Politics should be unusual

Editor, I wrote this for the Independent back in 2012 right after the Sandy Hook massacre. Four years and countless mass shootings later, it does...

Switchback rumble

Editor, We know the switchback curves of 62 West of town are deadly – recently there were two killed when a truck crossed the center...

Wolftoon

Brother can you spare a dime

Independent Guestatorial: Fluff silence

“I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.” ― Nadezhda Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope “Once upon a time, there...

Few blues at the Blues

Editor, I hope everyone who loves the Blues, our beloved town of Eureka Springs, and the Arts had as good a weekend as Celest &...

Editorial was naive

Editor, Mary Pat Boian: Your Independent editorial for the June 15 issue is naive in the extreme. Nothing to fear in a gay nightclub?  “A sports bar is...

We are the world

Editor, Last week’s “Show the world we are sane” should have been “Show the world we are the same.” I love our community and consider...

Independent Guestatorial: Isolation and devastation

If you hunt, fish, or swim, you may want to read this. The sweet smell of money drives good people to ignore friends and...

Wolftoon

Put it together

Independent Editorial: Who’s to blame?

Do you honestly think you could walk into a gay nightclub and feel fear? Of what? Not that you’ll be killed. A gay nightclub...