Selling Arkansas one river at a time

Diverting the Ouachita River to sell our forests to China Rivers, mountains, and forests were once considered sacred, a majestic blessing on the planet we...

Independent Guestatorial: Wake up calls and tipping points

What does it take to get our attention in this cluttered world? Usually it’s something that hits close to home, such as outsized transmission...

Planetary crisis

We are the air, we are the water, we are the soil, we are the Sun. – David Takayoshi Suzuki We are lost in the...

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...

Disregard of life

Editor, US Republicon Senator John Boozman sold us out and sold his soul for $149,930. I guess that’s not considered a bad haul for a...

Add to towers, don’t build new ones

Editor, Highway 62 in Arkansas has been named as one of the top 8 scenic drives for viewing autumn leaves and by USA Today for...

Differences challenge assumptions

Spending the last month in Rishikesh, India, the presence of cows, dogs, red monkeys, and to a lesser extent horses, feral pigs and cats...

Same amount of time, different ways to spend it

Editor, Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent her entire life, since and including her teenage years, helping people. Donald Trump spent the exact same time period hanging...

Independent Guestatorial: Plain lies

“A lie keeps growing and growing until it’s as plain as the nose” - Pinocchio The Santa Barbara 2015 crude oil spill was no accident....

Independent Editorial: It isn’t that taxing

It has been an interesting couple of months if you’ve been following the multiple councils/commissions of Eureka Springs. This week a local businessman, Ken...