Opinion

The entrepreneur and family

Balance between the business and family obligations is essential for success in both areas. 

More or less

Here’s to hoping our 2011 is better than 2010. And following are a few specific hopes, more or less, for the next year. More active recruitment of jobs and companies…

Adam & Eats: R&R Curry Express

This restaurant is so good that Adam believes it could be a reason he lives in Fort Smith for the rest of his life. Seriously.

Big Screen Peter: True Grit

Admitting a possible bias, Peter says this may be the best movie to hit the big screen in 2010.

It’s important to keep details on your stuff

Stockman says good inventory management helps a business make best use of its money.

Wiki worries

This thing with Wikileaks hits close to home. As you may know, Julian Assange and Wikileaks have published hundreds of thousands of documents that reveal often embarrassing information about the…

Adam & Eats: Tammy’s Tamales

The atmosphere is a mix of ethnicities, but the food is tasty and cheap, and the hours keep the place safe from Vampires.

Big Screen Peter: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Narnia film is slightly above average in quality but likely will be a big hit with those 16 years old or younger.

Innovation often birthed by mix of creativity and problem-solving

Stockman suggests that listening to your inner child could help improve innovation skills.

Dear Santa:

Dear Santa: Consider me back among those who believe. And, knowing that to return I must have once departed the faithful, forgive the years of not sharing in the Ho,…

Adam & Eats: Tassanee’s Thai Cuisine

The quality of the food, Adam says, easily makes up for the relatively slow service.

Big Screen Peter: 127 Hours

The good news is that Peter found a movie he thinks will be a classic. The bad news: It ain’t playing in the Fort Smith area. Yet.

12,000, again

Editor’s note: Following is a repeat of an essay first published Dec. 13, 2009, following the overwhelming success of the first Christmas Honors. The essay is republished here as a…

Adam & Eats: Penjamo

This new restaurant has decent food and the atmosphere includes flat-screen TVs and portraits of Jesus and the Virgin Mary.

Big Screen Peter: Love & Other Drugs

Possibly the only saving grace of the movie is that it doesn’t shy away from the reality of sex.

Business success also involves being thankful

Stockman encourages business owners to take time to thank those important to the business.

Dear Fort Smith regional legislators:

Dear Fort Smith regional legislators: Having given up a few years ago on Santa Claus (apparently, the North Pole logistics folks can’t hook a believer up with a few cases…