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ROBERT STEINBUCH: The struggle continues

ROBERT STEINBUCH: The struggle continues

Last week, the Arkansas Court of Appeals soundly affirmed the well-reasoned decision of then-Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Mackie Pierce...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Never again, again

ROBERT STEINBUCH: Never again, again

The phrase "Never Again," the rallying cry of post-Holocaust Jewry, describes the imperative that Jews don't repeat the naive belief that Hitler...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Antisemitism again

Over two years ago, I wrote about the taxpayer-funded, Saudi-autocrat-denominated institute--the King Fahd Center for Middle Eastern Studies--at the...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Never Again

The father of the modern Zionist movement to establish a Jewish national home was Theodor Herzl, an Austrian-Jewish journalist and playwright. In...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Fayetteville funding

You will recall that after the provost (the No. 2 administrative position) of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville chose Emily Suski, professor...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Know your Friends

Statewide, there will be a runoff election on March 31 for those primary (partisan) elections where no candidate won over 50 percent of the vote last...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Voter accomplishment

This week Arkansas held its primary and judicial elections--although I still don't understand why we don't choose judges in November. A few weeks ago,...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: The law is not an idiot

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: March Madness

30.01.2026 10

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: You decide

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Stuck in a Fox hole

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OPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Dodging transparency

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OPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: A possible case for impropriety

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There’s light in the darkness

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OPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Intent matters

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Column: Hot Checks

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OPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Hot checks

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OPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Time for action

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Beware the genealogy tribunal

28.11.2025 10

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Why not consult current edition?

You ever get a song stuck in your head? Me too.

01.11.2025 10

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In our land

The Bible reads: “For there will never cease to be needy within the land.

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Notice of dismissal

I told you that I’d keep you informed regarding the scandalous social-media postings of Felicia Branch, the recently hired and more recently...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Speech and judgment

I've been asked repeatedly when I think we'll see the results of the investigation of the scandalous social-media postings of Felicia Branch, the...

11.10.2025 9

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Watch what you say

Each year, my school, the University of Arkansas-Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, welcomes new students in a ceremony most recently...

04.10.2025 10

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Red flags unfurled

Repeatedly, I've been asked to expound on the multiple news reports about the recently hired professor at my school, the University of Arkansas-Little...

27.09.2025 10

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: I am Charlie

Charlie Kirk became inextricably intertwined with Arkansas in 2017 when then-undergraduate Ashlyn Hoggard (now Everette) had her free speech rights...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: How about a money back guarantee?

Generally, we should encourage our next generations to pursue some form of post-high school education, as employment opportunities remain limited...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Arkansas first, again!

The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education is a private not-for-profit medical school located in Fort Smith.

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Free speech, again

Steven Melton is an Arkansas pro-life evangelical Christian--in other words, an average Arky.

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: New math

This paper reported on the University of Arkansas-Little Rock William H.

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Just showing up

Two weeks ago, Ryan Anderson wrote about the University of Arkansas-Little Rock William H.

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Ersatz education

Conservatives eschew drastic shifts and change for change's sake for good reason.

09.08.2025 10

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Something in the water

You will recall my previous columns about Central Arkansas Water Authority in which I critiqued: 1.

02.08.2025 10

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: With enemies like this… .

I was interested to read a recent letter to this paper from Guy Lancaster, the editor of Central Arkansas Library System's Encyclopedia of Arkansas,...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Old school, baby

My colleague Gwen Faulkenberry wrote a fine column last week about how to handle artificial intelligence in the classroom.

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Arkansas first

Last week, I was delighted to read on these pages that roughly three-quarters of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' students are from...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Republican poll tax

Filing fees for political offices across the country typically are set by statute and collected by state government. In Arkansas, however, political...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Judging books by their covers

An article titled "Central Arkansas Library System unveils new 5-year strategic plan: Library system to continue minority community focus" ran on...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: News that fits

As you know, I often cover the improper use of race and gender (pigment and plumbing) in higher education and elsewhere.

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Wheels of justice

In the federal court system, parties can litigate in up to three separate courts of increasing authority.

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Not a technicality

You might recall my recent reporting of the events surrounding the car accident of Richard Womack Jr.,

07.06.2025 6

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: A DEI manifesto

The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has a student-government group called the Graduate-Professional Student Congress, which "advocates on...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Animal Farm

David McAvoy, the chair of the Democratic Party of Craighead County, recently critiqued my should-be-trademarked "pigment and plumbing" descriptor...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Out of the shadows

Recently, I reported on various ways in which Arkansas has led in protecting free speech in academia, including University of Arkansas-Fayetteville...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Unlikely change

Last Friday, my fellow columnist Dana Kelley wrote: "For Democrats and their ilk to continue repeating the same things that lost them the White House...

10.05.2025 10

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Root and all

The White House webpage soundly states: "President Trump is restoring fairness and accountability in federal hiring, and terminating DEI across the...

03.05.2025 10

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Our state’s stand on antisemitism

In 2019, President Trump issued an executive order stating his commitment "to combating the rise of anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic incidents in the...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Free speech and inquiry II

Last week I reported on various ways in which Arkansas has led in protecting free speech in academia.

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Free speech and inquiry

Robert Maranto, the Twenty-First Century Chair in Leadership at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's Department of Education Reform, co-edited a...

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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Imprudent policing

Arkansas has an anti-speed-trap law.

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