The Pursuit of Happiness

Our political and cultural condition, and its preoccupations, make me unhappy and I have a strong inclination to detach from it. Writers I admire,...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Shania Clifford is a high school junior and SkillsUSA masonry student who won the gold medal in Ohio’s Skills USA competition by 72 points. “She...

Dropping a Line

Boy, really getting this one in late. Had a wheel bearing go on the boat trailer. That has a lot to do with fishing,...

The Nature of Eureka: Yucca

Often when I’m out on a group hike, we come across plants that some are surprised to see in Arkansas. One of those plants...

The Pursuit of Happiness

Malcolm Moos, an Eisenhower-era moderate Republican strategist, wrote The End of the Republican Establishment in 1965, after Lyndon Johnson’s thrashing of Barry Goldwater. Moos’s...

Dropping a Line

Robert Johnson - Here’s a good thumbs up for Johnny’s grandson, 7 year-old Blaze Dunn, who spent two days with Grandpa learning how to...

Exploring the Fine Art of Romance

I’m currently single but in past relationships I never felt temped to stray. I’m angry that affairs seem to be the norm today. Monogamy’s...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 9-16

Messengers, Shavuot (Laws), Flag Day (Art) Risa - We are in the midst of Gemini and Mercury, Gemini’s ruler. Both are messengers. Gemini and Mercury...

The Nature of Eureka: Our parks’ ethos

When we speak of parks, or in the context of Eureka Springs, our spring reserves, Harmon Park, Black Bass Lake City Park and Lake...

The Pursuit of Happiness

Most people are sensitive to their environment and learn that it is changeable, fragile, and within our power to ruin. We prefer a clean...