Money is easy when regs are weak
Editor,
Thanks for the paper and the excellent staff and especially this editorial by Becky Gillette on the dumping of Hog Waste in The United...
Independent Guestatorial: 84% Fact Free
A big takeaway of the 2016 election is that facts are no longer relevant in American politics.
Thanks to social media, FOX news, talk radio,...
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...
What’s the biggest worry?
Editor,
The NRA owns our government, so we will never have sensible gun laws.
Health insurance companies own our politicians, so we will never have universal...
Hospital helpful
Editor,
I thank the Eureka Springs Hospital and the nurse and doctor who helped us when my spouse Marie got sick.
It is all too easy...
Sorting things out
Apparently the U.S. is spared the possibility of endless repetitions of “President Hickenlooper today said…” I have nothing against the former Colorado governor; like...
Phantom Threats
“We’ve already lost the trade war. We don’t have a trade war. We’ve already lost.” - Donald John Trump
This may be the shortest international...
The magic on Nicky
Editor,
I read The Dirt on Nicky (Nicky Boyette’s) article. Look what I found! I loved the writing, the article, the history, the ideas and the...
Stretching to Texas
Editor,
Thanks for hanging in there. I look forward to ESI more than The Dallas Morning News. It is an important connection to Eureka for me,...
The new normal
Editor,
I just read the latest Independent and I’m feeling really sad. I immediately clipped Dan Krotz’s “thanks for all the fish” column and put...