ESI Staff
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Yes! Magazine was first published in 1996 and last published this June.
We scoured Yes! every week because it paid attention to Greta Thunberg before...
American Insights
“A State of Becoming”: From My Book Better Angels
History reminds us that Americans are just people: capable of love and hate, compassion and cruelty,...
Back Porch Thoughts
Cool August mornings – words that seldom go together – force one’s mind away from the heavy and hurtful issues that are there on...
The Dirt on Nicky
Job
I went to the garden to water everything and plant a few cucumber seeds, but spent two useful, this-then-that hours clearing pathways, adding to...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week August 6-12, 2025
Hot Sultry Dog Days of Summer under the Blue-White Star Sirius
Note: the word dog spelled backward is “god.”
We are in the “dog days...
Money and water plights intrigue council
At Monday’s Eureka Springs City Council meeting, Fire Chief Gary Inman gave a breakdown of ambulance service financials and information regarding the recently passed...
Money and leadership questioned during comment period
Public comments at Monday’s city council meeting commenced with Planning Commission Chair Ferguson Stewart addressing utility rates, then expressing support for the Hospital Commission....
CAPC ups marketing support money
At the July 23 City Advertising and Promotion Commission meeting, Coltan Scrivner, organizer of Zombie Crawl and Nightmare in the Ozarks, as well as...
Council, Hospital in balancing act
City Council gathered last Tuesday, July 22, to discuss the Hospital Commission’s 2025 budget, with conversation diverting to personalities at several points.
Finance Director...
GSHS celebrates the dog days of summer, Sirius-ly!
Okay, so maybe the dog days of summer don’t really have anything to do with dogs. But there are some fun-raisers for the Good...