Looking for a lost word
There used to be another word in the dictionary between the words direful and direwolf. (I am using American Heritage College Dictionary 4th ed.). It was a perfectly...
Wolftoon
Wolftoon
War on Americans
If you pluck a chicken one feather at a time nobody notices. Benito Mussolini
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in her 2019 book Fascism:...
Let it snow. Please. Thank you
Last week’s crazy storm got me thinking about snow. This is the fourth winter in a row – so far – that we have...
Stand by our name
Editor,
I have been hearing about the “branding” of Eureka Springs. As I understand it, money is being spent to arrive at a word or phrase...
Wouldn’t it be nice to be nice?
An Internet meme making the rounds is Woody Guthrie’s 1943 “New Years Rulins.” Some are specific to Woody –write a song a day,” “play...
Avoiding war and warming beyond 2°C
Thinking about climate from a different point of view
The climate story has evolved from a clear warning more than 30 years ago to a...
Swamp draining uncovers stuff
Editor,
Promise made, promise kept: Trump promised to drain the swamp. He did. Replacing it with the open sewer that the Republican Party is willing...
Be happy, it’s how to be remembered
Editor,
Trump does not want to be remembered for being impeached! Even he knows that the presidents who are remembered are those who were in...
Climate justice
Burning the forests and fracking the land, the U.S. claims to lead the world
The United Nations COP 25 climate summit ended last Saturday after...