by - November 4, 2012 5:25 pm
Marijuana perspective
Arkansas’ ongoing debate over the legalization of marijuana for medicinal use – such as it is – leaves me feeling discomforted. Recent polling suggests the ongoing effort to make the…
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by - October 31, 2012 12:39 pm
The Wal-Mart supplier game is changing
By 2025 anyone born between 1980 and 2000 (Millennial generation) will make up 75% of the U.S. workforce and yes, Vendorville. Millennials will be the most educated generation in history…
by - October 29, 2012 10:30 am
Crazy luck
Doyle Webb wishes “good luck” to three legislative candidates who have said slavery was a “blessing in disguise,” all Muslims should be deported, that if slavery were really bad Jesus…
by - October 28, 2012 2:17 pm
Opportunity cost
I can’t refer to any particular survey or study to verify my hunch, but I’m sure by far that Economics is one of the most popular and in-demand classes on…
by - October 25, 2012 9:00 pm
Abandoned principles
My late father taught me that what defines a principle is the willingness to adhere to it even when that adherence hurts. Maybe that’s why the newfound appreciation of the…
by - October 21, 2012 1:58 pm
Pay equality politics
For me the highlight of the October 16 presidential debate wasn’t the WWF-style verbal histrionics both candidates insisted on practicing throughout the evening. And it wasn’t the challenger’s gaffe about…
by - October 21, 2012 9:48 am
McGovern’s libertarian legacy
The venerable former senator and failed presidential candidate George McGovern, who died today (Oct. 21) at 90, is being remembered by many friends and foes alike as the archetypal ultraliberal….
by - October 17, 2012 10:07 pm
The Atheist vote
President Barack Obama’s multiple references to Planned Parenthood in the second presidential debate showed how keen he is to sway female voters in swing states. He may have emboldened another…
by - October 15, 2012 11:23 pm
Education questions
Money, balance and priorities may be the three key take-aways from a series on Arkansas' higher education system. With a recently concluded series of stories, The City Wire reviewed the…
by - October 14, 2012 11:57 am
Honor every threat
Last Friday night I was walking into the kitchen to get a Triple Double Oreo Neapolitan cookie. The kitchen TV was on CNN. Anderson Cooper was interviewing Paul Begala about…
by - October 11, 2012 1:09 pm
Minimizing risk
Arkansas leaders know that the continued competition between our state and others for job prospects will always be a big business slugfest. Sometimes we’ll win. Often, we’ll lose. Those are…
by - October 8, 2012 11:07 pm
Obama’s property grab
The Barack Obama administration tried last week to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that the federal government can deny landowners the use of their property for years – decades if…
by - October 8, 2012 4:06 pm
Hit men
During a recent Friday evening event in Northwest Arkansas, a Republican legislator from the area walked up to another Republican legislator. This fella from Northwest Arkansas looked at me-the-media-hack and…
by - October 7, 2012 5:54 pm
Community health
Many people in our community ask me a common question: “How is business?” Usually I give a very simple response: “OK.” However, I’ve begun to realize the reason I am…
by - October 7, 2012 5:44 pm
Obama playing a different game
Every media personality I’ve heard talking about the Oct. 5 presidential debate – from MSNBC to Fox News, from the traditional networks to PBS, and even including statewide bloggers –…
by - October 1, 2012 11:34 pm
Billy, Jeff and Chuck
Billy, the old friend from the college days at Arkansas Tech University, called again this week. He typically calls after a few beers on a Sunday afternoon, but wasn’t able…
by - September 30, 2012 1:43 pm
Debunking the ‘Job magnet plan’
Kindly allow me, City Council member and Democratic Candidate Adella Gray, to accept my invitation to respond to a well-written guest commentary from my opponent, Republican Representative Charlie Collins of…
by - September 27, 2012 5:27 pm
System pressures and opportunities
American higher education is at a crossroads. Federal and state funding cuts, rising student loan debt, an increased demand for graduates and competition from for-profit online institutions are challenging the…
by - September 23, 2012 7:19 pm
Yoakam’s Pears
Dwight Yoakam reached out to various pop culture influences, including the Beatles, to craft his newest album, “3 Pears.” Influences are not a surprise for this fan of Yoakam who…
by - September 23, 2012 3:57 pm
Speech tolerance
The opportunity to identify oneself as brilliant or boneheaded via free speech is a beautiful thing – maybe the best of things our American democracy bequeathed to us, its ideological…