A week in the legislature

In Washington, talks about treason swirl around the White House, and that seems like the most important of events; but meanwhile back at the...

Independent Guestatorial: Inside the Diamond pipeline

“You can’t talk about the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.” Dr. C. Everett Koop Former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop,...

Wolftoon

Eeeeek!

Destroying people 101

Editor, We are having the warmest winter in Arkansas that I can ever remember, and yet, Donald Trump has nominated Scott Pruitt, a climate change denier...

Happiness relies on justice

Editor,  On Tuesday, Feb. 21, I will become 80 years old. I am a native-born southerner, a cusp Pisces who grew up in a segregated...

When do we call it treason?

Editor, In recent days, it has become clear that Mike Flynn (Trump’s National Security Council advisor) treasonously colluded with the Russian FSB (intelligence apparatus) to...

Don’t forget delusive and shallow

Editor, In a troubled time, language sometimes offers the consolation of an almost prescient accuracy, as in the word “trumpery.” Derived from a French word...

Saturday, 10:30, NBC

Editor, The only thing Trump has made “Great Again” is Saturday Night Live. John Rankine

What to do?

It’s 5:30 a.m., and I can’t get back to sleep. We’re 3 weeks into a US presidency for which I’m stuck. My fellow citizens,...

Independent Guestatorial: Is the Diamond Pipeline legal?

“Young man, let me remind you that this is a court of law and not a court of justice.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr....