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The false Nixon equivalence

Updated: May 21, 2013 9:00pm

“The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know,” said Harry Truman, who made it his task to absorb a lot of it. Many people who have not followed his example are not averse to...

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<p>Steve Brawner</p>

There’s a hole in the bucket — and the overpass

Updated: Apr 27, 2013 11:10pm

Remember that old folk song, “There’s a Hole in the Bucket”?

In the song, “Henry” tells his “dear Liza” about a hole in their bucket, and no matter how she asks him to fix it, he always...

Successful session? Only time will tell

Updated: Apr 27, 2013 12:05am

It’s over. It ran a month beyond what the authors of the 1874 Arkansas Constitution thought would be necessary to get the job done — 90 days, they reckoned, ought to do it. There was no Medicaid...

<p>Steve Brawner</p>

Reject the spirit of contempt

Updated: Apr 25, 2013 9:00pm

My dad has told the story many times of the day that President Kennedy was shot. Dad was on his way to a college class when someone shared the news and one of his fellow students, not realizing...

<p>Steve Chapman</p>

Conquering fear to protect freedom

Updated: Apr 25, 2013 7:41pm

According to a 19th-century composer named Francis Scott Key, the United States is the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” If he were writing those lyrics today, he might add an asterisk...

<p>Thomas Sowell</p>

Immigration gambles

Updated: Apr 24, 2013 9:00pm

Britain’s late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said it all when she wrote that the world has “never ceased to be dangerous,” but the West has “ceased to be vigilant.”

Nothing better...

<p>Darnell Hawkins</p>

All in the family

Updated: Apr 24, 2013 9:00pm

Edith Bunker, where are you now that we need you?

After watching, listening to and reading about the current fiasco surrounding the residency ordinances, one is quickly reminded that racism...

Torture without excuses

Updated: Apr 23, 2013 9:00pm

The autopsy gave a spare account of how the 52-year-old man died. He suffered blunt force injuries on his torso and legs, and abrasions on his left wrist indicated he had been tied or shackled...

<p>Jason Tolbert</p>

Mike Ross flip flops on abortion

Updated: Apr 23, 2013 9:00pm

Former Congressman Mike Ross made it official last week that he is running for governor. The decision was not unexpected after Attorney General Dustin McDaniel withdrew, leaving an opening for a...

<p>Roy Ockert</p>

Unwanted notoriety

Updated: Apr 22, 2013 9:00pm

A couple of Arkansas politicians managed to make national news last week for the wrong reason — bringing criticism and ridicule to their home state.

The more extreme example was a tweet...

<p>Thomas Sowell</p>

Genes and racism

Updated: Apr 22, 2013 9:00pm

During decades of watching both collegiate and professional football, I have seen hundreds of touchdowns scored by black players — but not one extra point kicked by a black player.

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