Opinion

Keep it local

The Saturday after Thanksgiving has become Small Business Saturday, but more effort is needed to support local businesses every day.

Newt and noise

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to be the candidate to beat in the GOP presidential primary. I tend to agree with the conventional…

Big Screen Peter: J. Edgar

The effort by Eastwood and DiCaprio suffers from a level of unexplained and unexplored material.

Accounting decoded

The more you know about accounting for your business, the more you will be able to steer your company in the right direction.

Philpot’s BottomLineTips: Business succession

The hand off of a business is emotionally important and vital to the financial success of the owner or owners.

Frankly speaking

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] There has been a lot to witness, consider and attempt to understand in recent months. We’ve had Whirlpool announce they are shutting down and…

Adam & Eats: Molly’s Eggrolls & Smoothies

It is a relatively new venture and they are still working out a few kinks, but for the most part the place rocks.

Big Screen Peter: The Rum Diary

There is nothing in the film that hints at anything resembling a functioning pulse until the movie is winding its way to a close. Other than that …

Entrepreneurs must avoid the many forms of fraud

Business fraud lurks in the corner awaiting a single moment of weakness within the business to slither in and cause havoc. 

Back to Madonna

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] More than a few folks I’ve talked to in recent weeks fear the electoral beat down of the 1% prepared food tax in Fort…

Adam & Eats: Confectionately Yours

I hope you all having been flossing lately, because we’re about to drive the insulin RV down the cavity highway.

Big Screen Peter: Anonymous

What if Shakespeare wasn’t the author of all the words we associate with him? What if he was simply a pawn in a much larger game?

Riding the entrepreneurial roller coaster

The life cycle of emotions in business will reach great heights and great depths in a matter of quarters, months, weeks, days or minutes.

Raymond still matters

Editor’s note: This essay about my grandfather, Raymond Evans, was first published November 2002 when I was business editor of the Times Record. A version of that essay can be…

Philpot’s BottomLineTips: Charitable giving

Perhaps this is not the year to talk about charitable gifting with the global markets in turmoil. Heck, this might not even be the century to write about charitable gifting.

Adam & Eats: Eunice’s Country Cookin’

The food is good and it really is like walking into an old country home if that home consisted of one giant room filled with tables and chairs.

Veteran business services are available

The SBA offers several programs to help veterans learn about and open their own entrepreneurial business.

1% tax, 99% drama

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] We’re going to keep this Riff Raff thing short and sweet in an effort to use this space to encourage Fort Smithians to be…

Adam & Eats: Lawrence’s Bricktown Grill

The stars of the show at Lawrence’s are the chorizo burger and the California dog. And the mac-n-cheese is stellar.

Big Screen Peter: The Three Musketeers

It’s a cute, steampunk concept to package such a baffling array of abilities and styles into this group of noble warriors. But it didn’t work.