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Gracious in defeat
I was at my grandparents' home in Des Arc on June 11, 1972, when the much-anticipated debate between U.S. Sen. John L. McClellan and U.S. Rep. David Pryor took…
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MASTERSON ONLINE: Relief and dignity in leaving?
Given the choice of suffering in bed with an incurable fatal ailment and enduring more weeks, months or years without hope for improvement, what would you choo…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Brinkley in 1909
Brinkley, 1909: Friday's feature was on the Brinkley Car Works, which employed 150 men for railcar and lumber manufacturing. The jobs were lost when a tornado …
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BREAKING GROUND: Plenty of garden work to do
By now, all of your summer blooming shrubs that needed pruning should have had their haircut. If you didn't get around to pruning, let these summer bloomers ha…
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OPINION | AT HOME: Wallpaper returns, with no flowers or strawberries in sight
A couple of months ago, I got the bug to refresh and update my dining room. I was not being rash. The furniture dates to the 1990s. So, I asked Los Angeles des…
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IN THE GARDEN: Time to plant annuals in central and south Arkansas
DEAR JANET: In a recent column there was a question asked about pruning a chaste tree. You responded with it being a vitex. I was afraid I had pruned mine too …
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OPINION | DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Folks, leave those road gators to the professionals
Dear Interstate Oracle: Road gators are pieces of tire retreads that fall off big trucks and litter the highways. I became way too familiar with them when I ra…
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OPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Learning from history
State senator from Craighead County Dan Sullivan recently penned in the Jonesboro Sun his reaction to viewing the unfiltered video of the horrific acts of mons…
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OPINION | PRESTON JONES: Ball of confusion
By coincidence, the same day in February the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published an article about the military's recruitment crisis, my family arrived at a Mil…
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OPINION | DANA KELLEY: Prosecutorial malice
Presidential candidates and campaigns come and go. Some are better and some are worse, but every quadrennial the nation's citizens get to have their own say. A…
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Texas lineman ready to visit Hogs
Xavier Ukponu, a coveted defensive tackle prospect in the 2025 class, said he's reserved one of his official visits for the University of Arkansas football pro…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Brinkley, circa 1908
Brinkley, circa 1908: Brinkley Car Works, manufacturing railcars and lumber, employed 150 men. Used in the factory was hardwood lumber from the surrounding for…
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FILM NOTES | OPINION: Josh Lucas Q&A set for ‘Palm’ preview
Little Rock native Josh Lucas, an actor in "Palm Royale" on Apple TV+, shepherds a special sneak preview of the show's season finale.
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REVIEW | OPINION: ‘Boy Kills World’ blissfully violent anarchy
Calculatedly deranged, "Boy Kills World" is a refreshingly unambitious ''midnite'' movie that unabashedly lifts from all manner of violent and geeky pulp. It i…