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ROBERT STEINBUCH: Free-speech contradictions
Several months ago, I began a series of columns exposing the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville's King Fahd Middle Eastern Studies Center's myopic focus on…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Clinging to our gun rights
It's been a bad couple of weeks for Arkansans' right to self-defense. Last week, I lost a gun-rights case in the Arkansas Supreme by a vote of 4 to 3.
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Common courtesy and common sense
The situation comedy "Barney Miller" premiered in 1975, detailing activities occurring almost exclusively in a New York City detective squad room in a fictiona…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Profiles in courage
As articulated previously, this column exposes the exploits of self-aggrandizing (or is it self-important?) public officials failing in their obligation to ser…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Oh, Hoxie, bless your heart
Recall my previous reporting about the city of Hoxie's refusal to comply with the Freedom of Information Act. I discussed how, when presented with a FOIA reque…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Money down the drain
T his month, the board of commissioners for Central Arkansas Water (CAW)--our water utility--awarded a 4-percent pay increase to Tad Bohannon, CAW's chief exec…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: The fluctuating status of DEI
Bryan Caplan, an economics professor at George Mason University, recently wrote about his school's plan to adopt a "Just Societies" course requirement, which h…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Restoring rationality
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently appointed conservative former state senator and founder of the National Association of Christian Lawmakers Jason Rapert to…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: But wait, there’s more
Today I continue my series investigating the taxpayer-funded fiasco at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville's Saudi-autocrat-denominated Middle Eastern s…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Upholding values
In the delicate architecture of democracy, transparency stands as the singular structure safeguarding the covenant between the governed and those in authority.…