Opinion and Letters
Everyone who has written for publication has had the experience of being misapprehended. Nearly every week I'll get an email or a letter from someone who has c…
by Philip Martin December 5, 2021When Donald Trump offered to spend $200 million overhauling one of Washington's most treasured historic buildings into a luxury hotel a decade ago, competitors…
by The Washington Post December 5, 2021Bloomberg Opinion (WPNS)
by Bloomberg December 5, 2021All in the world Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants this week is to be allowed to be like Ronald Reagan without this Republican Legislature being like Donald Trump.
by John Brummett December 5, 2021Get back to the basics
December 5, 2021During five years directing the Kiplinger Public Affairs Reporting fellowship program at Ohio State University, I regularly made a point of spicing classroom l…
by Mike Masterson December 5, 2021Environmentalist and oilman don't seem to go together, but that's the hat I wear. In an era of global warming and anti-fossil fuel rhetoric, you might think th…
by Richard Mason December 5, 2021It is challenging to do research in 19th-century Arkansas newspapers. Not only can they be difficult to read due to the wear and tear of time, but one is const…
by Tom Dillard December 5, 2021"The Troubles in Arkansas" was a front-page headline in The New York Times 150 years ago this month. The story, printed on Dec. 27, 1871, told of racial violen…
December 5, 2021On an overcast, blustery day in December 2001, I was nine months pregnant with my first child when I joined community leaders, friends, Clinton campaign staff,…
December 5, 2021C.S. Lewis said we read to know we are not alone. That's also why writers write, or at least one of the big reasons I do.
by GWEN FAULKENBERRY December 5, 2021The area around Kingsland in Cleveland County was a desperately poor part of Arkansas in February 1932 when J.R. Cash was born to Ray and Carrie Cash.
by Rex Nelson December 5, 2021When Americans think of space, they might imagine the indelible images from the first moon landing, iconic TV shows such as "Star Trek," commercial companies l…
by The Washington Post December 5, 2021Some of the most finely crafted and original movies being made won't be screening at the local cineplex. They're being shown at film festivals.
by Karen Martin December 5, 2021With everything else going on--the likely imminent demise of Roe v. Wade, the revelation that Donald Trump knew he had tested positive for the coronavirus befo…
by Paul Krugman The New York Times December 4, 2021