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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Bright lights of I-30 should be shining around June

OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Bright lights of I-30 should be shining around June

Dear Mahatma: It's been quite some time since the Interstate 30 project was finished. Yet none of these lights have been turned back on. Would it be...

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OPINION | Faith Matters: Faith, greedom and the responsibility to serve

OPINION | Faith Matters: Faith, greedom and the responsibility to serve

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are reflecting on two principles that are...

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Poor pushback track record on educational reform

Poor pushback track record on educational reform

If cataclysmic warnings about LEARNS Act provisions seem to ring a bell, it's not your imagination. It's history, and you've heard it all before.

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Saving lives from lung cancer starts with early detection

Saving lives from lung cancer starts with early detection

It starts with a persistent cough. Assuming it's another bout of seasonal allergies, we reach for antihistamines instead of making an appointment with...

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‘Ted Lasso’ cast members share at Season 4 news conference

‘Ted Lasso’ cast members share at Season 4 news conference

Has the show contributed to the popularity of soccer in the States?

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Grateful for people of Arkansas who helped make U of A a success

Grateful for people of Arkansas who helped make U of A a success

Reflecting on my first five years as chancellor of the University of Arkansas, I feel a profound sense of gratitude. I am grateful to the students and...

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COLUMNIST: What John Fetterman forgot about his Senate seat

COLUMNIST: What John Fetterman forgot about his Senate seat

Pennsylvanians were well acquainted with John Fetterman's idiosyncrasies by the time he was elected to the U.S. Senate four years ago. No one had a...

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BRET STEPHENS: Jewish Terrorism Is Also a Threat to Zionism

BRET STEPHENS: Jewish Terrorism Is Also a Threat to Zionism

Because Israel is routinely the victim of double standards--Will Zohran Mamdani ever make a personal cause of denouncing his native Uganda for...

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COLUMNIST: Americans are getting richer all the time, but not necessarily happier

COLUMNIST: Americans are getting richer all the time, but not necessarily happier

It is one of the great paradoxes of our time: Americans have never been richer, or more negative about the economy.

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OTHERS SAY: Hello? Anybody home?

OTHERS SAY: Hello? Anybody home?

Democrats attacked Elon Musk's DOGE initiative with unusual vigor, but who can doubt that a federal behemoth that spends $7 trillion annually has...

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CAL THOMAS: After Trump’s press speech, I’m for bringing back nattering nabobs

CAL THOMAS: After Trump’s press speech, I’m for bringing back nattering nabobs

President Trump's performance at last Friday's retooled White House Correspondents' Dinner made me nostalgic for the days of Vice President Spiro...

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Finding Arkansas care for uncommon sarcoma, bone cancers

Finding Arkansas care for uncommon sarcoma, bone cancers

For patients, receiving a cancer diagnosis can feel intimidating and overwhelming, especially for a rare cancer. July is Sarcoma and Bone Cancer...

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The ‘truth’: Is it out there?

The ‘truth’: Is it out there?

Somewhere around the two-hour mark in JD Vance's nearly three-hour podcast interview last week with Joe Rogan, the pair got into a serious...

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Lighten up on ‘Odyssey’; talk Razorbacks instead

Lighten up on ‘Odyssey’; talk Razorbacks instead

Last Saturday, I saw all three hours of Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey" with Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and Charlize Theron, among others. It was the...

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No more, please; no more

No more, please; no more

"No mas, no mas "--Roberto Duran

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Sharing my best lesson

Sharing my best lesson

A recent column defending LEARNS by Jacob Oliva, the state's secretary of education, coupled with a critical response by Perspective columnist Gwen...

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Play the ball, not the opponent

Play the ball, not the opponent

When I think of tennis one name usually pops up. Folks my age in south Arkansas will recognize it immediately: Myron Schoffner.

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Building a physician pipeline

Building a physician pipeline

The Heartland Whole Health Institute recently released its report on Arkansas' physician shortage, making the case for a graduate medical education...

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AI fears overblown; technology is root of human progress

AI fears overblown; technology is root of human progress

A reader named Karl sent me a newspaper column that raged against data centers and artificial intelligence. He hoped I'd give him a different point of...

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We failed Ben: ‘A republic—if you can keep it’

We failed Ben: ‘A republic—if you can keep it’

You know, or should know, that when Benjamin Franklin emerged from the last session of the Constitutional Convention, he was asked if that body had...

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OTHERS SAY: On the clock: The end of Daylight Saving Time?

OTHERS SAY: On the clock: The end of Daylight Saving Time?

Will the nation's biannual ritual of moving the clock backward and forward an hour soon be a thing of the past? Perhaps, but it's no sure thing.

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MICHELLE GOLDBERG: No wonder Elon Musk hates ‘The Odyssey’

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: No wonder Elon Musk hates ‘The Odyssey’

Elon Musk is still mad about "The Odyssey."

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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Weiner, Greasy Corner and Goobertown: Keep an eye on your signs

Dear Mahatma: Did you know the most stolen highway signs in Arkansas are the ones going into Weiner on U.S. 49? -- Smart Guy

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Trump priorities in second term aren’t everyday concerns

Priorities. Normal folks set them every day just to make it through the day.

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Attendance required to best protect voting rights

Laws with good intentions leading to unintended bad consequences is American politics 101. There are lots of cases, but the one I want to single out...

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Tech companies and government should be on side of parents and kids

We live in a technological age. We have access to information anytime and anywhere. When used properly, that technology brings people together in ways...

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OTHERS SAY: DSA carries the stench of 1917

The Democratic Socialists of America are having a moment, with candidates winning Democratic congressional primaries in New York and Colorado. Given...

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Yes, Virginia, there is a buyer’s market for houses

Sir, I am 28 years old. Some of my friends who rent say that there is no such thing as a buyer's market, that it is not a good time to buy a house,...

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COLUMNIST: Friction and all those data centers

If you are an AI doomer, as a majority of Americans are, then you might find New York's one-year moratorium on new data centers reassuring: No matter...

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STAR PARKER: Arkansas, and Gov. Sarah Sanders, doing education right

Amid celebrations of our nation's 250th birthday, Gallup serves up a sobering portrait of general dissatisfaction with our nation's core institutions.

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COLUMNIST: The heat is on (so is the AC)

Last month's heat wave killed an estimated 440 people per day at its peak in England and Wales--more than 100 times the daily toll from road crashes...

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OTHERS SAY: Hey kids, what’s the air quality index today?

Remember when planning a summer day meant glancing out the window to see if it might rain?

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STAR PARKER: Candace Owens is undermining Charlie Kirk’s work

Societies, like individuals, can become sick. And, as with individuals, the symptoms point to the pathology.

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COLUMNIST: Are these really the right priorities for Pete Hegseth?

During a recent visit to a Navy ship, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly became angry after seeing sailors with facial hair. The Navy requires...

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CAL THOMAS: The more things change …

The French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr knew what he was talking about when in 1849 he coined the phrase "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme...

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Move over, Bill: Arkansas’ McCuen had nothing on Trump

A long time ago, when I worked for Arkansas' environmental agency, each year employees throughout state government looked forward to obtaining the...

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