Nuclear Winter

The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records. – POTUS, January 28,...

Independent Guestatorial: 2001 – A Lying Odyssey

Most of us knew well before the release of Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury that the president was “like a child,” a “moron,”...

Caring for others

If we believe that we, as Americans, are bound together by a common concern for each other, then an urgent national priority is...

38-minute alert a wake-up call

Editor, The recent 38-minute alert in Hawaii brought forth valid panic. We have natural laws, God’s laws, Biblical hints and clues, yet 97 percent of the...

Crumbs from the kitchen

Eds. Note: Rambling thoughts from a woman who insists she can’t write, but did because she was touched by those who got out in...

Character, equality, and resilience

If you can’t treat someone from another race, or different color skin, with dignity and respect, then you need to get out. – Lt....

Hold meetings at CC

Editor, I am sorry to hear that the council has rejected the opportunity to move council meetings to the new room being prepared for them...

Being guided to the cemetery

Editor, We have an especially interesting cemetery in Eureka Springs. It was founded in 1879 and the Odd Fellows took over in 1889. The assortment...

Can you hear me now?

Editor, I, like all Americans except the indigenous nations of the “First Americans,” am a child of immigrants. My fore parents came from Belfast, Ireland,...

Cruel and unusual punishment

Cruel and unusual punishment is intolerable due to the suffering, pain, or humiliation it inflicts on people. Burning people alive, public dissection and disembowelment...