Opinion

Getting to the root of oral health

The Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation is on a mission to transform oral health. Today, Arkansas is ranked 49th for our dental wellness. According to a 2021 WalletHub report, we…

Passwords are so passé

A seed was planted in 1960 that is causing major problems with our lives today. That year, the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) was introduced at MIT. It was the first…

5 marketing strategies businesses in NWA need to leverage

If you run a small, medium or large business in Northwest Arkansas, your marketing strategies must be optimized to reach your intended audiences. From restaurants in Fayetteville to roofers in…

LRSD finally has an elected school board; it’s time to support a millage extension

Less than a year ago, Little Rock elected its first school board in more than six years. I’m very proud to serve on that board along with eight other smart,…

Got skills?

In January, the world’s best cyclocross professionals will arrive in Northwest Arkansas, ready to ride (and at times carry) their bikes through some of the most challenging terrain any of…

Building the next generation of world-class nurses

From an early age, she dreamed of becoming a nurse. Now with high school behind her, she is ready to take the leap and start her career in health care….

How’s this for déjà vu all over again?

In August, I found myself sitting down (virtually) with the volunteers who make up the NWA Tech Summit committee to determine the best course forward for our October event. This…

Is anxiety a mental illness? Or an expected, normal mental/emotional response to feared triggers, either conscious or nonconscious? There are strong voices on both sides. One side backs the biomedical…

Gov. Hutchinson should veto the Congressional redistricting plan

Last week, the Arkansas legislature sent up bills that would enact new congressional maps for our voting districts. Gov. Asa Hutchinson should not sign these into law. Every 10 years,…

Make reality-based decisions

In 2008, I decided to go back to school while working full time. Because I was motivated, I assumed I could handle a large course load. I decided to take…

We’re not returning to normal

Baseball’s greatest pundit, one Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra, observed, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over,” meaning a team or an individual should never consider the outcome of a game a…

Give small businesses a break in paying startup costs

As America slowly emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses deserve special attention – because they have been hit especially hard and because they are vital to job growth. Local…

COVID is not going away

Let’s face it. Despite a wide range of efforts, COVID-19 and all of its current and future variants aren’t going to go away for a long, long time, if ever….

Life’s journey on the golf course

Each year, I spend time on various golf courses with family, friends and clients. Some wonder why you would use four hours of your day to play a game that…

Electric vehicles: An easy sell

We’ve heard ‘em all. “It won’t work for my daily commute.” Or “There’s nowhere to charge it.” When shopping for a new car, customers’ initial reasons for steering away from…

Flexibility regarding NIL

The NCAA notoriously does not lack for rules. For example, one rule defines “business day” while another dictates when coaches may and may not answer their phones. When I served…

Understanding how you’re wired

While no personality assessment can perfectly analyze all the behaviors that make you uniquely you, that’s still no reason to shy away from these insightful tools. In fact, I would…

The shortest recession

The recent announcement by a National Bureau of Economic Research panel that last year’s recession lasted a mere two months is another reminder postwar recessions tend to have short durations….

Don’t expect lights on a third bridge to Memphis

Remember when automobile headlight switches had three positions — off, parking lights only and headlights fully on? So what’s the big deal, you might ask? That three position headlight switch…

It takes an ecosystem

A key differentiator that sets the Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit apart from other peer conferences is our focus on emerging trends in the tech space and startups and the ecosystem…