Arkansas has been ground zero for news about the Boy Scouts of late. But unlike most news about the Boy Scouts, this news hasn't been the good kind. Note how...
Back in the long-ago year 2007, when Gen. David Petraeus was putting into action a whole new strategy called the Surge, an integral and indeed indispensable part of his plan...
It's definitely time, past time, to update this annual list of heat-beaters. Feel free to clip and save, mix and match, or add your own. 1. Delete all unwanted emails...
The word came in an email even before another simmering hot August workday here in Arkansas had really begun. The message had been expected for some time, but that didn't...
It was the national pastime that didn't include all the nation. Black ballplayers, whether they were stars or run-of-the-mill, weren't allowed in the major leagues back then -- or many...
"Thank you for writing; I learn most from my critics." A columnist soon learns to employ that phrase or one like it. For the best response to an irate reader...
There are times when this administration's foreign policy brings to mind the weather here in Arkansas: If you don't like it, wait a minute. It'll change. See the president's latest...
The news out of Russia never seems to be new. The names change, not the essence. Nor does the reaction of Russia-watchers: a deep, hopeless, wordless sigh. As if to...
Our president just can't resist commenting on what all too many people seem unable to stop themselves from commenting on: the verdict in the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman trial in Florida....
She was the girl who made a term like The Boys on the Bus obsolete for the flock of reporters condemned to trail a president or wanna-be president around like...