Opinions

Written by Michael Claxton “Oh, my son will be glad to do it.” That’s what my mother told the woman at our hometown bookstore, who was thrilled to have a…

Written by Jessica Ardrey Harry Potter.Doesn’t sound like the name of a hero, does it? Heroes have names like Aragorn, Luke Skywalker and Conan O’Brien.It doesn’t sound like the name…

Written by The Bison n the journalistic world, there is an expectation (whether followed or not) to be objective. Your beliefs, prejudices and allegiances are to be checked at the…

Written by Megan Youngblood Don’t you love going home and getting asked, “Why aren’t you dating anyone?” When I was single I thought to myself, “I’ll never ask a guy…

Written by Kimberly Nudelman What is dating? Is it the traditional idea of waiting for that cute boy to ask you out to dinner? Or is it a more modern-type…

Written by Michael Claxton remember the worst Thanksgiving we ever had. Our family invited one of my dad’s employees — a single man — to join us for the meal.My…

Written by Lauren Bucher Waffle House. Wal-Mart. Sweet tea. Small towns. Gun shops. All these are, admittedly, fixtures of the Deep South. And these are things people tend to look…

Written by Sarah Kyle For those of you paying attention to the news, you may have noticed that the infamous Westboro Baptist Church paid Arkansas a visit on Wednesday afternoon.…

Written by Jenna Sampson Does anyone else get the feeling that the holidays are sneaking up on us? It seems like just yesterday I was unpacking my loaded-down SUV in…

Written by Amanda Hourt All people have something unusual about them that helps make them who they are. For me, it is meditation. I like to contemplate school, my family,…