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BRET STEPHENS: France comes unglugged (again)

BRET STEPHENS: France comes unglugged (again)

American liberals have often looked to France for a model of what they would like to see in the United States: universal health care; low-cost day...

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A vendor’s paperwork is part of your fire-safety system’s protection

A vendor’s paperwork is part of your fire-safety system’s protection

Most Arkansans will never see a sprinkler head open or a kitchen hood system discharge. That's the point. Most Arkansas businesses have fire...

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COLUMNIST: Your flu shot is overdue

COLUMNIST: Your flu shot is overdue

This fall, like every other, I try to game the flu season. My goal, always, is to get my vaccine at just the right moment: before the first cases pop...

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OTHERS SAY: Sea of red ink gets deeper and deeper

OTHERS SAY: Sea of red ink gets deeper and deeper

The federal government managed to become even more fiscally inept during the past fiscal year, running a deficit of nearly $2 trillion, according to...

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COLUMNIST: Conceded putts

COLUMNIST: Conceded putts

If you watch as many of President Donald Trump's rally speeches as I do--and I watch them at levels no one has ever seen before--you begin to hear the...

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STAR PARKER: One place for government: Protecting the rest of us from scammers

STAR PARKER: One place for government: Protecting the rest of us from scammers

Americans lose billions of dollars every year to online scams, and the problem is getting worse.

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Rediscovering a Civil War diary

Rediscovering a Civil War diary

In 2018, I stopped by the Johnson County (Ark.) Historical Association to visit with retired physician Don Pennington, a friend who volunteered to...

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CAL THOMAS: The Republicans should be ahead in the race for midterms

CAL THOMAS: The Republicans should be ahead in the race for midterms

If politics was logical, Republicans should be leading in the polls and looking forward to maintaining, even expanding, their congressional...

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COLUMNIST: Why France is burning

COLUMNIST: Why France is burning

Anyone walking along the boulevards of Paris on Sunday afternoon will have sensed the "shame and anger" described by President Emmanuel Macron after a...

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Season of empathy: Make room for questions in vaccination conversations

Season of empathy: Make room for questions in vaccination conversations

Here in Arkansas, fall means football, community gatherings, and looking ahead to the holidays. Many families are considering what they can do to stay...

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COLUMNIST: Democrats need an agenda, not theatrics

COLUMNIST: Democrats need an agenda, not theatrics

With a month to go until midterm elections, Democrats find themselves in better shape than expected. Odds are, they'll win the House and perhaps a...

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Paragons of rank incompetence

Paragons of rank incompetence

Bret Stephens: Americans are growing hostile to artificial intelligence. I've warned that letting AI write for you can be brain-eating,...

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Silencing the voice of freedom

Silencing the voice of freedom

In March of last year, a beacon of democracy for much of the world for the last 83 years, the storied Voice of America radio network, went dark. It...

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When MTG comes to her senses, it’s time to jump ship on Trump

When MTG comes to her senses, it’s time to jump ship on Trump

Friends outside Arkansas often take pity on me for feeling the way I do about President Donald Trump and living here. I appreciate it. I've lost track...

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OTHERS SAY: For Pete’s sake

OTHERS SAY: For Pete’s sake

Nearly two years into his role as secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth has yet to leave his old job as a Fox News host behind. His recent "State of the...

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War Memorial Stadium needs Hogs

War Memorial Stadium needs Hogs

I know what you may be thinking: This guy is about to rave and bluster about what an injustice it is that the Hogs do not play a few of their games at...

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Cancer care, here at home

Cancer care, here at home

When an Arkansan hears the words, "You have cancer," the last thing that patient wants to hear next is, "You need to leave the state for care."

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Taint not thy mind

Taint not thy mind

In Act I, Scene V of "Hamlet," the ghost of Prince Hamlet's father informs him that Claudius, Hamlet's uncle and his father's brother, murdered...

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Time for deus ex machina?

Time for deus ex machina?

Will Americans survive the feverish doomsaying that is getting louder each day?

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Taking on global warming, step by step

Taking on global warming, step by step

October is National Energy Awareness Month, and according to WalletHub, 58 percent of Americans are saying "Protecting the Environment" should be...

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All Arkansans deserve quality health care close to home

All Arkansans deserve quality health care close to home

In health care, distance is measured in more than miles. It can be measured in the months someone waits to see a specialist, or in the manageable...

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COLUMNIST: The U.S.’ sign of weakness in Ukraine

COLUMNIST: The U.S.’ sign of weakness in Ukraine

Last week, President Donald Trump shocked the world by easing sanctions on Russia to allow the sale of Russian diesel fuel to the United States and...

