Diversity deserves acknowledgment

Editor, Wow! What an amazing Summer Diversity Weekend – I thank all the sponsors, without them our Diversity Weekends would not be possible. I thank...

All the best to Mrs. Maples

Editor, On Saturday, at the Public Display of Affection in our Diversity Weekend events, a thank you to Cheryl Maples was read. Mrs. Maples was...

Act now

To my Members of Congress, Yet more deaths that were inspired by the Republican Party's partnership with racism, bigotry and white supremacy, in the only...

Voting changes things

Editor, For many years Northwest Arkansas has suffered the blight of factory farming. These disgusting places stink to high heaven because they pack large numbers...

Voting is simple

Editor, In this divisive political time there is something positive you can do – register to vote. Yes! It does make a difference. There are...

Voting is necessary

Editor, The Mueller testimony once again shows how Democrats are interested in protecting our democracy and Republicans are interested in protecting their party. Most certainly...

Stop the killing

Editor, Poison makes perfect. In the cities, folks use chem lawn or tru green (a euphemism) to perfect their lawn and to project the illusion that...

They’re clean, social and sing to their young

Editor, Young children don’t appear to show much empathy. Hopefully, maturity teaches us kindness. The current controversy over pot-bellied pigs wasn’t a controversy until a councilwoman...

Wow. Just wow.

Editor, My compliments to the staff of the Independent for a fabulous newspaper! I was particularly enthralled by the July 10 edition that grabbed my...

A button down city we’re not

Editor, I would gladly trade Ms. Sloas’s polite porcine pets for the persistently yapping dogs that surround me in my neighborhood. Every few years Eureka goes...