It’s both our faults

If I had the pleasure of meeting you last week, I hope it didn’t make you sick. Then again, maybe you were the one who made me ill. Regardless, I’m much better now, and I hope you are as well. I lost about five pounds — which I needed to do anyway — and. . .

Top cops under the microscope

Like a strange strain of flu, controversy is spreading among top law enforcement officers in nearby cities and counties. On Wednesday, The Sun reported three area top cops are being investigated. A prosecutor has asked the Arkansas State Police to investigate an. . .

Black History Month a casualty of modern welfare state

Black History Month honors the achievements of African-Americans throughout history and that is a good thing. Unfortunately, a reliance on family and faith, which allowed many African Americans to survive the horrors of Reconstruction, racial injustice and. . .

Natural gas may be coming to your vehicle’s tank soon

It’s now at least foreseeable — not certain, but foreseeable — that many Arkansans will power their cars with natural gas that is produced in their home state. Clean Energy, a company founded by Oklahoma oilman and alternative fuels enthusiast T. Boone. . .

The trials of Saint Rick Santorum

You’ve likely heard by now that the presidential election may pivot on the unlikely “controversy” of birth control. This is the latest trope to evolve from a campaign that is already two years too long. A conspiracy-minded person might imagine that this. . .

Marines’ ignorance should alarm us

There are only two possible explanations for that photo. One is intentional malice. That is the explanation favored by Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. That picture, he told The Associated Press, is “beyond the pale.” The. . .

Obama in denial about U.S. influence

The usually reliable sources tell us that President Barack Obama picked up a recent edition of the highly reliable New Republic and came away impressed. He read a lengthy essay by Robert Kagan amorphously titled “Not Fade Away,” but unambiguously subtitled. . .

‘Invisible children’ face uncertain road to adoption

Magdelene Myshka is her name, but we call her Maggie. I’m so pleased that I can tell you her name now. Maggie was probably invisible to you before through no fault of your own. I wrote about her last year and called her “Sarah” because she was my. . .