Helping one day at a time

Editor, Sometime in early March I decided to help a young man I met at St. James Sunday Suppers. He needed shoes, but that was...

But it’s not illegal

Editor, I remember when I was about 15 sneaking out with my girlfriend and climbing to the roof of an old barn on their farm...

Curious fundraising

Editor, I am visiting relatives in Eureka Springs. Recently I saw an article about a fundraising event for the domestic abuse shelter, the Purple Flower...

Taking care of each other

Editor, Thank you so much to the entire Independent staff for posting the article on the Matt Davis Family Relief Fund. Throughout this ordeal I’ve...

We’ll see how this works out

Editor, The area called the U.S.A. was controlled by tribe-raiding savages and sun worshippers that arrived via the Bering Strait. George, Abe and the Christian farmers,...

Vote, and vote your conscience

Editor, Thanks to John Rankine for hitting the nail on the head. Any potential vote for Hillary, whether lost to a protest for an alternative candidate or...

Tech training thriving

Editor, Just to keep you updated on our training progress with some of the less adoptable doggies at the Good Shepherd, they are learning calm...

Vote, like you mean it

Editor, Was America greater when people could own other people, blacks couldn’t vote, women couldn’t vote, gays had to hide? Should we return to the...

Local man needs our help

Many of us know Matt Davis as the guy in the camouflage jeep. I have known Matt since elementary, he played saxophone along side...

Even Lenin could not have done better

Editor, After viewing Hillary’s acceptance speech, I concluded that Vladimir Lenin could not have done a better job himself. Richard Waxenfelter Berryville