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Ernie Dumas, a venerated Arkansas political journalist, has an opinion essay and historical essay -- that's the same piece -- in the latest...
I'm in my room at The Haywood, one of the state's finest hotels, and I have two books to keep me company.
Well, in case you haven't noticed, June 1 kicked off hurricane season. Of course, if you have never lived on the Gulf Coast, that's a...
As the years slowly slip by, it is easy to ignore the gradual climate changes as they occur and consider that these are just the extreme fluctuations...
The Texas Republican runoff for the U.S. Senate was won handily Tuesday by the Trump-endorsed and ethically challenged MAGA firebrand.
A Republican state legislator has asked Gov. Sarah Sanders to call a special session--which we just had, with that session coming immediately after...
Few things annoy me more than a social-media feeding frenzy. It's particularly annoying when I see normally calm, thoughtful people who are...
I had to throw away the first column I had written about how bad doing away with the U of A tennis program was and how it accomplished nothing....
Reporters' questions at news conferences have irked me all my newspaper life.
I remember after getting the logging equipment set up how it crossed my mind: "Thirteen days to go." We had a schedule that called for a...
In the next 20 years, it is very likely that today's routine lifestyles will change dramatically whether we like it or not. It will be a result...
Supporters of saving PBS programming on state public television in Arkansas should beware.
With the agricultural sector in crisis, Hallie Shoffner picked a good year to run for the U.S. Senate. Of course, Shoffner is running as a Democrat,...
This is not a very important column. But it's fun for me and it might be for you.
I'm often asked to speak about economic development in Arkansas. There was a time when my speeches focused on northwest Arkansas and how that...
A massive poll for NBC taken over the first couple of weeks of the month showed Donald Trump's approval rating at an all-time low. But other...
Several of my readers have asked me about the Greek and Roman ruins in Libya, and while I'm not an Anthropologist or an Archeologist, I've...
On Monday, preachers in Arkansas, including even the Republichristians and the Southern MAGAbaptists, were publicly expressing deep disapproval of...
When I lived in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s, my favorite way to start each morning was with a cup of coffee and a copy of The Washington Post. If...
At least we know now that Arkansas is pure.
Because of the quality of public duck hunting it offers, Arkansas' George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area might be the most...
I think one of the prime reasons Vertis and I decided to move back to Arkansas from South Texas was the climate. It was a difficult decision because...
If you haven't been in a conversation lately with people agreeing that the whole cast of Washington politicians ought to be run out of office,...
This week, when I was walking my usual route from my house on Calion Road in El Dorado and, as I turned down Long's Blow Pipe Road (North Smith...
A guest piece in the opinion section recently of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette railed disingenuously against a percolating public initiative for a...
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks of Fayetteville is the man you want whenever these legislators of ours try to pull some unconstitutional stunt...
As we are now in the season of Lent, which is a foreshadow of the death of Jesus Christ. It all adds up to Easter. During the Lent season, we sing...
As I look back on my life from pre-teen to senior status, I can easily say I have spent literally thousands of hours hunting in our woods, fishing in...
(NOTE: This is a first-person account of Vertis' flight to join me in Benghazi, Libya.) It was the fall of 1963, and I can remember it like it...
I like it when true conservative Bradley Gitz writes the truth about the personal disgrace that is Donald Trump, standing up for real conservatism...
It presents a nearly perfect case study of our political polarization and dysfunction. It is a microcosm of us. It explains and laments both the right...
Effective Communication, civic engagement and community participation is the cornerstone of a thriving community, reflecting our collective voice and...
People are the key to any downtown large or small, and a "dead" downtown or mall is a downtown or mall without people. Countless downtowns...
El Dorado is being asked in March to make a decision that isn't really political. It's practical. Voters will decide whether to approve a...
In your Sunday February 22, 2026, addition of the El Dorado News-Times you published an opinion piece letter signed by "--Anonymous". The...
As Fire Chief of the El Dorado Fire Department, I feel a responsibility to speak plainly about what the proposed sales tax to support our local...
Matthew Lyon lived a life that made him a witness to some of the most important events and figures of early American History. An Irish immigrant, he...
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