Editorials
The most famous athlete in the world today, and the most famous athlete in the world since Michael Jordan retired, was in a horrible accident this week. They...
February 26, 2021There are two faces to this particular General Assembly. Some of the most thoughtful bills sweep through, protecting the finances of those hit hard by the pa...
February 26, 2021For several years now, some gun manufacturers have been exploiting a loophole in federal regulations to evade a range of gun control measures by selling fire...
by The Los Angeles Times - February 26, 2021We've now seen more than 5,000 deaths from covid in our state, and numbers continue to rise. A disproportionate number of these deaths and infections have be...
by MAGALY LICOLLI SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - February 26, 2021The most under-reported news of 2020 is that we set a national record for single-year increase in murders.
by Dana Kelley - February 26, 2021It has been my hope for quite some time that Washington-style politics would not find its way to the halls of the Arkansas Senate--the partisan politics that...
by KEITH INGRAM SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - February 26, 2021Needlessly unclear
February 26, 2021Many years ago, we had a discussion with a wise older man about his views on abortion. We "debated" him about some of his thoughts. Scare quotes included, be...
February 25, 2021In the midst of a pandemic and economic recession, Americans are watching businesses shut down at a record pace. So when we see some good economic news, we n...
February 25, 2021When District Attorney Cy Vance and the 23 Manhattanites comprising his grand jury probing the possible criminality of Donald Trump served a binding legal su...
by The New York Daily News - February 25, 2021As I have spent my career in the energy business, and because I have two married children and young grandchildren in Houston and Austin, I watched with more ...
by CLAIBORNE P. DEMING SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - February 25, 2021Decades ago, I thought no one from Arkansas could be elected president. Now I'm beginning to think that anyone from Arkansas might.
by John Brummett - February 25, 2021To respectfully add to Sunday's letter by Louis Burnett of Little Rock: I couldn't agree more.
February 25, 2021Northwest Arkansas keeps growing like a weed, and with so many moving to that corner of the state, the region keeps offering additional amenities for them to...
February 24, 2021The stretch of Capitol Avenue near the state Capitol in downtown Little Rock is normally quiet during the pandemic, but on this day there was plenty of activ...
by Rex Nelson - February 24, 2021