by - May 15, 2012 10:22 am
Governor’s race shift
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 —…
Opinion
by - May 13, 2012 2:31 pm
Documents don’t justify transit tax
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 fortunate son
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
It’s Time to Fix Fannie and Freddie
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
The issue of gay marriage
“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
Regional solutions
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
Community courage
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…
by - May 2, 2012 9:38 pm
Obama’s miss on Afghanistan
Perhaps the biggest surprise of President Barack Obama’s appearance in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday (May 1) wasn’t the trip itself, but his use of the occasion to make a head-scratching…
by - May 1, 2012 8:54 pm
A Postal Service fix?
Like a Pony Express rider wobbling toward Fort Laramie with an arrow in his hat, the Senate bill passed last week to reform the U.S. Postal Service is far from…
by - April 29, 2012 9:11 pm
Celery
A few years back there was this Facebook fad in which a friend would “tag” you to post 25 random things. Or at least that’s how it may have worked….
by - April 29, 2012 4:37 pm
A petition isn’t action
The beautiful Clayton House — home of Federal prosecutor WHH Clayton who prosecuted the cases that went before "Hanging" Judge Isaac C. Parker — was condemned for demolition in 1969….
by - April 23, 2012 9:37 pm
Hog hire: Best decision in a bad situation
When the news broke this afternoon that Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long had hired Bobby Petrino’s replacement, the initial reaction I had was, “What?!?!” People who know me know how…
by - April 22, 2012 7:01 am
Recycled memory
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it. — H.L. Mencken Recently toured several of the fine museums in Chicago. The city…
by - April 22, 2012 6:55 am
Pryor moves
Most observers are well aware the so-called Buffett rule has approximately zero chance of winning approval anytime soon in our plainly partisan, seemingly rudderless U.S. Senate, especially during this presidential…
by - April 22, 2012 6:48 am
Busyness
Busyness in a small business can be the enemy of its success. I'm an expert in busyness. I own a CPA firm where preparation of income tax returns is a…
by - April 15, 2012 6:31 pm
Complex insanity
Ready, shoot, aim. That’s been for the past several years the modus operandi of the Fort Smith Board of Directors — and that’s giving them credit on the “Ready” portion….
by - April 15, 2012 6:14 pm
True colors
As a disclaimer, I promise this column will not provide opinion on whether Bobby Petrino should have held onto his job as the University of Arkansas head football coach. That…
by - April 8, 2012 4:19 pm
The big lie
Should Bobby Petrino be fired? Incredible as it might seem, that is the difficult question resting at the heart of the all-together bracing storyline gripping Razorback Nation. To recap: Over…
by - April 8, 2012 4:04 pm
Seek first to buy
Not everybody is going to be a Steve Jobs or a Steve Wozniak and change the world by tinkering with a new idea in their garage. But when you read…
by - April 6, 2012 1:25 pm
The Petrino betrayal
It's as classic as a Hollywood plot line. A popular public figure secretly takes up with a young woman betraying his wife, family and loyal followers. Through happenstance, an accident…