Opinion

The Last Word: Old Man River   “Ol’ man river That ol’ man river he must know something But he don’t say nothing Cause he just keeps rolling He keeps rolling along.” Lately, I’ve lost a lot of friends. My…

  Summer always brings back memories of my family’s road trips to Petit Jean State Park and other adventures around Arkansas. Whether I was in the back seat as a kid or driving my own daughters, there was always a…

In 2020, COVID-19 upended the world. Arkansans hunkered down, spending more time at their houses and apartments than ever before. During their near-endless Zoom calls, many experienced the now all-too-familiar home fatigue. Add in low mortgage rates and the rise…

In America today, approximately 1 out of 5 Americans is suffering with a mental health issue; and approximately 1 in 25 adults is experiencing a serious mental illness that substantially interferes with one or more major life activities. The pandemic…

“This team is about ready to give up.”  Sent: 2:21 p.m., Saturday, January 8, 2022.  *** I’ve been wrong more than a few times about this year’s Arkansas basketball team, but never more so than when I sent that text…

One of the things I like about sports is the intersection of what we know and what we believe on display between the lines of competition. We get the objective truth of the final score, but before and after, there’s…

If you saw the headline and figured I picked a pretty convenient time for this column, well, you’re not wrong.  Chris Lykes, Arkansas’ diminutive and recently divisive backup point guard, is coming off his best game in weeks, dropping nine…

Today, I’d like to talk about Christmas and what the season for giving means to me. Christmas is my favorite time at the Governor’s Mansion and at the State Capitol. I love the expressions of the hundreds of visitors when…

“People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.” -Thomas Sowell Meetings are an essential component of quality communications in any business. The impact of face-to-face communications can be drastically reduced if the tool isn’t used judiciously. No…

I briefly worked for a businessman whom after the phrase “richer than God” was probably coined. I still remember the first business trip I took with him abroad—we had just entered the Admiral Lounge in Dallas for our layover. After…