American Insights
American Insights: What Could Be More American?
The room was dim, filled with the smell of boiled cabbage and old rags. Winston, the protagonist in...
From the Back Porch
If you’ve walked quiet beaches or sandy soils, you’ve most probably been startled by a brownish bird, with broken wing screeching and zooming past...
Hall Closets
Well, something had to give last weekend when the Razorback cagers traveled southeast to Mississippi State for an 11 a.m. game. The last time...
The Dirt on Nicky
One garden at a time
Worms do not contaminate their environment. Bugs are bugs, and you can’t blame them for being bugs though sometimes they...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
It’s fun living in a tourist town because we can watch people we don’t know watch us. We get a spirited inner swelling being...
The Reel News
Pictured is Mike Peoples from Gentry, with his 1st Beaver Tailwaters walleye, caught with Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service.
Beaver tailwaters
Fishing conditions have been challenging...
The Coffee Table
Salvador Dali and My Patriotic Heart
I recently read about a gentleman who sent a four-sentence email to the Department of Homeland Security’s lead prosecutor...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week February 11 – 17, 2026
Festivals – Rare Ones – Saturn/Neptune Aries & the Fire Horse
January, February and March can seem cold and empty without preparing for and celebrating...
The Reel News
Late Winter Transition – ice breaking, snow melting, cold still hanging on
We’re in that late-winter transition window. Ice and snow are melting off during...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week February 4 – 10, 2026
How to Understand the World & Our Country Today –
Crisis, polarization then a sweep into unity. This is how change occurs on earth...