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The New Invisible?
I come from an era when you could disappear if you wanted to. Cash was normal. Purchases could be made without revealing...
American Insights
The Greatness of Jimmy Carter
The crowd roared, stymieing the opening words of an awkward statesman from Georgia who stood before the Democratic National Convention...
The Dirt on Nicky
Gardener’s winter musings (am I a muse?)
Seed orders are arriving, and my cat is excited. New varieties are in the mix now, so a...
Hall Closets
Oh boy! Here we go, again. The Hogs fell to 0-3 to start conference play for the third time in the past four years,...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week January 15 – 21, 2025
Nodal Changes Continued – Journey of Maturation
After traveling through Libra and Aries since July 17, 2023, the Lunar Nodes now begin to transit through...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Ann Carolyn Telnaes is one of few freelancers who has won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. She’s Swedish by birth, American by education...
Scout says no delays expected for wind farm
A big story in Carroll County in 2024 outlining efforts by billion-dollar company, Scout Clean Energy, to proceed with building a $400-million, 180-megawatt Nimbus...
Easement analyst says leases are skewed
What really stands out to Julie Morton, an energy sector easement analyst for 43 years, about the proposed $400-million Nimbus wind facility is the...
Quorum Court flies through resolutions
Questions and complaints about a planned wind-turbine development have dominated quorum court meetings in 2024. Several ordinances in opposition to the turbines have been...
Turbine talk still spinning in quorum court
Since March 2023, a planned wind-turbine development south of Green Forest has dominated quorum court meetings. A series of ordinances came to the table...