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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...
Letters to the Editor
Letters Comments Dec 05, 2012 6:01amDear Editor:
This is an update to my letter of two weeks ago. None of us are against the gas industry, America needs the gas. But we are against them being allowed to run roughshod over our...
Time for Letters to Santa
Letters Comments Nov 28, 2012 6:00amDear Santa,
We here at the Democrat have been mostly good this year, and as our reward, we would like to continue our tradition of publishing Letters to Santa from area schoolchildren.
...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...
Letters to the Editor
Letters Comments Updated: Nov 26, 2012 7:46pmDear Editor:
This letter is being written on behalf of my neighbors in addition to myself. About a week ago we found out a gas compressor station is being installed right in the center of a...
Other Voices
Letters Comments Oct 31, 2012 5:01amBy Sharon Guynup
Natural gas drilling has come to the South. However, states have been slow to respond with environmental and health regulations. North...
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...