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The baked ground and moistless winds are a physical nod to August's nature as a month well acquainted with drought. The austere eighth month also...
Leadership scholars have long observed that every system is perfectly designed to produce the results it produces. This simple observation carries...
History tells us that Republicans have an uphill climb in November to keep control of the House and perhaps the Senate. President Donald Trump isn't...
Shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, I wrote a column under the headline "This Is How World War III Begins." More than four...
Pine Bluff is a community whose people hold it up just as much as its land does. Maybe more than anywhere else, the size of Pine Bluff makes me feel...
More than 220,000 Arkansans have health insurance thanks to our state's Medicaid expansion program. Now, the federal government's rejection of...
The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way home. I feel some sympathy for its long-suffering crew, especially the young sailor who reportedly jumped over...
Democrats are trying to kill food-stamp reforms passed as part of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Republicans should stand firm.
Democrats want to make corruption a potent campaign issue, but have long struggled to land their attacks on President Donald Trump's flagrant...
Lawmakers should recognize when it is time to hand over the reins, but this isn't happening.
The woman in the grocery store checkout line had an accent. While we waited for our items to be rung up, I asked her where she was from.
For a generation, Arkansas communities have faced different housing pressures. Northwest Arkansas is working to keep pace with rapid growth. Rural...
The abrupt departure of longtime loyal White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt could mean Trump 2.0 is winding down, burdened by the Iran war and...
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."--a wise saying
We aren't finished with what has undeniably been a long, hot summer. The weather has brought alternating drought and floods and almost always...
In a social media world, the danger is being over-exposed, and when something is over-exposed ,it is no longer interesting ... if it ever was.
Aren't palindromes fun? Same story, either way you look at them. Since there are apparently only two ways to look at anything these days, my social...
Richard Mason wrote this column (edited here for length) in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, when 19 terrorists hijacked four airliners, then flew one...
In medicine, we don't simply accept a poor outcome and move on. When a patient dies unexpectedly or experiences a serious complication, physicians,...
For six consecutive years, Arkansas has been named the most pro-life state in America by Americans United for Life. However, a new March of Dimes...
Many in our community are taking a hard look at data centers. As one of them, I'd like share my current thoughts--current, because I have changed my...
The co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America was on a network interview, being walked through her organization's platform one item at a time....
As a new academic year approaches, universities face a daunting challenge: How to encourage genuine learning while preparing graduates for a workforce...
Psychologist John Gottman said that nothing is so destructive to a marriage as contempt. Couples can come back from many sorts of conflicts, but not...
Dear Mahatma: An AI search shows Drivetime Mahatma has yet to write about Flock Safety. The worldwide web is full of discussions about these systems....
In his column of Aug. 14, Robert Steinbuch wrote critically of an earlier column written by Barbara Pryor and Gay White, who asked that Arkansas...
Everyone who either lives or has lived in small-town Arkansas can relate to economic out-migration studies that show non-metro counties across America...
Across Arkansas, students are heading back to school. Parents are buying supplies, teachers are preparing lessons, and students are beginning another...
As summer vacation ends and children return to school, record-breaking heat continues across much of the country. Fortunately, many states and...
It's all but official.
It's prime season for weddings, graduations, showers and family reunions. But some of these memory-making moments include staged "send-offs" that come...
How can anyone escape the irony that in this year, as we celebrate 250 years since the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, the...
Golden anniversaries used to be special celebrations in the days when people got married and stayed married.
Last year, mine was one of many farming operations to close in the state of Arkansas. I made the heartbreaking decision to close to protect my...
The surprise defeat of a far-left fringe Democrat in Wisconsin could signal that socialists have finally jumped the shark, paving the way for more...
President Donald Trump's chief negotiating strategy consists of keeping the other party guessing about what he might do next. As this pertains to...
To you your father should be as a god
It was 1966 and already hot in Little Rock in early May about the time Arthur Stanley Deras of Hamtramck, Mich., pulled into the parking lot at...
A job is about more than a paycheck. Work gives people the ability to provide for their families, contribute to their communities, and build a future...
I'm fortunate to be included in electronic distribution lists with thoughtful individuals from every corner of this country and beyond our shores....
Paul Simon's 1986 album "Graceland" is approaching its 40th anniversary. It stands today as the magnum opus of an artist whose work appears many times...
Years ago while trying to figure out what to do with my next century, I tried to help a budding tech company get off the ground. In a nutshell, they...
Two key questions are shaping up in Michigan's U.S. Senate race, and both center on Abdul El-Sayed's embrace of accused antisemitic Internet...
Faced with soaring deficits, an aging population, a teetering pension system, unsustainable health-care obligations, $1 trillion in annual interest...
Because this is a family newspaper, I cannot quote the piquant term that Brandon Herrera, a Republican House candidate in Texas, used to refer to...
Dear Mahatma: The rest stop on U.S. 67 north of Corning near the Missouri state line has recently closed. This seems unreasonable. The new highway...
There is an issue that deeply concerns me which is at the forefront of many discussions in America today.
Jonesboro was Capital City for the Day on Tuesday. It's a neat deal, where the governor brings her entire cabinet to town for various events like...
Who knew motherhood would require so much standing in line?
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