TELEVISION: Stay inside and stream; some ideas for August
Just as you can't bail out the ocean with a teaspoon, you can't decide what to watch on TV without giving up and going to bed.
Just as you can't bail out the ocean with a teaspoon, you can't decide what to watch on TV without giving up and going to bed.
Hope's two biggest claims to fame are paired in a photograph taken in 1980. The image shows Bill Clinton, then America's youngest governor, with slices from on…
It's often said in these latitudes that Arkansas is a perennial 49th among states, a fable expressed by the adage, 'Thank God for Mississippi.' To accept this …
Think of the sound a bat makes when it connects for a home run. You know the instant the ball leaves the bat that the rawhide is sailing over the fence. You've…
Democrats switching out the winner of all their primaries in favor of someone who entered none of them isn't, of course, a good look for a party claiming to be…
This week, I will discuss some of the aspects of semaglutide, which belongs to a class of medications known as GLP-1 receptor agonists. Plus, I'll introduce an…
Beaver Lake has long been a popular getaway for outdoor enthusiasts in Northwest Arkansas. Fishermen, boaters, swimmers, campers and scuba divers are among the…
The United States men's basketball team was taking on Puerto Rico in the Olympics on Saturday, and later in the day football teams all over the state would pra…
Someone asked me the other day if I had plans to retire.
A couple of enthusiastic reader requests have poured in for an installment of arrows. In the modern newspaper business, a "couple" and "enthusiasm" qualify as …
A few months ago, Guy Lancaster asked me to write an entry on "The Annunciation" for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
While listening to "Morning Edition" on NPR while riding my bike the other day, I learned that a group of polar bears is known as a celebration. Also as an aur…
I quit Exxon because I was about to be transferred to Houston, and after several years of living in south Texas, we moved back to an area I call the sweet spot…
My son Harper is married. It happened July 27 at the charming Beard and Lady Inn in Chester, Ark., on an earthy green lawn beside a little stream. You had to w…
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13 added fuel to an already fiery election season. In this case, political violence was carried out against…