by - November 25, 2012 8:56 pm
Doubling down
This continued effort by a few members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors to micromanage city operations is troublesome, puzzling and frustrating. Let’s recap. The Fort Smith Board over…
Opinion
by - November 25, 2012 7:24 pm
The comfort of discomfort
Regional political, business and civic leaders in Benton and Washington counties appear to speak the same language with respect to socio-economic development. It’s silly to think they read from the…
by - November 25, 2012 2:58 pm
A professional shell game
Let me apologize up front for writing a somewhat technical article. However I’ve been watching journalists and commentators for most of 2012 reporting on the battle over tax policy between…
by - November 19, 2012 10:43 am
Secession talk
Talk of secession has returned. Is that because people enjoy acting like children, so upset about certain, recent election results that they prefer to engage in la-la land wishes possessing…
by - November 13, 2012 6:35 pm
Guarding Obama’s welfare state
For most of the past century, the U.S. and continental Europe have followed different paths. Social Democrats often ran European governments, which typically taxed and spent a greater share of…
by - November 11, 2012 5:11 pm
Thank you, Raymond
This week we are to remember the military men and women who served this country — especially those who saw combat and those for whom combat was the last thing…
by - November 11, 2012 4:56 pm
Of elections and heritage
A couple of major events happened last week. The one event everybody knows about is that President Obama was re-elected. The other event that nobody cares about but me is…
by - November 5, 2012 6:40 pm
All thanked up
In this month containing the Thanksgiving holiday, folks on Facebook have taken to listing something each day for which they are thankful. Of the few friends on my little page,…
by - November 4, 2012 5:25 pm
Marijuana perspective
Arkansas’ ongoing debate over the legalization of marijuana for medicinal use – such as it is – leaves me feeling discomforted. Recent polling suggests the ongoing effort to make the…
by - October 31, 2012 12:39 pm
The Wal-Mart supplier game is changing
By 2025 anyone born between 1980 and 2000 (Millennial generation) will make up 75% of the U.S. workforce and yes, Vendorville. Millennials will be the most educated generation in history…
by - October 29, 2012 10:30 am
Crazy luck
Doyle Webb wishes “good luck” to three legislative candidates who have said slavery was a “blessing in disguise,” all Muslims should be deported, that if slavery were really bad Jesus…
by - October 28, 2012 2:17 pm
Opportunity cost
I can’t refer to any particular survey or study to verify my hunch, but I’m sure by far that Economics is one of the most popular and in-demand classes on…
by - October 25, 2012 9:00 pm
Abandoned principles
My late father taught me that what defines a principle is the willingness to adhere to it even when that adherence hurts. Maybe that’s why the newfound appreciation of the…
by - October 21, 2012 1:58 pm
Pay equality politics
For me the highlight of the October 16 presidential debate wasn’t the WWF-style verbal histrionics both candidates insisted on practicing throughout the evening. And it wasn’t the challenger’s gaffe about…
by - October 21, 2012 9:48 am
McGovern’s libertarian legacy
The venerable former senator and failed presidential candidate George McGovern, who died today (Oct. 21) at 90, is being remembered by many friends and foes alike as the archetypal ultraliberal….
by - October 17, 2012 10:07 pm
The Atheist vote
President Barack Obama’s multiple references to Planned Parenthood in the second presidential debate showed how keen he is to sway female voters in swing states. He may have emboldened another…
by - October 15, 2012 11:23 pm
Education questions
Money, balance and priorities may be the three key take-aways from a series on Arkansas' higher education system. With a recently concluded series of stories, The City Wire reviewed the…
by - October 14, 2012 11:57 am
Honor every threat
Last Friday night I was walking into the kitchen to get a Triple Double Oreo Neapolitan cookie. The kitchen TV was on CNN. Anderson Cooper was interviewing Paul Begala about…
by - October 11, 2012 1:09 pm
Minimizing risk
Arkansas leaders know that the continued competition between our state and others for job prospects will always be a big business slugfest. Sometimes we’ll win. Often, we’ll lose. Those are…
by - October 8, 2012 11:07 pm
Obama’s property grab
The Barack Obama administration tried last week to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that the federal government can deny landowners the use of their property for years – decades if…