Editorial columns

OPINION | REX NELSON: A trip to Washington Earlier this month, I wrote two cover stories for this newspaper's Sunday Perspective section about a trip down U.S. 67 from Benton to Texarkana. I didn't ventu... by Rex Nelson - January 23, 2021

OPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Drumbeat of duty A good man does the right thing. A great man does the right thing and allows himself to recognize the moment, to allow for pains of regret or tears of joy. A ma... by Steve Straessle - January 23, 2021

OPINION | JENNIFER RUBIN: Flood the zone If the prior administration’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic consisted of doing as little as possible, letting the president subsume experts, and trying t... by JENNIFER RUBIN THE WASHINGTON POST - January 23, 2021

OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: Taking the shot We weren't certain what to expect other than the typical prick of a needle when Jeanetta and I showed up at the North Arkansas Regional Medical Center last week... by Mike Masterson - January 23, 2021

OPINION | PAUL KRUGMAN: The corrupt, the clueless, and Joe Biden The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was an astonishingly emotional moment. I know I wasn't alone in suddenly and unexpectedly finding myself tearing... by Paul Krugman The New York Times - January 23, 2021

OPINION | CAL THOMAS: Coming to America In 1980, singer Neil Diamond recorded a song that celebrated American immigration, first in the early 1900s and then more recently. The song included this choru... by CAL THOMAS Tribune Content Agency - January 22, 2021

OPINION | COLUMNIST: What can be done now One of the early surprises from President Joe Biden is that he has signaled he’ll make big moves on immigration—quickly. This suggests Biden and Democrats are n... by GREG SARGENT THE WASHINGTON POST - January 22, 2021

OPINION | VIC SNYDER: In the air This is a Tale of Two Snots. Think Big Snot and Little Snot, but I will call them droplets and aerosols. by VIC SNYDER SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - January 22, 2021

OPINION | DANA KELLEY: Biden's opportunity I disagree with Joe Biden's politics as much as anyone disagreed with Donald Trump's. Unlike so many Trump opponents, however, I don't hate President Biden. ... by Dana Kelley - January 22, 2021

OPINION | STAR PARKER: Tech firms slowly choke away our freedoms As the new Biden-Harris administration assumes power, the most basic American freedom of speech and expression is under unprecedented threat. by Star Parker - January 21, 2021

OPINION | COLUMNIST: Same as it ever was In a San Francisco hotel suite on Aug. 2, 1923, the first lady was reading a favorable magazine article aloud to President Warren G. Harding when he convulsed a... by DAVID VON DREHLE THE WASHINGTON POST - January 21, 2021

OPINION | ROBERT MARANTO: Honor democracy Reporters monitor the blue-collar mobs which threaten our democracy, and as current events in the nation's capital show, rightly so. Yet they often ignore equal... by ROBERT MARANTO SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - January 21, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Cops at the Capitol It's not against the law to be stupid. Feel free now to enter your own second sentence. Let's get your snark out of the way, freeing space for mine. by John Brummett - January 21, 2021

OPINION | EDITORIAL: Begging pardon From the editorial pages in Boston and Baltimore and Phoenix, to former FBI Director James Comey, to our own Philip Martin, there is a growing number of people ... January 20, 2021

OPINION | BRET STEPHENS: Where are our better angels? In January 1838, when Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Illinois state legislature and two weeks shy of his 29th birthday, he delivered what was probably the ... by Bret Stephens - January 20, 2021

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