UAM PRESENTS 2008 ELECTION ISSUES FORUM MONTICELLO, Ark. – You’ve heard the candidates, now it’s time to also consider the issues. Attend the 2008 Election Issues Forum at the University of Arkansas at Monticello in the University Center Green Room…
As Super Tuesday looms, commentators question whether younger participants might make a difference in the next general election. Many contend younger participants must get involved in the process for democracy to truly work, but younger voters historically refuse to vote…
A Guest Commentary by Michael Ford CROSSETT, Ark. (Sept. 15) – A study published this week in Nature Neuroscience and reviewed in Slate Magazine verifies something most intellectuals already knew: Liberals are smarter than conservatives. “In a rapid response test—you…
Not Black and White Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 10 – There is a famous story about editors at the New York Times I learned while working with the elite of the elite a few years…
Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson As I woke up and smelled the coffee this morning and consulted the wires, the polls and Krystal Ball, it became obvious already what’s going to happen in the Presidential election of 2008. So…
Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson The spring bird migration seems to be over now, the grosbeaks have moved on north and the mosquitoes have finally arrived, along with the dreaded need for air conditioning – a great invention that…
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” – Albert Einstein Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson My favorite answer to just about any political, social or technological…
How do I? – John Gilchrist of Superspade.blogspot.com/ questions the panel on social networking and political change. Between the subject and the occasional bass from a session in an adjoining room, no one slept after lunch at this session.…
Continuing the Fight – Rev. Jesse Jackson finishes his speech at the National Conference for Media Reform. Jackson urged participants to continue the fight to keep independent media alive and well. MEMPHIS (Jan. 12) – Rev. Jesse Jackson told a…
by Glynn Wilson NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 28 – In one of the most novel presidential announcements in American political history, John Edwards stood in a muddy back yard in the Ninth Ward in blue jeans and said he chose…