ESI Staff
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Forty years ago was 1986, the year of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor and space shuttle Challenger explosions; the Iran-Contra shell game; Halley’s Comet doing...
Esoteric Astrology as news or week March 11 – 17, 2026
Ireland, Green Shamrocks, a Crystal Bowl & the White House
This is the week before Spring begins. Jupiter has stationed direct. Mercury remains retrograde. So...
Tuesday’s votes tallied
Carroll County saw 5,281 ballots cast in the March 3 primary this year with a 31.29 percent of total voter turnout. Breakdown of ballots...
Candidates plead their cases at Chamber forum
On Feb. 26, candidates running in the Republican Primary had an opportunity to speak to the public in a candidate forum sponsored by the...
I’m David Writer, your Carroll County Judge
Carroll County is special, and people are drawn to it for many reasons. I was raised just across the state line in Carr Lane....
From the Back Porch
For as long as I can remember, a year’s calendar has been both a necessity and a pleasure. Late December or early January a...
The Coffee Table
Southern Comfort?
There’s an interesting Texas politician popping up in the news these days: James Talarico. My Australian daughter brought him to my attention back in...
Kicking the bucket down the sidewalk
Alderman Susane Gruning said during Monday’s city council meeting that after reflecting on the sidewalks plan presented two meetings previous, she wanted to clarify...
County roads and citizen input still loom over quorum court
Justice of the Peace Caroline Rogers has proposed an explicit process for bringing public complaints to the quorum court, and last week she raised...
Revenue quandary interpreted by Hospital CEO
At the Feb. 23 meeting, Eureka Springs Hospital CEO Tiffany Means covered the revenue cycle of the hospital from patient registration to billing. Means...