The Reel News

Pictured is Jeff Ochs from Kansas, who caught this nice rainbow with Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service.  Beaver Tailwaters: Cooler air is working its way back...

American Insights

Wilson’s Stand for Suffrage, Part III of III Monday, September 30, 1918, dawned with news from the war front. “American guns pound foe’s last defenses,”...

From the Back Porch

Leaning against the porch rail I pitch a ball for the dog. Decades ago, I lost my overhand perfection: the ball arcs behind me...

The Dirt on Nicky

Can’t see the 4est for the 3s My birth sign suggests I am easily distractible, but that’s hardly an excuse. I know there’s a point...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Has anyone else experienced the high-pitched squall of a leaf blower? It’s a hand-held 2-cycle machine that pollutes more than a Ford F-150. Seriously....

Esoteric astrology as news for week November Nov. 26 – Dec. 2, 2025

Wearing Gratitude Like a Cloak – Rumi The week of Thanksgiving and the season of gratitude begins. The Sun is now in Sagittarius. We...

American Insights

American Insights: Wilson’s Stand for Suffrage, Part II of III Even before he took the oath of office, Woodrow Wilson had been confronted with the...

The Coffee Table

Passively teaching tolerance Sometime back, I wrote about a man who frightened me at the Carroll County recycling center, which is rural enough that it’s unlikely...

From the Back Porch

“Seems to me… you’d stop to see… just how beautiful we are”** Once upon a time, just a few years ago, a gentle man and...

Hall Closets

Two-woe-and-eight! Dear devotees – Welcome to the imploringly depressed state of affairs that is Arkansas Razorback Football Week 11. Check any and all brains, egos,...