OPINION | REX NELSON: 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…
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…
My best days on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s were the slow days.
It's time for those who make public policy in Arkansas to follow the example of billionaire John Tyson and go big. Along with the eclipse, the top story in Ark…
I drive slowly through the small Arkansas towns that are losing population. Their downtown buildings are largely empty, and their cemeteries are full. I look f…
Restauranteur and Little Rock civic leader Capi Peck joins Rex on this week’s episode to discuss, most notably, the litter, trash and graffiti problems that pl…
As towns across rural Arkansas continue to bleed population, the most obvious victims often are the churches. I recently saw an online plea for funds to help k…
In his new book "From Blue to Red," political scientist John C. Davis of Fayetteville identifies three generations of the modern Republican Party in Arkansas.
The lithium boom is going to happen in southwest Arkansas. I no longer have any doubt about that. Just don't expect it to happen quickly.
I met Eric Jackson in the winter of 1979. I was a college student at the time. I was also sports editor of the Daily Siftings Herald at Arkadelphia. That meant…
It doesn't matter if one is a Democrat, Republican or independent. If you love Arkansas history and politics as much as I do, the speed with which Arkansas mov…