Fourth District Rep. Mike Ross, though always coy on the subject, seemed to have wanted to be governor since he was 6 months old.

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Not that anyone asked, but a frank commencement address: “Good afternoon graduates, faculty and staff, distinguished guests — no, not you politicians, sit down — the parents and grandparents who raised these young people.

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Few days pass without someone bemoaning a government intrusion in the form of a regulation.

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A friend whose opinion I value cornered me the other day to take exception to a recent column.

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Want to start a riot most anywhere in Arkansas?

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Events closer to home than Trayvon Martin remind us that we don’t live in the post-racial America some hailed in the aftermath of the 2008 presidential election, when Americans elected someone with a darker skin tone and more exotic name than any of his predecessors.

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Spend a little time in the military or around military people, and you quickly learn the tendencies of the officers, mostly how they articulate ideas.

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The pastor made a good point.

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A friend has faced a gut-wrenching week. She has watched a lifelong friend on her deathbed, but the end hasn’t yet come, in peace or otherwise.

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By Rick Fahr (Author’s note: This is the final in a series of commentaries on an illness that affects thousands of veterans, many of whom are not receiving the mental health care they need and deserve.) For a long time, I didn’t know what was wrong. I just knew something wasn’t right. I finally found out, and [...]

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