Brenda Looper

3 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Brenda Looper

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Something struck me when I was perusing my Threads feed last week. Wedding photographer Kelsey Combe posted May 27: "Here's the thing. I am lectured daily on here--by older (and predominantly white) men. My actions are scrutinized. My 'behavior' is ridiculed. I am told I'm not polite enough. Or that I need to be more 'clear' in my posts. That my jokes aren't funny. Or that I'm supporting organizations that are 'bad.'"Guys.

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Brenda Looper

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."--Douglas Adams, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"A weekend spent dodging floodwaters, taking care of four sweet floofs, and watching "Midsomer Murders" did wonders for my mood, though the pain in my arm did its best to bring it back down.

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Brenda Looper

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Language, as I've often written, evolves over time. It's mostly a natural process, and dictionaries record those changes once they become significant enough. It happens a little more often now than it used to since Internet editions are much easier to update, but it still only happens after much deliberation and evidence of a shift in meaning. I don't have a problem with the evolution of language.

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Brenda Looper

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. It's been a while since I've talked about the Voices page, so let's dive in. One reader says he's noticed an extreme shift to the left since Rex Nelson became Voices editor, and that "something has obviously happened to make him shift as far to the left as he has shifted and to basically eliminate any conservative posts in the letters."For starters, Rex is not, nor has he ever been, Voices editor.

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Brenda Looper

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. It wouldn't be a day in modern America if there weren't some bully saying, "But I'm a paying customer."Ahem. Paying for goods or services doesn't give you carte blanche to bully staff members at a business; the owners of the business have the right to throw you out if you're disrupting their operation.