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Breakup, Part Deux: Do the right thing, politicians, or go

Breakup, Part Deux: Do the right thing, politicians, or go

Dear politicians,

yesterday 10

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COLUMNIST: Could Marco Rubio inherit the MAGA mantle?

COLUMNIST: Could Marco Rubio inherit the MAGA mantle?

Democrats are increasingly turning their sights on Secretary of State Marco Rubio--belittling everything from his shoes to his leadership of President...

yesterday 10

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OTHERS SAY: Y’all aren’t so bad

OTHERS SAY: Y’all aren’t so bad

Americans are a proud bunch. We are a nation founded on the principles of freedom and the rule of law, and our commitment to these values has...

yesterday 10

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Arkansas’ Acuff has the goods to be simply the best

Arkansas’ Acuff has the goods to be simply the best

At the risk of fiddling while America's burning, let's talk about what really matters to Arkansas voters: Darius Acuff Jr.

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OTHERS SAY: Repeal the Jones Act

OTHERS SAY: Repeal the Jones Act

An antiquated 105-year-old American law threatens to exacerbate the energy shocks triggered by the Iran war. President Donald Trump should urge...

previous day 10

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First flight for a Smackover girl

First flight for a Smackover girl

This is a first-person account of my wife Vertis Mason's flight to join me in Benghazi, Libya.

previous day 10

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Saving shouldn’t be complicated

Saving shouldn’t be complicated

Americans are struggling to save any money, let alone enough for major bills like tuition, a home or retirement. A new government initiative has the...

previous day 10

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Helping teachers build sustainable careers

Helping teachers build sustainable careers

When I was in second grade, my class made a small tile for a project about what we wanted to be when we grew up. Mine said I wanted to be a teacher.

previous day 10

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Gather gladness: Dark days doth disperse

Gather gladness: Dark days doth disperse

Maybe it's because I'm getting older. Like, officially old. But I can't really tolerate winter anymore. Which means I was really intolerant of pretty...

previous day 10

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Ideas about gender relations

Ideas about gender relations

The war with Iran has captured our attention, and importantly so. Yet other matters must continue to be addressed. For instance, sex is a four-letter...

previous day 5

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What do we tell the kids?

What do we tell the kids?

In February, David Brooks, the thoughtful moderate voice of The New York Times for more than two decades, finally hung it up. On his way out the door,...

previous day 6

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Rethinking options of school choice

Rethinking options of school choice

Over the past year, many of us have watched artificial intelligence transform what technology can do. Tasks that seemed impossible just months ago can...

previous day 7

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COLUMNIST: Celebrating Ireland’s contradictions

COLUMNIST: Celebrating Ireland’s contradictions

I won't let St. Patrick's Day pass without wearing something green and reaching for a glass of something that has been produced through fermentation...

saturday 10

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Debater posits AI likely to shift, not reduce overall jobs

Debater posits AI likely to shift, not reduce overall jobs

Will an artificially intelligent bot take your job? Find out by watching a fascinating debate on OpenToDebate.com.

saturday 10

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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Stuck on red? Proceed at your own risk

OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Stuck on red? Proceed at your own risk

Dear Mahatma: I work until 1 a.m. on Friday nights. Driving home the stop lights at Shackleford Road and Kanis Road, and Shackleford and Bowman Road,...

13.03.2026 2

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Irish impressions for St. Patrick’s Day

Irish impressions for St. Patrick’s Day

Next Tuesday will pay homage to the "wearing of the green," with "top o' the morning" greetings and major and minor celebrations of all things Irish.

13.03.2026 10

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A five-year sprint to cut U.S. maternal mortality in half

A five-year sprint to cut U.S. maternal mortality in half

I am a mother of three raising my family in Arkansas--a state that has confronted hard truths about maternal health and chosen to act. It is time the...

13.03.2026 10

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OTHERS SAY: Feeling a draft

OTHERS SAY: Feeling a draft

When Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt Sunday whether the war in Iran might require ground troops or...

13.03.2026 10

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BRET STEPHENS: What’s next in the Iran War?

BRET STEPHENS: What’s next in the Iran War?

The most famous query in the history of modern warfare came from David Petraeus, then a major general, in an interview with Rick Atkinson, then a...

12.03.2026 10

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Save Arkansas’ window on the world by speaking up for PBS

Save Arkansas’ window on the world by speaking up for PBS

"What can we do?"

12.03.2026 10

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COLUMNIST: The tightrope

COLUMNIST: The tightrope

Donald Trump has chosen to govern as a wartime president. But history shows that military strength abroad rarely saves a president who is losing...

12.03.2026 10

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OTHERS SAY: Now the political right has a problem with an antisemitic fringe

OTHERS SAY: Now the political right has a problem with an antisemitic fringe

Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens wasted no time turning the Iran war into raw material for their anti‑Israel worldview, re-arranging facts to fit a...

12.03.2026 10

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COLUMNIST: Can AI win March Madness?

COLUMNIST: Can AI win March Madness?

The end of the college basketball season is fast approaching. Selection Sunday is less than a week away, with dozens of teams waiting to see where...

11.03.2026 10

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STAR PARKER: As the nation closes in on its 250th birthday, some of us are still grateful to live here

STAR PARKER: As the nation closes in on its 250th birthday, some of us are still grateful to live here

Jack Hughes delivered the gold medal to the U.S. ice hockey team in the winter Olympics, scoring the winning goal in overtime play.

11.03.2026 10

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OTHERS SAY: It was time for action in Iran

OTHERS SAY: It was time for action in Iran

"Even before taking office, I made clear that Iran would not be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon on my watch."

