Opinion
Those missiles in Poland Now isn't the time to pick a fight with Russia
Art Hobson ahobson@uark.edu
My column of Aug. 30, 2008 argued that the West has followed a dangerous Russia-phobic path ever since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. After surrounding Russia with ten new NATO members, we are pouring fuel on the fire of Russian fears of encirclement by urging Georgia and Ukraine to join NATO, and by going ahead with plans to site a defensive missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic to defend the United States and Europe from future Iranian missiles. - Saturday, October 11, 2008
Times Editorial : A time for action Springdale gambles on green
It’s a lousy economy we’re living through these days. Each day Wall Street seems to tumble just a little further down the hill. In comparison to the economic razzle dazzle of just a couple of years ago, we seem to have entered into a historic, if unnerving, new age. From stocks to oil, the price of everything seems out of whack these days. - Saturday, October 11, 2008
Letters to the editor
Definition of a stable home varies I am opposed to Initiated Act 1 because there are so many children in this state who need loving homes. This act will prevent child welfare professionals from deciding on a case-by-case basis which homes are suitable for Arkansas’ children. I have worked in Child Protective Services for the state of Arkansas. I know from personal experience that there are many children who would benefit from having a loving, stable home whether or not that home has two parents or not. Just because someone is single does not mean they don’t have good parenting skills. Kathy Benton Fayetteville It’s time to retain our freedoms The most patriotic action taken by any citizen in a democracy is to vote; and a major responsibility of the government is to guarantee both an honest election and that every vote be counted in the manner as cast by the voter. - Saturday, October 11, 2008
Times Editorial : Get back A trip along a curb was an attack on us all
Can you believe this? A Fayetteville man faces felony charges for allegedly trying to run over a group of anti-abortion demonstrators along College Avenue Tuesday afternoon, the story read last week. - Friday, October 10, 2008
Letters to the editor
Lioneld Jordan, definitely! - Friday, October 10, 2008
Guest Commentary : Chipping away at student-speech rights
BY GENE POLICINSKI First Amendment Center
APennsylvania eighth-grader recently learned a hard lesson: At least one federal judge says school officials can reach off-campus and into cyberspace and the home to punish what the court agreed was a “vulgar and lewd” Web posting aimed at a school principal. - Friday, October 10, 2008
Guest Editorials : Being there
War ? Not a great thing. The ability to see your son being born, even while you’re thousands of miles away at war? Now that’s One Great Thing. - Thursday, October 9, 2008
HATCHET : Down, but not out
Lucas Roebuck lucas@roebuckmedia.com
Things aren’t very pretty for the GOP right now. - Thursday, October 9, 2008
Letters to the editor
We can’t afford to be wrong again Obama and McCain both speak of change. Not surprising considering the dire mess our Republican president and the Republican-led Congress (six of the past eight years) have created. - Thursday, October 9, 2008
Get it done!
It’s about time some Arkansas lawmakers woke up. For a while now, there has been a movement in the state Legislature to make animal cruelty a felony in the state. We have supported those proposals, especially considering some fairly highprofile animal cruelty cases in the Texarkana area in the past few years. - Thursday, October 9, 2008
Times Editorial : Sign of the times
The University of Arkansas is in the process of adopting a new system that will use technology used by virtually everyone — cell phones, text messaging, e-mails and home phones — to alert students, faculty and staff across the campus of any potentially serious situation within minutes. - Wednesday, October 8, 2008
TABLE FOR ONE : Masterful and memorable
Grady Jim Robinson GradyJim@aol.com
When the 6,000 partygoers at Arvest Ballpark saw Don Tyson and Willie Nelson walking across the outfield toward the giant stage, a wave of applause rippled through the eagerly awaiting crowd. - Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Letters to the editor
America finally ready for dictatorship Our Founding Fathers said that “Our form of government was made only for a moral and religious people, and that it is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other.” Communist China, religious persecution and various dictatorships come to mind for some reason. - Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Times Editorials : Quality counts
Among all the bills leaders of Washington County government may consider asking area representatives in the state Legislature to propose during next year's upcoming session, perhaps one of them should be a request for more assistance in footing the bill for the quality public defenders our justice system so heavily depends on. - Tuesday, October 7, 2008
JUST A THOUGHT : Watergate
Scott Schackleford // scotts@nwarktimes.com
Last Saturday night, a very good friend told me matter-of-factly that she would not vote to re-elect Fayetteville Mayor Dan Coody. Why, I asked? - Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Letters to the editor
Asking our presidential candidates when life begins shows our ignorance. Expecting them to have an answer approaches stupidity. Learned people differ in opinions. Religious leaders differ in opinions. We the people differ in opinions. Opinions are not facts. - Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Times Editorial : Officially
Last month the Fayetteville Board of Education voted unanimously to keep Fayetteville High School right where it has been since the 1950s. - Monday, October 6, 2008
CROSS CURRENTS : One little girl
Fran Alexander frana@nwarktimes.com
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” John Donne “Community” is a word we use more casually than we perhaps should — unless we are truly ready to be “part of the main” as Donne so aptly put it. Some situations, some happenings, even some beautiful blue eyes are what our “main” is really all about when you get right down to the core of matters. - Monday, October 6, 2008
Letters to the editor
John Boozman is an economic failure Congressman John Boozman has voted with George W. Bush over 95 percent of the time, and consequently is a complete economic failure. Boozman has distinctly followed the Bush Republican agenda of radical corporate socialism, marching lockstep as the American economy was driven off a cliff. - Monday, October 6, 2008
Times Editorial : The white flag Aldermen sidestep responsibilities
Since when did Fayetteville become Washington, D.C.? - Sunday, October 5, 2008
WHAT GIVES : Surviving the B Team Can financial calamity's cure come from those current leaders?
Greg Harton gregh@nwarktimes.com
Does everyone feel better now that Congress rode the rescue Friday? - Sunday, October 5, 2008
Where's the leadership? Financial crisis, political dithering
Hoyt Purvis email@nwarktimes.com
Two points were painfully evident during the floundering around in Washington over the economic rescue package : an absence of leadership and the presence of politics. - Sunday, October 5, 2008
Letters to the editor
Who we need is Walt Eilers I am writing to publicly endorse Walt Eilers for mayor of Fayetteville, and to encourage Fayetteville voters to really stop and think about the best way to keep a good thing going. I believe it’s important to point out that although I have been very active in the Fayetteville community, in the 29 years since I became a registered voter this is the first time I have ever publicly endorsed a candidate for any office. I am fully committed to supporting this candidate for mayor, because I am passionate about my hometown and know that now, more than ever, we need an experienced and successful leader at its helm. - Sunday, October 5, 2008
Letters to the editor
Our best choice is Dan Coody After attending a small informational get-together for Mayor Dan Coody last month, I remain convinced that he is the best candidate for mayor of Fayetteville. - Sunday, October 5, 2008