OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: Save for later
With the transition of Joe Biden to president appearing increasingly likely and Kamala Harris as vice president (obviously with higher aspirations), I thought it a good time to take note of what some ...
November 29, 2020
OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: An exponential virus
I recently expressed ignorance over the mode of incredibly rapid transmission of covid-19 as thousands of new cases and hospitalizations are reported each day.
One reader in a recent letter to the ed...
November 28, 2020
OPINION | MIKE MASTERSON: Gratitude defined
My list of appreciation this Thanksgiving includes heartfelt joy that only six short weeks remain in this calamitous year. It's also a day I specifically earmark to rest a spell beside life's flow to ...
November 24, 2020
OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: The last leaf to fall
Years ago I wrote about watching the last remaining leaf break free from the top of its towering tree. This is an edited version of that column which, while originally published in 1997, remains as pe...
November 22, 2020
OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: Musings on a swing
It came to me the other day while swinging out on our back deck: I'm slowly becoming the person I should have been a long time ago.
You see, I'm not crazy about the me I was in my 20s, 30s and into m...
November 21, 2020
OPINION | MIKE MASTERSON: At cost of job
Each of us should take care in today how we vent our frustration and anger on social media.
Ill-conceived words can prove disastrous to one's reputation and employment, even landing them in The New Y...
November 17, 2020
OPINION | MIKE MASTERSON: 'Sounds' good
As Joe Biden at age 78 expects to assume the presidency over this land of the free and home of the brave, it's indeed admirable that the first thing he's called for is unity in a nation as sharply div...
November 15, 2020
OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: Nations in turmoil
I'm no man of the cloth, or even an adjunct assistant lay minister. I'm simply an observer of life fortunate enough to be blessed with a platform to share my views on an endless variety of topics and ...
November 14, 2020
OPINION | MIKE MASTERSON: Wartime GodNod
My warmest appreciation to members and veterans of our Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, National Guard and Coast Guard. Your willingness to serve and sacrifice often at the risk of your lives makes you...
November 10, 2020
OPINION | MIKE MASTERSON: Who am I?
Please bear with me this morning as I wax philosophical. I awoke the other night to recall that in my dream I'd been sitting navel-deep in Crooked Creek pondering an age-old philosophical question: Wh...
November 8, 2020
MASTERSON ONLINE: Remembering Dean
Over the course of our lifetimes, others invariably will emerge who bring lasting influences to bear on each fork in our path.
I occasionally write about just such people in my own life who, because ...
November 7, 2020
OPINION | MIKE MASTERSON: At an end, finally
The election countdown for 2020 mercifully comes to an end later tonight. Even then, who knows how long it will take for millions of votes to be tallied?
Questions about the results certainly could t...
November 3, 2020
OPINION | MIKE MASTERSON: Slaying Goliath
As with some Razorback coaches, one of my favorite sports films is the 1986 basketball classic "Hoosiers," starring Gene Hackman. It's the remarkable story loosely based on the team from the tiny farm...
November 1, 2020
OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: A dinosaur roars
Admittedly I'm a product (after 50 years in journalism) of the late Jurassic period when it comes to expectations for enterprise news gathering. Yeppers, guilty as charged.
One might say I subscribed...
October 31, 2020
OPINION | MIKE MASTERSON: Superman weeps
Editor's note: The original version of this column was published Oct. 27, 2018.
Several matters have been festering in my spirit of late, as I suspect they have in others. Feel free to disagree. I pr...
October 27, 2020