by - July 1, 2012 5:59 pm
Seven-year itch
In 2005, just two years after Whirlpool gave us a clear hint about the future of its Fort Smith manufacturing operations, business and community leaders in the Fort Smith region…
Tag: riff raff
by - June 24, 2012 6:57 pm
A simple concern
There during Thursday’s (June 21) taping of The City Wire show were two examples of what we likely could use more of in Little Rock. Sen. Jake Files, a Republican…
by - June 17, 2012 10:48 pm
Hoodwinked
In explaining why individualized trash collection preference is a right of citizenship beyond the whims of collective governance, Fort Smith Director Philip Merry Jr. says the city is not necessarily…
by - June 10, 2012 9:05 pm
Getting it right
If Fort Smith is to be successful in developing amenities and infrastructure that support diversified job and wage growth in the region, public-private partnerships (P3s) will be vital. The number…
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 - May 28, 2012 6:50 pm
This can’t be BS
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 20, 2012 4:07 pm
Early disqualification
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 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 - 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 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 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 1, 2012 5:03 pm
Actually, again
“We are actually currently considering all options at this point in time.” That’s the statement — or darn close to it — of some fella with one of the Gulf…
by - March 25, 2012 5:11 pm
Godvernment
One might think even with a superficial knowledge of history and religion one would see the advantage of avoiding God-based government or government-based God. But the level of support for…
by - March 18, 2012 9:43 pm
Something Else
There is this thing with the Fort Smith Board of Directors about money and television and Something Else. Coincidentally, Political satirist P.J. O’Rourke once noted that the three branches of…
by - March 4, 2012 5:54 pm
Cool water religion
The realization hit me in the face like cool water spray from a canoe bow plowing through fast-moving sections of the Mulberry or Buffalo rivers. But I was firmly butt-planted…
by - February 26, 2012 9:34 pm
Uncomfortable awareness
This week begins an effort by The City Wire to focus on the wholly unpleasant topic of child abuse. We do not do this because it is an engaging topic…
by - February 19, 2012 5:10 pm
Distracted observations
The scattered commentary is posted with apologies to Kind Readers not afflicted with short attention spans.
by - February 12, 2012 4:29 pm
Cold truth
Tuesday was enlightening; refreshing in the way a pleasant memory reminds us of who we are and from where we come.
by - February 5, 2012 7:25 pm
General thoughts
And now for a few notes on the news about the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith losing its A-10 planes and mission by mid-2013, and instead receiving what may…
by - January 29, 2012 6:16 pm
Press on
This particular website real estate is rarely reserved for anything seasoned or respected or smelling of conventional wisdom.