The was a couple interesting items tucked within the pages of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette today (both require subscription.)  One was a letter from retiring Congressman Vic Snyder and the other was a harsh but deserved editorial rebuke for outgoing Arkansas House Speaker Robbie Wills. Rep. Snyder submitted a letter to the editor to complain about [...]

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Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.

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As much as we respect the right of the members of the Pulaski County Special School District to be wrong in their treatment of teachers by snubbing the teachers union, we cannot condone throwing good money after bad in one legal battle after another fighting a losing cause.

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With a new superintendent beginning soon, the future should be rosy for the Pulaski County Special School District. But, stakeholders’ actions in the past few years have come home to roost.

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Journalists love words. It follows then, that we adore our dictionaries. A dictionary is a powerful book. It opens the door to the world of words and contains the seeds for a harvest of vast knowledge.

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This week’s heavy snow that followed forecasters’ prediction of a light dusting brings out the child in us. In some cases that’s good, but in others it isn’t.

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Many Sherwood residents were not yet born when, on April 4, 1968, Trumann native Gerald Jumper, using the stage name Ray Sherman, sat on a stool in front of a camera in the WMC-TV studios in Memphis and announced to the world that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had just been shot and killed at [...]

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Public service is a laudable endeavor, but there’s one common standard at any level of involvement — putting the public’s interests above your own.

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Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.

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As much as we respect the right of the members of the Pulaski County Special School District to be wrong in their treatment of teachers by snubbing the teachers union, we cannot condone throwing good money after bad in one legal battle after another fighting a losing cause.

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