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Editor's note: The original version of this column was published Oct. 19, 2021. I feel certain most of those reading have observed the unmistakable...
"There is nothing on this Earth more to be prized than true friendship."--Thomas Aquinas Over the past two decades I've written each spring about Ken...
Seven unrestrained pit bulls attacked and killed a 46-year-old bicycle rider earlier this month as he cycled peacefully through a Kansas City...
We experienced an evening to remember the other night when that tornado-generating storm pushed through from Texas, causing flash flooding. The...
What say we take a little break from irresponsible dog owners, FOIA violations, corruption, some legislators' constant obsession to pollute rather...
When it rains it pours, some weather observer adviser once noted. I know in life that's the case, and at this stage of my own, the deluge of living is...
It keeps happening. Innocent people convicted and imprisoned on bogus evidence, in many instances through corrupt behavior by authorities, are freed...
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission unanimously voted the other day to adopt changes to a state regulation that would make permanent...
Editor's note: The original version of this column was published March 13, 2004. I was born in 1946, at the leading edge of the war-baby generation....
From all I have read by people who should know, the relationship between birds and humans has been complex and significant for many thousands of...
Maulings go on endlessly worldwide as irresponsible large-dog owners continually fail to adequately restrain their canines, leaving them to freely...
To hear what some of the latest surveys show comparing states on various matters, our beloved Arkansas sounds like a treacherous place. Yet to those...
Today at 3:28 a.m. by Mike Masterson At times I find myself struggling with something unexpected that happens to me, only to realize what truly...
I hadn't attended a funeral in years. They've never been my favorite ceremony and whenever possible, I made excuses to avoid them, preferring to bid...
Editor's note: The original version of this column was published May 20, 2001. A secret of sorts floats through the rural hollows of the Ozark...
September 10, 2024 at 3:05 a.m. by Mike Masterson Comments When I was young, my mother would regularly read fairy tales and fables before bed. Not...
The responsibility for permitting and acting as watchdog over large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOS) in Arkansas appears on the verge of...