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Persistent reflection distorts reality
Editorials Comments Updated: May 15, 2012 10:31pmEcclesiastes 1:9 tells us, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” As such, we may often turn to ancient stories to provide...
Evidence delay is inexcusable
Editorials Comments Updated: May 14, 2012 9:17pmThumb down
It does not require many words to speak the truth
– Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
With the tax dollars spent in recent months on communications equipment, it is...
Police, fire retirees deserve ‘For’ votes
Editorials Comments Updated: May 14, 2012 9:00pmPine Bluff voters have an opportunity to extend a hand to retired firemen and policemen who put their lives on the line for us by increasing the millage that funds the Firemen’s Pension Fund and...
Committee mulls privacy policy
Editorials Comments Updated: May 12, 2012 11:39pmA few months ago, Congress took up the matter of online privacy via consideration of three inter-related and arguably flawed proposals. Understanding the differences between the bills demanded a...
We must trump procrastination
Editorials Comments Updated: May 10, 2012 9:00pmU.S. Postal Service officials have been up front with their contention that it is time to close some 3,700 post offices, consolidate several hundred regional processing centers and eliminate...
New neighbor holds promise
Editorials Comments Updated: May 09, 2012 9:00pmJefferson County residents have reason to celebrate. As recently reported in the Commercial, Vivione Biosciences LLC, a Little Rock-based manufacturer of a new high performance diagnostic system...
Gambling with public trust
Editorials Comments Updated: May 08, 2012 3:27pmIn Las Vegas, they call a similar move “doubling down.” You think you’ve got a favorable hand, so you “double” your bet. If you are correct, you win big. If you’re wrong, you lose twice as much....
New Day Same Old Secrecy
Editorials Comments Updated: May 07, 2012 4:07pmPersistently embattled county judge candidate and Pine Bluff Assistant Chief of Police Ivan Whitfield has found himself squarely in the middle of yet another mess. As reported in the Commercial,...
Candidate can seek two offices
Editorials Comments Updated: May 06, 2012 9:00pmThumb up
If you are wondering how Ted Harden of White Hall can be a candidate for Jefferson County judge and seek re-election to his justice of the peace seat on the same ballot, wonder no...
Fiery reality erupts before us
Editorials Comments Updated: May 04, 2012 6:19pmMay 6, 1937 is a day that is seared into the public consciousness. At 7:25 p.m. the airship, LZ 129 Hindenburg, erupted in flames as it attempted to land at the Lakehurst, NJ Naval Air Station. Of...