Editorial columns
State government confronts a big surplus and Republican legislative sentiment to save some of it for Sarah Sanders' convenience rather than spend it now on tea…
by John Brummett July 6, 2022Alley Kats, did you know that in addition to culinary questions, requests for specific recipes and recipe submissions, you can suggest column topics? I'm more …
by Kelly Brant July 6, 2022In February 1992, the White Collar Criminal's son told me there was a Pulitzer Prize in the dozens of file boxes he dropped off at my office. I went through th…
by Philip Martin July 5, 2022As a child, I'd fantasize about digging a hole so deep it would reach the center of the Earth.
by Mike Masterson July 5, 2022I called over to Bubba McCoy at the car lot, disturbing a gripping episode of "The Rifleman" on old-person television.
by John Brummett July 5, 2022Editor's note: As an Independence Day treat, here is an Our Town column in which Richard Allin (1930-2007) has fun with his satirical towns Wad and Gudge Creek…
by Richard Allin, Democrat-Gazette archives July 4, 2022I'm not sure how I slept on "Star Traders: Frontiers" for so long, but I'm grateful for the Steam summer sale for bringing it to my attention. If you've always…
by Jason Bennett July 4, 2022In 1871, Batesville on the White River lost its bid for the state's flagship university to Fayetteville. Rev. Isaac Long and other ministers from the Arkansas …
by Rex Nelson July 3, 2022During my tenure as executive editor of the former Northwest Arkansas Times in Fayetteville, I learned a lot about human nature using a simple poster board and…
by Mike Masterson July 3, 2022With one possible exception, the House committee investigating the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, has executed its televised hearings with uncommonly effective …
by John Brummett July 3, 2022The Spirit of '76 is alive and well at the Supreme Court. Back then, the colonials rejected the rule of a faraway unaccountable government. After securing thei…
by Derrick Morgan Tribune News Service July 2, 2022"Stunning" is a powerful word, but still does not adequately describe the revelations in the June 28 session of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Commit…
by Doug Szenher Special to the Democrat-Gazette July 2, 2022In the era before air conditioning, the Arkansas Ozarks enticed those battling heat, humidity and mosquitoes in Memphis. Hardy became a retreat for wealthy Mem…
by Rex Nelson July 2, 2022As odd as it might sound to some, I always enjoy spending time with my urologist, Dr. Scott Ferguson of Harrison.
by Mike Masterson July 2, 2022"Sew the necks up on one side. Mix flour, fried onions and chicken fat and stuff the necks."
by Masha Rumer In the Los Angeles Times July 1, 2022