Entertainment requires deeper thought
This push led by the Chamber of Commerce to create a permanent entertainment district has gone too far and is getting in the way of important city business. I’ve noticed that some council members...
The fertility of art
Since Brews changed hands and the community Prince, John Rankine, left I’ve not been drawn to Brews Cafe and Coffee Bar. However, one recent afternoon, I happened in to the current show there and...
Healing dwells here
It seems some people have forgotten or perhaps they never knew. Perhaps they never realized that the land upon which we stand, this land beneath our feet which is called Eureka Springs, is sacred...
We did this, we chose this… who are ‘we’?
Happy 250th Birthday, We the People! How do you like your country now?
Taking stock of what the society our Constitution gave birth to has grown up to be over two-and-a-half centuries reveals both painful...
Kudos to Al Larson
After 16 years on the Eureka Springs School Board, Al Larson didn’t run for re-election. He attended his last board meeting in March, and I hate to see him go.
Al brought a particular presence...
American Insights
The Long National Nightmare
It was a partly cloudy day in the nation’s capital when, at noon on Friday, August 9, 1974, Washington’s most powerful gathered in the East Room of the White House to...
So Long, Old Friend
My friend Virginia. We did hard time together in the Eureka Springs city jail. She had just been sentenced to serve the jail time until court was adjourned that evening. It was 2 o’clock...
Check Engine light still on
I feel compelled to respond to David Writer’s Letter to the Editor of March 2, 2026, in the Eureka Springs Independent online. Because, as Judge Writer has said, the truth really does matter.
On multiple...
Comments on ESH
Eureka Springs Mayor, City Council, ESH Hospital Commission, and citizens,
It has been a year since my company submitted a proposal to operate Eureka Springs Hospital. The commission chose a different path — hiring CEO...
Crisis diversion
Epstein, wag the dog.
Start a war to distract from your troubled administration and all your own wrong doings.
Doug Stowe
