Need access to puppy mill reports

Editor, Do you have any idea what goes on in puppy mills? Owners make huge sums of money off the caging of female dogs and keeping...

Standing up for states’ rights

Editor, As the congressional challenger for Arkansas's District 4 House seat, I support HR 1227 Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017, which “amends the...

Abuse of public trust

 Editor,              Milosevic and his family embezzled billions from the public money and he was responsible for mass murders in the Yugoslav Wars. He was...

Commission would go, not the district

Editor, Due to inaccuracies and misinformation by City Historic Preservation Officer Ms. Glenna Booth, I respond to her comments in the Sept. 2 ESI.  The Nov....

Benefit for few, detriment for many

Editor, Let’s call the “Entertainment District” what it is: permission to publicly drink alcohol downtown on the curvy, steep, slippery, old sidewalks and streets. Streets...

Primroses grow where we know they can’t

Editor, In an increasingly chaotic world, we have to take every opportunity to appreciate the wonders around us. This time of year brings just that...

President for life not out of the question

Editor,   Our country may get its just desserts – a tyrant named Donald Trump as its permanent, on-going president for life! Or, as I like...

What you can do to prepare

Editor, I thank the Independent and Dr. John House for the recent 4-part series on the State of the World and the threats we face...

The way it was

Editor, I express my deepest gratitude to the lovely artists who helped us portray a living history of the Ozark highlands on November 10 with...

Thoughts on income disparity

Editor, After returning from a 3-week, 5000 mile jaunt to Oregon I read T.A. Laughlin’s rich vs. poor tirade on Trump and Abe Lincoln’s party. Through...