Crisis diversion
Epstein, wag the dog.
Start a war to distract from your troubled administration and all your own wrong doings.
Doug Stowe
Thanks for voting
Voters of Carroll County, thank you for participating in this election and for taking an active role in our local government. Elections are how...
Watershed Moments, Designing a Meaningful Interim Study
Previous columns explored why phosphorus must be measured across the entire watershed and why current regulatory tools often fail to capture its cumulative impact....
I’m David Writer, your Carroll County Judge
Carroll County is special, and people are drawn to it for many reasons. I was raised just across the state line in Carr Lane....
Power of attorney
Abbey Foster is doing an excellent job. I am glad you have her.
According to Eureka Springs Municipal Code, the last elected city attorney has the...
Deloitte, Jamie Barker and their next possible taxpayer victim
I have been writing about how political profiteer, Jamie Barker is cashing in by becoming a “partner” at a lobbying firm, Gilmore Davis Strategy...
Measuring what matters, protecting what counts
Part 1 emphasized a foundational principle: study design determines what becomes visible—and what remains hidden. An interim study must operate at the basin...
Reflecting on the Valentine’s issue
I have magnetized this week’s Independent Thinker to my refrigerator. My late husband used to call Eureka a womb where the lost came...
History might be repeated but shouldn’t be rewritten
Dakoda’s “What Could be More American” article in the Feb. 11, 2026, Independent serves as “wake up call” to all concerned citizens to this...
American Insights
Words Worth Remembering: Washington’s Warning of the Love of Power
George Washington was once again in the spotlight. It was nothing new. Years earlier, in...