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OPINION | Drivetime Mahatma: Still no restrooms for the weary on I-40 stretch between Little Rock and West Memphis

OPINION | Drivetime Mahatma: Still no restrooms for the weary on I-40 stretch between Little Rock and West Memphis

Dear Mahatma: On Interstate 40 from Little Rock to West Memphis, all the rest area facilities are closed. For those of us who have to go on the go,...

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Man up, Tom Cotton: Show Arkansas who you really are

Man up, Tom Cotton: Show Arkansas who you really are

After a five-and-a-half-year absence, Tom Cotton has recently discovered a state called Arkansas. Pretending that he cares about Arkansas and the...

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Non-news you can use: Fall poetry for the soul

Non-news you can use: Fall poetry for the soul

If the forecast is right, it's a lot cooler today than it was earlier in the week.

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JD Vance: Destroy families and get rich

JD Vance: Destroy families and get rich

In a podcast interview dated Sept. 29 of this year, Vice President JD Vance offered the following argument to justify mass deportations:

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Tice, Farmington welcome challenge at Greenwood

Football fans at all levels are familiar with the term "bulletin board material," which are words or actions that can get an opponent riled up before...

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Vote against enablers; use your anger well

Vote against enablers; use your anger well

Number 19 on the American Film Institute's (AFI) 2005 list of the 100 greatest American movie quotes is, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take...

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COLUMNIST: Trump administration’s raiding of U.S. representative’s house is chancy

COLUMNIST: Trump administration’s raiding of U.S. representative’s house is chancy

An embattled President Donald Trump is undertaking a risky gambit raiding the home of controversial Squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar just seven weeks...

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BRET STEPHENS: Western Civ Lessons for Team Trump

BRET STEPHENS: Western Civ Lessons for Team Trump

For at least the second time this year, Marco Rubio delivered a stirring speech championing the virtues of Western civilization--"a civilization," he...

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COLUMNIST: What’s on TV tonight? How about an execution?

COLUMNIST: What’s on TV tonight? How about an execution?

One night in 2005, I sat in a church in Texas listening to a lecture by Helen Prejean, the prominent opponent of capital punishment. Her book about...

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STAR PARKER: The Hyde Amendment turns 50

STAR PARKER: The Hyde Amendment turns 50

As the federal government entered fiscal year 2027 on Oct. 1, we marked the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment's application to federal...

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COLUMNIST: The swamp gets smaller

COLUMNIST: The swamp gets smaller

The swamp may not be drained, but it's shrinking.

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COLUMNIST: Risk taking might be the price of progress

COLUMNIST: Risk taking might be the price of progress

"Nobody knows anything," the screenwriter William Goldman famously said of the movie business. Much the same can be said today for artificial...

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Beyond the pink ribbon: Advanced breast cancer care available in Arkansas

Beyond the pink ribbon: Advanced breast cancer care available in Arkansas

Each October, it is encouraging to see so many organizations, communities, and Arkansans find ways to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From...

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There’s a lot more to life than just politics

There’s a lot more to life than just politics

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...

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Menopause matters in midterms

Menopause matters in midterms

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...

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Testing the limits of the tech boom

Testing the limits of the tech boom

Elon Musk has been a mixed blessing for Wall Street. His mega-financing deals have generated lucrative investment-banking fees while reshaping global...

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Dancing in a cotton field

Dancing in a cotton field

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...

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Year of joy in reimagined Main Library

Year of joy in reimagined Main Library

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...

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Constructing a ‘Supreme Intelligence’

Constructing a ‘Supreme Intelligence’

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...

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OTHERS SAY: Hamas’ PR war

It's been three years since Hamas terrorists breached Israel's border and launched a savage assault, killing, burning, kidnapping and raping innocent...

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COLUMNIST: This buffoon knows bad taste when he sees and hears it

I went to bed at a decent hour Monday night and got a pretty good sleep.

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OPINION | Faith Matters: Every day we strive to serve one another

We live in a time when individuality and personal fulfillment are highly valued. We are encouraged to prioritize our own happiness, choose ourselves,...

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OPINION | Drivetime Mahatma: Arkansas’ annual all-electric vehicle fee a jolt

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....

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Good neighbors, hardworking public servants source of pride

"You can be a good neighbor only if you have good neighbors."

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Depravity on display at Cornell and the rot within

Getting into Cornell University is no easy feat. Prospective applicants must start their application planning between the eighth and ninth grades,...

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I don’t teach down to my students, and they’re rising to the challenge

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...

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Arkansas has always had a wealth of natural gas

Everywhere we go these days, people are discussing energy costs and security. A divisive national debate and international conflicts aside, it's...

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