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Interesting reporting on how legal scholars believe Chief Justice John Roberts is moving to undo the "exclusionary rule" that allows criminal defendants to suppress evidence produced by police misconduct. Thank goodness for the presidency of Barack Obama, who opposed Roberts’ confirmation (no thanks to our senators). There’ll not be another justice like this usurper of fairness and [...]

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Brummett discovers verities of blogging: Sometimes you think something blogged is just too good not to repeat in a subsequent print edition of your publication — and the different readership of digital and print forms justify it. So it is that he offers an extended version of some common sense about 1) the Republican defeat of a resolution [...]

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Many of us welcomed the opportunity to close the door on 2008. History was re-written as we observed established financial institutions fail, gasoline rise to more than $4 per gallon, unemployment rise, home sales dwindle, vehicle sales tumble and personal fortunes diminish. Fortunately, that will not be the theme of this address. The City of [...]

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Over the past few years, times seemed tough and cutting back seemed the appropriate thing to do. But now, the difference between “possible recession” and “official recession” is clear: Times ARE tough and cutting back IS the ONLY thing to do.

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Three decades ago conservationists scored back-to-back landmark victories over the federal steamroller in the form of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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In an homage to revolutionary essayist Thomas Paine, who can’t get any respect or his own commemorative day out of a state Senate committee fretful that he wasn’t a Republibaptist, I’d like to offer a couple of items gleaned from a morning of state Capitol corridor loitering.

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Despite a slight rise in sales, Springdale-based Tyson Foods experienced an unprofitable quarter as staggering losses in its chicken division impacted overall earnings.

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DUMAS — A Dollarway Cardinal squad lacking three players because of suspension, including two starters, struggled on offense Friday night, falling to conference-leading Dumas 50-39.

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LITTLE ROCK — Over the last couple of weeks Danny Myatt kept reminding his Watson Chapel boys basketball team that it wouldn’t always be as easy as it had seemed.

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