Editorials
I read Josh Snyder's story about the mental health of Arkansans last Sunday. It is interesting and sad, because it basically points out that we were worse off …
by Philip Martin September 26, 2023Last week, nearly four years on, the detailed 2020 Census data was released--detailed numbers of ethnic groups. (Covid held things up.) This data reveals who W…
September 26, 2023Some people don't know how the world works. See the Bloomberg "others say" below this editorial. The editors at the outlet say the current impasse in Washingto…
September 26, 2023If the baseline requirement of a functional government is keeping the lights on, the U.S. doesn't have much of a government. With House Republicans unable to p…
by Bloomberg September 26, 2023Florida's extremism has come home to roost. The Sunshine State has the distinction of championing misinformation on covid-19 vaccines and intolerance on book b…
by The Miami Herald September 26, 2023I awoke the other day thinking of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's decree last week that senators could dress on the Senate floor like garage mechanics,…
by Mike Masterson September 26, 2023The Washington Post came out Sunday with a headline essentially saying it didn't believe its own poll that was conducted in partnership with ABC.
by John Brummett September 26, 2023Will certainly happen
September 26, 2023You know something is a big fat economic deal when companies from St. Louis to South Korea, from Frankfurt to Seoul, from Amsterdam to the Arkansas Teacher Ret…
September 25, 2023CNN had an interactive feature the other day on its website that showed how some American classrooms have changed over the years. Gone are open campuses (at le…
September 25, 2023Congress is bickering as usual. A potential federal shutdown is looming. Public respect for the elected representatives of government is at historic lows.
by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch September 25, 2023The questions linger because they haven't been fully answered even after 35 years: Who thought it was a good idea to put Michael Dukakis in that tank? And why …
by Bradley Gitz September 25, 2023The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) is a Little Rock jewel. Libraries can easily become passive repositories of books, places that just wait for residen…
by Steve Straessle September 25, 2023The dreaded bladder leak. Whether brought on by a powerful sneeze, strenuous exercise class or as part of an uncontrollable urge, urinary incontinence, also kn…
by John Paul Brizzolara Special to the Democrat-Gazette September 25, 2023Disdain for scholars
September 25, 2023