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    EDITORIAL: The free Chinese

    Today at 3:02 a.m.

    CNN's headline Friday morning read: "No signs Trump and Xi resolved any thorny challenges." This may be good in at least one way: Taiwan.

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    OTHERS SAY: A constitutional end-run

    by The Boston Herald Today at 2:59 a.m.

    The U.S. Constitution is not an a la carte menu. States can't pick and choose the amendments and clauses they'll abide by and those they won't.

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    Doggone, they help

    May 15, 2026

    Old joke: You feed, bathe and house a dog. The dog looks at you and says, "You've taken care of all my needs. You must be a god." You feed, water and house a cat. The cat looks at you and says, "You'…

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    Data transfer

    May 15, 2026

    You know a topic is the talk of the town when two articles appear on the same day on the same general topic in the same newspaper. But data centers are front and center these days. People are talking…

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    EDITORIAL: Another one

    May 14, 2026

    Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

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    Correction

    May 14, 2026

    In Tuesday's editorial column, we allowed that Census data pointed to 60 percent of households in northwest Arkansas are living on incomes of less than $50,000 a year. And nine in 10 households are c…

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    OPINION | EDITORIAL: Going nuclear

    May 13, 2026

    Back in 2020--the latest figures available--the United States avoided putting more than 470 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air above you. That's the equivalent of taking 100 million c…

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    OPINION | EDITORIAL: Stinky beer

    May 13, 2026

    A new study reported by phys.org says mosquitoes are indeed attracted to certain types of people. No, blood type doesn't matter, and neither does skin or hair color. But mosquitoes are attracted to c…

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    OPINION | EDITORIAL: A lot to chew on

    May 12, 2026

    We remember the first time we read the euphemism "food insecure" in a news story. The phrase caught our eye. Like a cinder.

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    OPINION | EDITORIAL SHORT: Much in your debt

    May 12, 2026

    A lot of time is given to politicians' neglect of the national debt and the perpetually unbalanced federal budget. The media goes to great pains to talk about how "something must be done" (cousin of …

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    OPINION | EDITORIAL: Meanwhile …

    May 11, 2026

    Last year the world learned that eating hot dogs in North Korea can result in punishment in a labor camp. Not kidding. The pudgy little dictator in Pyongyang--who at least looks like he's had plenty …

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    OPINION | EDITORIAL: No guarantees, bud

    May 10, 2026

    "It ain't the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says! Like, dumb! I'm smart and I want respect!"

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    OTHERS SAY: Now about that cell phone study …

    by The Dallas Morning News May 10, 2026

    Schools across the U.S. have ramped up cell phone bans over the last few years. Now researchers are testing the effects, and the results are mixed.

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    EDITORIAL SHORT: How much for coffee?

    May 9, 2026

    Speaking of hunger, tariffs don't help.

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    OPINION | EDITORIAL: Marcomentum

    May 9, 2026

    "Marco Rubio joked with the press. The man was smart and animated. The man stressed what the administration wanted stressed. The man answered a Spanish-speaking reporter in Spanish. The man came acro…