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Confirmed weird
Some of us thought that we could get by a few years without having to think about Jason Rapert again. The former state senator was expert at making news about …
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OTHERS SAY: Jimbo Fisher’s money
Even in Texas, there must be a limit to how much we'll invest in sports. Surely one of our flagship universities paying someone nearly $78 million not to coach…
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Subscriber ExclusiveEDITORIAL: Thanksgiving 2023
"Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his lab…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | EDITORIAL: November 22nd
Here is a bulletin from CBS News: in Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade in downtown Dallas. The first reports say that Pres…
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Subscriber ExclusiveEDITORIAL: Coffee tabled
Just as the United Autoworkers and GM have come to an agreement everyone can live with, the cupholders in those new cars and trucks may go begging.
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Subscriber ExclusiveEDITORIAL: Rosalynn Carter
The story goes that the Carters moved into the White House and began arranging personal items. Somebody on the White House staff asked to speak to the new pres…
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OTHERS SAY: Did the maker of Oreos surreptitiously cut the creme-to-cookie ratio? Say it ain’t so
Some scandals are more delicious than others.
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Subscriber ExclusiveEDITORIAL: Watch that list
When we heard a snippet on TV the other day that hundreds of folks were crossing the border and were also found to be on a "terror watch list," we figured the …
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When ‘B’ means ‘D’
Despite griping about the quality of K-12 education, polls show that most parents are happy with public schools their children attend.
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Subscriber ExclusiveEDITORIAL: Apply within
"I'm not being dramatic when I say this has the potential to transform our state."
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Federal spending: unsustainable
The yearly deficit has topped $1 trillion for several years running. Even America, as economically powerful as it is, can't run on a credit card forever. Inter…
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Subscriber ExclusiveEDITORIAL: Talk about media bias
The Washington Post put the word "whiplash" in its headline. The media on mainland China stopped hammering the United States this past week, and began emitting…
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Subscriber ExclusiveEDITORIAL: Talk is expensive
Talk is not cheap. If it's only talk, sometimes it can be very costly. For example, when it's only talk about climate change.
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Subscriber ExclusiveEDITORIAL: What inflation?
The news was so good Tuesday that the stock markets jumped. Inflation in the United States is cooling. And you thought November in Arkansas was sweater weather.
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Subscriber ExclusiveEDITORIAL: Cool moon rising
The "path of totality" sounds like a Buddhist phrase or other Eastern spiritual practice. Or it could be the name of an alternative rock band.