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Medicaid big issue for Legislature
Columns Comments Dec 20, 2012 12:06pmMedicaid is likely the biggest issue facing the Legislature when it convenes in January.
The projected Medicaid deficit in the state, along with potential expansion through Obamacare, will...
2 trends changing American life
Columns Comments Dec 20, 2012 12:07pmDr. James Johnson, a demographer from North Carolina, spoke to school board members from across Arkansas Dec. 5 about disruptive trends, some of which are so big that there’s no way they...
Backing off the no-tax pledge
Columns Comments Dec 05, 2012 6:01amSome congressional Republicans are beginning to back off that “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” they signed. That’s a hopeful sign, because they never should have signed such a pledge at all, and if...
Commonsense It’s all about people helping people
Columns Comments Nov 28, 2012 6:00amI opened my Galaxy today, reading about the horrific fog-related vehicle pile-up on I-10 out of Houston. What a shock after all the Thanksgiving food and fun. Probably, many of the folks had...
Public perception good so far in Legislature
Columns Comments Nov 21, 2012 6:05pmEverything appears to be working smoothly with a Republican majority in the Arkansas House and Senate.
For anyone emerging from a cave, the state Legislature will be majority...
Some can’t tell the difference
Columns Comments Nov 21, 2012 6:01amRarely does U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., offer a political opinion with which I agree, but in a Nov. 5 interview with Politico, he couldn’t have been more on target.
“If I hear...
Remembering veterans
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Remembering veterans
Diane Hall, a member of the Clinton chapter of the Maria Van Buren Daughters of the American Revolution, places flowers and flags at the Courthouse...
Scientifically measuring criminal man
Columns Comments Oct 23, 2012 10:44pmPBS recently broadcast a superlative episode of the series, NOVA Science Now. The title of the episode was “Can Science Stop Crimes?” Host David Pogue, took viewers through the work of leading...
Commonsense Commentary — Time to exercise your birthright — vote
Columns Comments Oct 23, 2012 8:58pm“Going to the polls and voting is one of the most important birth rights we have as citizens of this country.” Mike Roark, Russellville Courier editor, Oct. 7, 2012
The year was 1781....
Shale a divisive issue for Arkansans
Columns Comments Aug 06, 2012 8:31pmIf you live in a part of the state not affected by the Fayetteville Shale Play, be thankful — not because of the issues surrounding the process of extracting natural gas from underground, but...