by October 13, 2013 2:45 pm
-The need to swear
“Raise your right hand.” Usually, when one hears those four little words things start to get serious in a court of law. And now, it seems, testifying in front of…
by October 13, 2013 2:45 pm
-“Raise your right hand.” Usually, when one hears those four little words things start to get serious in a court of law. And now, it seems, testifying in front of…
by October 8, 2013 4:54 pm
-This week, energy leaders, environmental experts, education professionals and a host of other industry specialists will gather in Tulsa for the Third Annual Oklahoma Governor’s Energy Conference. The conference, which…
by October 6, 2013 8:57 pm
-As a kid, one of my favorite things every Saturday morning was watching Mid-South Wrestling. It was always filled with theatrics, high drama, and a lot of bad acting. Every…
by October 6, 2013 11:00 am
-The ongoing saga at the Advancement Division of the state’s flagship University, while still mired in controversy, took a different turn this week. Finally, someone on campus, Dr. John Watkins,…
by September 29, 2013 7:00 pm
-The first time Bloomberg news fouled up a story about Wal-Mart Stores one could simply consider it a surprising and ill-advised report. A one-off, if you will. Even a smart…
by September 29, 2013 6:34 pm
-Tuesday is the big day, the opening of the American Health Benefit Exchanges, more commonly referred to simply as the state insurance exchanges. You can expect a lot of chatter…
by September 23, 2013 6:47 pm
-On the well-manicured University of Arkansas at Fort Smith campus it was early evening, with the dusk again managing the shift change between day and night. This time of soft…
by September 22, 2013 11:58 am
-It’s not often one gets to give a suggestion to a member of the wealthy billionaire Walton Clan of Northwest Arkansas. But here goes. “Dear Ms. Alice: “Please consider buying…
by September 15, 2013 7:33 pm
-A new day is how the U.S Department of Health and Human Services describes Jan. 1, 2014 “for the 19% of Arkansans who don’t have insurance, or Arkansas families and…
by September 15, 2013 7:14 pm
-Ah, that pesky First Amendment. It cuts both ways, or so we learned this week from Arkansas’ 3rd District Congressman Steve Womack, R-Rogers, and a self-proclaimed “Mexican-American” student named Yardley…
by September 12, 2013 7:56 pm
-The last two decades have not been kind to manufacturing, once Arkansas' largest private industry sector. Manufacturing peaked at 247,300 in February 1995, and has shed 93,400 jobs – an unprecedented…
by September 8, 2013 5:49 pm
-It’s still very early, but many people have already made bold predictions about the 2014 election cycle based on early polling data. It’s always important to remember that polls are…
by September 8, 2013 5:36 pm
-While the vocal critics of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality rage on about the lack of public notices of their various permitting corporate hog farms near the Buffalo River,…
by September 5, 2013 10:10 pm
-There are a few points to make about Fort Smith officials taking a close look at using compressed natural gas (CNG) as a fuel alternative in a portion of its…
by September 3, 2013 12:48 pm
-We respectfully disagree with the view of U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, who believes a looming budget battle is not the time to defund and/or otherwise kill the federal healthcare law…
by September 2, 2013 11:57 am
-A couple of weeks ago Bono, the lead singer in the rock group U2 and advocate for the developed world to assist in the economic development of Africa, made the…
by September 2, 2013 11:38 am
-This past week, the 1.3 million Wal-Mart associates in the United States received a post card reminder that the open enrollment dates for their health plan insurance is approaching. But…
by August 25, 2013 12:49 pm
-Hogallejuh, football is finally here. All across Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith region as high school gridiron teams get ready to kick it off this coming week and over…
by August 23, 2013 6:22 am
-This morning in Alexandria, Virginia, a memorial service will be held to honor Christopher Lee Battle. Chris, as he was known to all his friends, died earlier this month after…
by August 20, 2013 10:30 am
-An edict out of Bentonville, Ark., has more of a chance to shore up (pun intended) America’s ailing manufacturing sector than anything our elected officials may promulgate from Washington, D.C.,…