Beyond fracking

While the world burns Trump declares energy independence The 2019 United Nations Emissions Gap Report confirms what everyone knows. We continue burning fuels and plan...

Dim the lights

Editor, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Nick Roberts! After exactly one year, six trips to the Eureka Springs Maintenance Dept., two trips to Carroll County...

Thoughts on the proposed wind farm

Members of the Carroll County, Arkansas, Quorum Court Re: Proposed Ordinances/January 16, 2024, QC Meeting Dear Members: We have been provided copies of two proposed ordinances to...

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:...

And the Larry Evans Award goes to…

I am reminded once again why people new to Eureka say that it’s a very special place. I once again had a boat motor failure...

Drax climate hoax

“Our ambition is to become carbon negative by 2030” At the November 2019 “Capital Markets Day,” Drax stated their ambition, explaining “being carbon negative...

Please accept money

Editor, A couple of days ago my wife and I were going to enjoy a meal at a downtown restaurant, the same we have so...

Independent Guestatorial – The Gatekeeper

“In a democracy, people get the leaders they deserve.” – Abraham Lincoln Dr. Luis Contreras - On April 12, 2016, life in Crossett, Ark., made...

Parking ticket costs a lot

Mr. Mayor, I congratulate you on the efficiency of your city employees during our recent stay in Eureka Springs. In the five minutes it took...

Black man runnin’

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales had been put on hold for weeks and I was no longer feeling the blues from my endless fumbling attempts at...