by - February 2, 2014 6:50 pm
What will Doug Do?
When 47-year-old Doug McMillon became the new Wal-Mart Stores CEO on Feb. 1, he began a job responsible for more than 2.2 million employees and is expected to provide direction…
Opinion
by - February 2, 2014 6:38 pm
The power line power struggle
After all the controversy this past summer surrounding the proposed high voltage transmission line planned by Southwestern Electric Power Company through the Ozarks, there is a new twist to this…
by - January 26, 2014 5:07 pm
Necessary county infrastructure
When communities talk about progress, elected officials often talk about infrastructure. More likely than not, a layperson equates the term “infrastructure” with roads and parks. Mayors talk about city streets,…
by - January 26, 2014 4:57 pm
Losing an historian
To those who love this state’s written history, they will know the name, Dr. Walter Lee Brown. The great and long-time editor/leader of the Arkansas Historical Association, died this past…
by - January 21, 2014 3:57 pm
Celebrating Bumpers, a ‘lion of conservation efforts’
Not to be lost in the long and detailed latest federal spending bill passed by Congress is a well-deserved kudos and long-awaited recognition to former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Dale…
by - January 20, 2014 3:40 pm
The ‘Private Option’ push
The members of the Arkansas General Assembly return to the Capitol in February for the 2014 Fiscal Session. This will be the third such session since voters changed the Arkansas…
by - January 19, 2014 5:35 pm
The real battle for healthcare
The success of Obamacare depends on my son and those in his demographic, or we have been told. He is a healthy male in his 20’s whose health insurance premium…
by - January 19, 2014 3:30 pm
A bad move by the Game & Fish Commission
The high and mighty Arkansas Game & Fish Commission announced so very routinely at a commission meeting last week that public information and input meetings are a thing of the…
by - January 16, 2014 9:01 am
Lessons learned from Stan Bedford
This past week a very good small businessman, operating a very unique style of commercial business, passed from our midst. Stan Bedford was 60. He died young, but accomplished so…
by - January 12, 2014 8:45 pm
Allens, poke sallet and change
Changing times, modern cooking gadgets, powerful global food companies and management which had other ideas finally has closed the door on Arkansas’ own, Allens (Canning Company). The purchaser from the…
by - January 5, 2014 8:21 pm
Game pieces and tough questions
I received a call from Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders a few weeks ago, kind of. It was an automated call. If you live within the city limits of Fort…
by - January 5, 2014 7:55 pm
Praise for Carmie Henry
Another one of the “good guys” in the arena of governmental affairs in Arkansas has retired. Carmie Henry, the vice president of governmental affairs, (a fancy name for a guy…
by - January 4, 2014 1:56 pm
Another call for Darr to resign
The reckless, sophomoric and illegal actions of Lt. Gov. Mark Darr (R) have served to destroy his career in Arkansas politics. What Darr must now decide is if he wants…
by - January 1, 2014 6:49 pm
The SOB watch continues
It’s just another day, really. Another week. Another month. Another year, one hopes, above the daisies and dirt. But this calendar shift comes with an unavoidable remembrance that, honestly, best…
by - December 29, 2013 8:40 pm
Peas and prosperity
I doubt there is anything really scientific to the New Year’s tradition of eating black-eyed peas for prosperity. But you can bet they will be served in lots of places…
by - December 22, 2013 4:33 pm
Resolutions, gratitude and saying ‘no’
What is it about the human species that compels us at the beginning of each year to make New Year’s resolutions? Everybody means well but within a few weeks resolutions…
by - December 22, 2013 4:22 pm
Looking for ethics
While the year began with earth-shaking election results from November 2012, the Arkansas Republican Party held majorities in the state Senate and House. It was a rather tricky year to…
by - December 15, 2013 6:19 pm
The University of Audit
The long, anxiously awaited discussion of the audit of the University of Arkansas’ flagship campus’ Advancement division sputtered to a halt Friday morning by a quickly made procedural vote of…
by - December 12, 2013 9:36 pm
Water whirled
In case you were wondering, we checked and are confident that the concepts and planning and budgeting for this on-again, off-again water park at Ben Geren Regional Park were not…
by - December 8, 2013 8:52 pm
Kudos on downtown support
It’s no secret that numerous changes in residential, commercial and traffic patterns during the past several decades have resulted in the decay – if not abandonment – of thousands of…