by June 3, 2012 5:07 pm
-The micromanaging thing
The debate in Fort Smith between automated and non-automated trash collection with 2,402 households among all 28,673 households is instructive in that it well serves as an obvious symptom of…
by June 3, 2012 5:07 pm
-The debate in Fort Smith between automated and non-automated trash collection with 2,402 households among all 28,673 households is instructive in that it well serves as an obvious symptom of…
by June 3, 2012 2:55 pm
-President Barack Obama garnered nearly 60% of the vote in last month’s Democratic primary — enough to place first place, of course, but enough to embarrass too. A Tennessee lawyer…
by June 3, 2012 2:45 pm
-A month or so ago, I mentioned to a friend and colleague that we needed to plan the direction of our firm over the next couple of years. He responded…
by May 31, 2012 7:38 pm
-On Thursday, a space capsule known as the Dragon touched down in the Pacific Ocean. After launching into orbit May 22, the capsule had performed a series of complicated maneuvers,…
by May 28, 2012 6:50 pm
-Many metro areas around the country have what was once referred to as a “good suits” club — a collection of well-resourced business decision makers able to build or sustain…
by May 28, 2012 10:22 am
-If proponents of a higher severance tax gather enough signatures, that measure may be presented to Arkansas voters on the November background. The severance tax proposal, if approved, will raise…
by May 23, 2012 5:11 pm
-In the coming decade, emerging technologies will thoroughly transform higher education. Although distance learning and computer-assisted education have been around since the 1960s, financial pressures are forcing institutions to develop…
by May 22, 2012 7:08 pm
-Excessive specialization has created a culture of expertise that has distorted higher education and had a negative impact on faculty members, students and the broader society. While global transportation, communications…
by May 21, 2012 9:09 pm
-Competition, we are constantly told, encourages individuals, institutions and companies to take the risks necessary for innovation and efficiency. But in higher education, competition often discourages risk taking, leads to…
by May 20, 2012 4:07 pm
-In light of bullying allegations against presumptive GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney when he was a high school student, I feel it necessary to come clean before being outed by…
by May 20, 2012 4:02 pm
-Beyond the colorful pageantry implicit in even the most ambitious of presidential campaigns, reality says the presumptive party nominee who challenges a sitting commander-in-chief holds little control over the outcome,…
by May 19, 2012 11:42 am
-The worsening crisis in Europe and the slow recovery in the U.S. are distracting attention from a longer-term problem. Across the developed world, well-paid jobs in the middle of the…
by May 18, 2012 6:06 pm
-Work is a worthwhile endeavor. Hard work is what made the United States of America the world’s greatest economic power. By hard work, I don’t mean just brute force. It’s…
by May 15, 2012 10:22 am
-It was already going to be a crowded field. The 2014 Democratic primary for Governor — which offers much more political intrigue than many match-ups in the 2012 cycle —…
by May 13, 2012 2:31 pm
-The people who want to increase the Washington County sales tax for an excessive expansion of public transit view the Northwest Arkansas Transit Development Plan (TDP) as their justification. I…
by May 13, 2012 10:18 am
-A lot has changed in Mom’s world. The world in 1949, the year of her birth, was a crazy place. Europe was rebuilding its continental economy, the Soviets were rattling…
by May 10, 2012 10:26 pm
-Followers of the American housing catastrophe were greeted with encouraging news this week. Fannie Mae, the government-owned mortgage-finance company, reported a $2.7 billion first-quarter profit. For the first time since…
by May 7, 2012 5:31 pm
-“I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the…
by May 6, 2012 4:48 pm
-Be thankful. It’s a thought that was on my mind as I rode public transportation all the way from Fayetteville to Bentonville and back one recent afternoon. I was aboard…
by May 6, 2012 4:41 pm
-Six months ago, I first became aware of how prevalent child sexual abuse was throughout the United States and in our community. Learning that 1 in 5 children are sexually…