More Opinion ↓
Road bonds make sense
Editorials Comments Oct 23, 2012 10:39pmDo you get the feeling now and then that sections of the state highways and interstates in Arkansas resemble a bolt of corduroy cloth with hundreds of ridges designed to keep the front end of your...
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...
Other Voices — News from the judge’s office
Letters Comments Oct 23, 2012 10:42pmI am writing this letter on Oct. 17, 2012.
I hope everyone is enjoying the cool fall days after a long hot and dry summer.
The county Road Department has hauled a total of 135,110 tons...
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....
Letters to Editor — School lunches, medical marijuana
Letters Comments Updated: Sep 28, 2012 7:37pmDear Editor:
Who says we only hear, see, or read bad news? Last week’s Democrat disproves that notion. This reader was thrilled to read that both Shirley and South Side School Districts have...
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...
Sobol offered refuge for ‘nerds’
Columns Comments Aug 06, 2012 8:29pmA few days ago I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of local prison inmates. The men were recent graduates of a program designed to help them make better and more informed life choices. This...
Ballot proposals may be fatally flawed
Columns Comments Aug 06, 2012 8:27pmLooks like some blowhard pundit completely misread the situation when it came to voter-initiated ballot proposals for casinos, medical marijuana and raising the severance tax – the blowhard pundit...
Politicians love to bash but need media
Columns Comments Aug 03, 2012 10:22pmThe worst-kept secret in our nation’s capital leaked out this week, albeit in a roundabout way.
The anecdotal proof came when several political reporters acknowledged that they let sources...
Notes on two recent columns
Letters Comments Aug 03, 2012 10:20pmDear Editor:
I have a few things to say about a couple of the columns in the Democrat.
I read with compassion Rick Fahr’s article in the Democrat newspaper Back In Church - Again.
...