Wheels, cogs, Vespas, wagons, floats – art from the heart

Editor, Thanks to all who came out for this year’s Artrageous Parade with special thanks to the CAPC, who understood the importance of carrying on...

Rich v. Poor

Editor,   The other day, my friend Dave and I were wondering why the poorest states in the USA both spend the least on education and...

Independent Editorial: Go big or go home

It isn’t enough to be happy and peaceful. That isn’t a goal, it’s a way. Being happy and peaceful simply doesn’t do anything for...

The Arkansas Works Deception

A minefield for low income Arkansans This is about grave threats to our brothers and sisters who did not have the opportunity to get a...

A bridge to nowhere

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for our pets, so they can run and...

Goddesses made me feel good

Editor, I’m sending you a journal entry I made this week – verbatim – because when I write a letter the editor I’m usually mad...

Need some space

Editor, My grandmother rented a falling-down Southern mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, so she could create a boardinghouse for workers – “All you can eat for...

Voting is an easy duty

Editor, I had the privilege and pleasure of helping 13 Eureka Springs High School seniors register to vote Friday morning. If you will be 18...

Then was then

Editor, Anaheims Mickey, Minnie and Pluto have had to learn Spanish. Driverless cars, driving stoned, driving texting, man buns and women in submarines would have...

The power of compassion

I consider non-violence to be compassion in action. It doesn’t mean weakness, cowering in fear, or simply doing nothing. It is to act without...