09.03.2026 10

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Beyond the diagnosis: Holistic support eases the cancer journey

Beyond the diagnosis: Holistic support eases the cancer journey

Nearly everyone can benefit from exploring their feelings and emotions. Yet the American Journal of Public Health found the majority of those facing...

09.03.2026 10

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Funeral for my friends

Funeral for my friends

For those of us growing up in the 1970s, Elton John bestrode the world like a colossus. A lot of us love his work.

08.03.2026 10

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Self-bagging might save the planet

Self-bagging might save the planet

Friends are commenting about the recent 104-degree heat in Texas. It's not that unusual in the summer months. But in February? Locally, we're not...

08.03.2026 20

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Making cancer care accessible

Making cancer care accessible

"There is a difference between what the facility feels like in Little Rock and what we have available here," a woman told me in 2017 as I walked...

08.03.2026 20

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Assorted bois d’arc miscellany

Assorted bois d’arc miscellany

One afternoon in February, after the ice thawed, I set out from downtown Little Rock for my friend's house in the Heights. The first 45 minutes were...

08.03.2026 20

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Scratching the itch: News on the Clintons’ testimony, Trump and Iran

Scratching the itch: News on the Clintons’ testimony, Trump and Iran

Journalists appreciate The New York Times' motto, "All the news that's fit to print." However, as a Donald Trump-era opinion writer, I like the motto...

08.03.2026 20

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COLUMNIST: A lot of work still to come in Iran

COLUMNIST: A lot of work still to come in Iran

Killing the tyrant doesn't assure the tyranny will end.

07.03.2026 10

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A shared moment for Arkansas philanthropy

A shared moment for Arkansas philanthropy

When you lead a nonprofit, one of the many resources you don't have is time. We are responding to families who need safe housing, students who need...

07.03.2026 10

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OTHERS SAY: What Texas tells us

OTHERS SAY: What Texas tells us

Early political signals emerging from Texas may offer a revealing preview of the national mood heading into the 2026 midterm elections. While one...

07.03.2026 20

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MICHELLE GOLDBERG: Trump was never anti-war

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: Trump was never anti-war

In 2023, JD Vance, then a freshman senator from Ohio, endorsed Donald Trump for president in a Wall Street Journal column headlined, "Trump's Best...

07.03.2026 20

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Using Microsoft OneDrive can keep your PCs in sync

Using Microsoft OneDrive can keep your PCs in sync

A reader named Sam told me he has a problem. His Windows computers aren't playing nice with each other. Unlike his iPad and iPhone, they're never in...

07.03.2026 20

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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Arkansas takes reflective approach to road sign visibility

OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Arkansas takes reflective approach to road sign visibility

Dear Road Guru: Driving home from the airport after midnight recently, we noticed the big green signs above the roads were barely readable. Why aren't...

06.03.2026 4

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An icy fall and a lesson on friendship and the kindness of strangers

An icy fall and a lesson on friendship and the kindness of strangers

An aloneness enveloped me. I was plopped down on the snowy wet darkness of my condo's parking lot. A patch of ice had reduced me to an awkward sitting...

06.03.2026 8

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No performative patriotism: Dissenters, reformers are true patriots

No performative patriotism: Dissenters, reformers are true patriots

Maybe it's because the U.S. just started another war or the Olympics just ended, or maybe it's because baseball season is about to begin or maybe it's...

06.03.2026 6

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Amid all the statistics, Arkansas overachievement

Amid all the statistics, Arkansas overachievement

We are one-quarter of the way through the 21st century, which seems a fitting time to cast a glance back at how the state of Arkansas has trended...

06.03.2026 4

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OTHERS SAY: The most vulnerable

OTHERS SAY: The most vulnerable

We're a society obsessed with kids--how best to educate them, when to introduce technology into their lives, how they eat, sleep and dress. Many of...

06.03.2026 5

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Colorectal cancer doesn’t wait for age 50; neither should screening

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a reminder that colorectal cancer remains one of the most common--and deadly--cancers in the United...

05.03.2026 10

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Is a plan in the works?

The weekend attack on Iran by the United States and Israel can be viewed not as the start of a new war, but rather a fresh battle in the four-decade...

05.03.2026 10

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OTHERS SAY: Vague and inadequate explanations on Iran war

There should be no mourning the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other members of top Iran leadership killed by joint U.S....

05.03.2026 10

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BRET STEPHENS: Doing the free world a favor

President Donald Trump is being criticized from many quarters for his decision to join Israel in a war to topple the Iranian regime, which Saturday...

05.03.2026 10

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COLUMNIST: Killing an enemy leader often escalates conflict and chaos

The U.S. and Israel gambled on "decapitation" in Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and many others. History shows the danger of this...

04.03.2026 6

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OTHERS SAY: Chance of a lifetime

The death of medieval theocratic dictator of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei--a diabolical fanatic who pursued nuclear weapons--is a moment of celebration.

04.03.2026 4

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OPINION | CAL THOMAS: Promises kept?

If you wanted to look at it this way, President Trump is keeping his promise to end wars by taking out an Iranian regime that has made war on us and...

04.03.2026 9

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OPINION: Congress needs to step up in its oversight of war powers

After serving for 30 years in the Marine Corps, I am extremely interested in the use of our armed forces. As I listened to President Trump's recent...

04.03.2026 7

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COLUMNIST: Must reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible

Whether President Donald Trump wins the Third Gulf War will depend a lot on whether the Pentagon can effectively reopen the Strait of Hormuz for oil...

04.03.2026 5

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