ER gets a thumbs up
On April 12, I injured my hand and wrist rather badly, and my wife piled me into the car to seek medical attention. We thought...
Yes, every vote counts
With one abstaining the vote on the “trial” Drinking in Public resolution passed with Mayor Butch Berry voting for it to break the tie...
Entertainment requires deeper thought
This push led by the Chamber of Commerce to create a permanent entertainment district has gone too far and is getting in the way...
The fertility of art
Since Brews changed hands and the community Prince, John Rankine, left I’ve not been drawn to Brews Cafe and Coffee Bar. However, one recent...
Healing dwells here
It seems some people have forgotten or perhaps they never knew. Perhaps they never realized that the land upon which we stand, this land...
We did this, we chose this… who are ‘we’?
Happy 250th Birthday, We the People! How do you like your country now?
Taking stock of what the society our Constitution gave birth to has...
Kudos to Al Larson
After 16 years on the Eureka Springs School Board, Al Larson didn’t run for re-election. He attended his last board meeting in March, and...
American Insights
The Long National Nightmare
It was a partly cloudy day in the nation’s capital when, at noon on Friday, August 9, 1974, Washington’s most powerful...
So Long, Old Friend
My friend Virginia. We did hard time together in the Eureka Springs city jail. She had just been sentenced to serve the jail time...
Check Engine light still on
I feel compelled to respond to David Writer’s Letter to the Editor of March 2, 2026, in the Eureka Springs Independent online. Because, as...