by - April 19, 2015 7:21 pm
Fort Smith embraced selling its frontier heritage to tourists in 1955 when Mayor H. R. “Happy” Hestand appointed Judge Paul Wolfe to lead a committee to restore the Parker courtroom…
by - April 5, 2015 7:08 pm
“Dare to compete” is the title of one the chapters in Secretary Hillary Clinton’s best-selling autobiography, “Living History.” In that chapter of the book, then U.S. First Lady Clinton recalls…
by - March 15, 2015 10:46 am
In a recent address for the U.S. Marshals Museums lecture series, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was quoted as saying “The Constitution means what it meant when our fathers…
by - March 1, 2015 5:39 pm
An academic approach to heritage begins with the understanding that “heritage” is not equivalent to history or historical facts. Rather, heritage is an appropriation of the past that is used…
by - February 15, 2015 7:06 pm
It seems as if Asa Hutchinson is enjoying a honeymoon period at the helm of the Arkansas' state government. Given that a public official’s approval rating is usually rock solid…
by - January 31, 2015 6:35 pm
From the end of the Civil War until the 1970’s, the South was solidly Democratic, thus making it the so-called “Solid South.” It’s been said that it was Democratic because…
by - January 13, 2015 3:37 pm
Arkansas’ political heart has recently been beating at the rhythm of Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson’s appointments of his senior staff and appointments to executive agencies, and at the rhythm of the…
by - December 14, 2014 5:23 pm
Ophthalmologists, optometrists, and other eye care professionals would say that normal vision is 20/20. Based on that fact, an old aphorism stipulates that hindsight is 20/20, meaning we tend to…
by - November 30, 2014 10:06 pm
Before the year is out, it is worthwhile to remember that 100 ago, on June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were murdered by a Serb nationalist in…
by - November 16, 2014 5:03 pm
The natural state of economic affairs in a market economy revolves around the interaction between supply and demand. When there is competition between suppliers over a share of the demand…
by - November 2, 2014 4:50 pm
Since health care has been such a critical issue in the Arkansas senatorial election, it seems appropriate to offer some facts and analysis. Let me state up front this is…
by - October 19, 2014 4:10 pm
Dear Congressman Cotton: Conventional political wisdom buttressed by successive survey data suggests that you represent one of the best opportunities Republicans have in their effort to take over the U.S….
by - October 5, 2014 7:43 pm
As elections approach, we hear much about what candidates and potential office holders will do when they arrive in Washington, D.C. One of the constant themes is the need to…
by - September 14, 2014 2:54 pm
My last post, which I wrote soon after the troubles began in Iraq, noted that the treasure and blood we poured out into the sands of Iraq had not brought…
by - September 1, 2014 8:08 pm
Dear Senator Mark Pryor: Successive survey data and most political handicappers suggest that you would have a tougher time getting re-elected this coming November than you have ever had in…
by - August 17, 2014 10:51 am
In my last posting I wrote about the constitutional power of Congress in the act of taking the nation to war. The founding fathers seemed adamant on the idea that…
by - July 28, 2014 11:58 am
In his book “The Collapse of Complex Societies,” anthropologist Joseph Tainter examines why civilizations such as the Roman Empire fell apart. Rome was powerful and seemingly invulnerable to decline, at…
by - July 13, 2014 1:17 pm
A new twist occurred July 1 in the U.S. Senate race between Congressman Tom Cotton (R- Dardanelle) and Senator Mark Pryor (D-Ark). In giving his reactions to the U.S. Supreme…
by - June 29, 2014 6:19 pm
The recent advances of the ISIS insurgency in Iraq, which threatens to undo what this country poured so much blood and treasure into is disturbing to many Americans, particularly veterans…
by - June 15, 2014 6:21 pm
In May, my wife Cara and I had the pleasure of seeing her son graduate from the Army Academy at West Point. To watch so many young men and women…
