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OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: From the center out Just as we need not heal until we purge the Trumpian right-wing extremist insurrection movement, we need not pine for bipartisanship until we can learn to be no... by John Brummett - January 20, 2021

OPINION | OTHERS SAY: Contest of ideas While there’s plenty not to like about Andrew Yang’s candidacy for New York City mayor, there’s one reason we’re glad he’s thrown himself into the briar patch. by The New York Daily News - January 19, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Adventures in mediocrity The first thing Gov. Asa Hutchinson said when he returned my call Saturday was that a ranking that morning in The New York Times had shown Arkansas 25th among t... by John Brummett - January 19, 2021

OPINION | MIKE MASTERSON: Not smiling now I hope the world-famous Gravette-area resident who forced his way into the Capitol alongside a couple of hundred others on Jan. 6 feels his moment of fame was w... by Mike Masterson - January 19, 2021

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Not out of the woods | Parties responsible | They were complicit During the past many months, covid-19 has wreaked havoc among our personal and business lives. Probably someone you know has died, and others you know have beco... January 19, 2021

OPINION | EDITORIAL: Insufficient ground As long as there is no acrimony in American politics . . . . January 18, 2021

OPINION | DOUG SZENHER: An altar defiled Politics began to interest me during the 1960 presidential campaign. I was in the fourth grade during the first half of the year when the various candidates wer... by DOUG SZENHER SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - January 18, 2021

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Profiles in courage | Seems a bit familiar | Moral consideration On Jan. 6, we were all transfixed by the Trumplican attack on our democracy. Gratefully, his dream of becoming president for life was thwarted. But that isn't w... January 18, 2021

OPINION | BRADLEY GITZ: The left's best friend The riot at the Capitol that Donald Trump did so much to incite in his desperate effort to overturn an election that he lost has helped to answer perhaps the mo... by Bradley Gitz - January 18, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: A primer on protest We need to define three words. They are protest, riot and insurrection. Then we need to consider whether asserting hypocrisy in other people excuses one's own. ... by John Brummett - January 17, 2021

OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: 'Ghost' voters With many allegations surrounding the November election, I wondered how many states, if any, might have overstated the number of registered voters when compared... by Mike Masterson - January 17, 2021

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Talk about hypocrisy | Simply a red herring | The hatred and vitriol I thought your whisper-behind-the-hand endorsement of Donald Trump last October was the most cowardly thing I had ever seen a newspaper do. Now you are in the r... January 17, 2021

OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: Back on the Buffalo again Just when you thought the karst-laden Buffalo River watershed had eluded any threat of possible contamination by the removal of a misplaced hog factory, another... by Mike Masterson - January 16, 2021

OPINION | REX NELSON: Home of the Hoo-Hoo On Jan. 21, 1892, six men formed an entity with an unusual name: The Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo. by Rex Nelson - January 16, 2021

OPINION | BRUCE WESTERMAN AND CLAY SMITH: The best stewards Growing up in Arkansas, you learn quickly that it is almost impossible to separate our state's history from its hunting heritage. Whether it's duck hunting in t... by BRUCE WESTERMAN AND CLAY SMITH SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - January 16, 2021

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