Opinion and Letters
The Local Journalism Sustainability Act (LJSA) was recently introduced in the U.S. House and has now been introduced in the Senate -- and will benefit every ...
by Dean Ridings Special to The Commercial - July 24, 2021An old boy we know got confused one morning and, while thinking about the farm work to come that afternoon, put water in the fuel tank of his tractor. Thankf...
July 23, 2021Eric Adams arrives for lunch alone, no entourage or media handler. He shows me his new earring--"the first thing," he says, that Joe Biden asked to see when ...
by Bret Stephens The New York Times - July 23, 2021It's still hot outside, and predictions from weather people say it'll get hotter soonest. The tomatoes are still coming in. Cantaloupes in the garden aren't ...
July 23, 2021When the covid-19 pandemic eventually recedes, its global costs will become clearer. Paradoxically, that accounting begins with hardships that cannot be calc...
by The Chicago Tribune - July 23, 2021RIP, Trade Promotion Authority. The law that allowed Congress to fast-track consideration of trade agreements expired on July 1. Trade agreements will now be...
by TORI K. SMITH AND ANTHONY KIM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE - July 23, 2021The Legislature continues to be unhappy with the governor's office.
by JOHN C. PICKETT SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - July 23, 2021July 16 is an American anniversary paradox. Its event escaped popular memory long ago, and yet its subject is fodder for popular debate with each ensuing gen...
by Dana Kelley - July 23, 2021Many people equate avoiding the covid vaccines to their freedom as a citizen. Their right to choose. I can see their point.
July 23, 2021With all the criticism police officers get today--and never let it be said that it's all unwarranted--today's reminder is that police are put in difficult po...
July 22, 2021Since the new wave of race consciousness that has been sweeping our country, precipitated by the graphic video of the killing of George Floyd by police offic...
by Star Parker - July 22, 2021According to dispatches, Olympic officials in Tokyo are "closely monitoring" the waterways where canoeing and rowing contests are scheduled to be held in the...
July 22, 2021As U.S. and coalition forces withdraw from Afghanistan and the Taliban militia gains more territory, women and girls who resisted gender-based violence and f...
by SHERIZAAN MINWALLA IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE - July 22, 2021I am saddened by the headlines Arkansas has made nationally related to our poor rates of covid-19 vaccination and surging case numbers from the Delta variant...
by NICK ZALLER SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - July 22, 2021Are you ready for some football? So, get vaccinated, then.
by John Brummett - July 22, 2021