platform a poll in which followers could vote on renaming the general concept of...
I have become a boss, a development I had spent a fair portion of my working life trying to prevent.
Fifty years after ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ Anne Rice’s New Orleans still offers a seductive view of immortality — and a long account of...
In the 1950 census, Mississippi County had 82,375 residents. It was among Arkansas' largest, most prosperous counties. Local boosters called it the...
I sat reading a novel, shaking my head as revelation poured over me.
It's been three years since Hamas terrorists breached Israel's border and launched a savage assault, killing, burning, kidnapping and raping innocent...
I went to bed at a decent hour Monday night and got a pretty good sleep.
I don't mind that college football players are being paid. I mind that we have constructed an elaborate apparatus for paying them while continuing to...
We live in a time when individuality and personal fulfillment are highly valued. We are encouraged to prioritize our own happiness, choose ourselves,...
Dear Mahatma: I am not even going to start — well, I just did — on the stupidity of me paying $200 extra per year for my Chevy Bolt EV renewal....
In the inaugural episode of “Sessions,” we talk with two Arkansas writers receiving major literary honors this year: Jeffrey Condran, winner of...
"You can be a good neighbor only if you have good neighbors."
Getting into Cornell University is no easy feat. Prospective applicants must start their application planning between the eighth and ninth grades,...
There's a phrase I sometimes hear from teachers that gives me pause: "I just meet my kids where they are." Now, there's nothing wrong with giving...
Three years have passed since the attack by Palestinian terrorists in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, directed at civilians in their homes and attendees at a...
Graphic novelist Nate Powell talks “Diana,” the rhythms of comics and what remains of the punk ethic as an artist grows older.
With ‘Diana,’ Nate Powell completes an Arkansas trilogy whose restless art and intricate storytelling explore music, memory and the difficulty of...
If Hallie Shoffner has any chance to pull off a dramatic upset of U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton--and the national Democratic Party and media don't seem to...
Everywhere we go these days, people are discussing energy costs and security. A divisive national debate and international conflicts aside, it's...
JAFFA, Israel--"Three days before I got released, the Hamas commanders came to tell me, 'Listen, Avinatan, say hi to your family, then pack your...
In my Comp 2 college class I sometimes teach a short story about the Vietnam war called "The Things They Carried" by Vietnam veteran Tim O'Brien. It...
I was sitting there impressed with how clever the "Gridiron" was and wondering if the self-spoofing essence of real contemporary politics was making...
What I ended up writing in last week's column was far more serious than the topic I originally intended, for good reason. The reactions from men to...
The initial idea in Mississippi County was to create an exhibit featuring the history of what had once been Blytheville Air Force Base. That exhibit...
Diligent news consumers might have noticed a story recently about a MAGA Missouri senator who humiliated himself before the nation by spinning a...
As concerns about the cost and availability of energy have increased among American consumers, Democrats in the House and Senate have stepped up...
For students, alumni and fans, there's nothing like college football on an autumn afternoon. The thrill of the action, the roar of the crowd, and the...
You can't escape them unless you turn off the TV. One after another, with barely enough time for commercials hawking adult diapers and a cure for toe...
Donald Trump couldn't have provided a better in-kind contribution to Tom Cotton's re-election campaign if he'd tried, which I don't think was the...
Americans claim a peculiar prerogative: the right to become someone else.
What if we got it all wrong? That's the question that usually goes through my mind at this point in every election cycle. Because 25 years of...
Reissues from Elvis Costello, Hole, Coleman Hawkins and the Beatles offer another chance to hear what made the records matter in the first place.
It's quieter around town, and morning traffic is heavier. It's official--kids are back in school. As students filled Arkansas classrooms last month,...
Less than a month from midterm elections, here are the four factors that will likely matter most:
I sat in War Memorial Stadium, watching the pageantry that is high school football. I usually sit in the north end zone on a padded bench since my...
With Republicans already facing an uphill battle in next month's elections, President Donald Trump is further handicapping them by doubling down on...
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