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The decline of terrorism
Columns and Blogs Comments Apr 18, 2013 9:00pmOur era is known as the Age of Terror, and no wonder. Twelve years ago, the United States suffered its worst terrorist attack ever, and since then, we have lived under the shadow of atrocities...
Big deal for big steel
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 18, 2013 9:00pmGrant Tennille was taking a break at the state Capitol Tuesday near the Rotunda. He was relaxed, which he had not always been these past 2.5 months. Hours earlier, he had watched the House of...
Immigration sophistry
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 17, 2013 9:00pmMost laws are meant to stop people from doing something, and to penalize those who disregard those laws. More generally, laws are meant to protect the society from the law breakers.
But our...
McCord leaves lasting legacy
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 17, 2013 9:00pmPlenty of time remains to perform the ritual post-mortem of the General Assembly; it still breathes, and will use its final hours to hammer down a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1....
Beyonce and Jay-Z: Saving Communism?
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 16, 2013 9:00pmThe communist regime in Cuba was just about to come tumbling down, ending decades of dictatorship and opening the way for freedom and democracy. But before that could happen, Jay-Z and Beyonce...
Mike Ross: For and against health care reform
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 16, 2013 9:00pmA couple of weeks back, I wrote that former Congressman Mike Ross’ candidacy for governor may be the best hope for Democrats to regain some footing in 2014. Rumblings from Republican politicos...
McCord’s legacy: Freedom of information in Arkansas
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 15, 2013 9:00pmIn the summer of 1966 some of Arkansas’ best journalists were working on a project to bring freedom of information — open public meetings and records — to the state. Since 1953 the state had been...
Fact-free crusades
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 15, 2013 9:00pmAmid all the heated, emotional advocacy of gun control, have you ever heard even one person present convincing hard evidence that tighter gun control laws have in fact reduced murders?
Think...
Smith’s invisible hand cracks whip
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 13, 2013 9:00pmRecently, Forbes.com released an interesting tidbit about global wealth. Of the roughly seven billion people roaming our bright blue sphere, just 1426 of them have amassed a net wealth in excess...
A step toward balance
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Apr 13, 2013 9:00pmYou have to walk before you can run, and before you can learn to walk, you have to take baby steps. Maybe that’s what just happened in Washington with President Obama’s budget proposal.
His...