Ken Bridges

2 weeks ago | lubbockonline.com | Ken Bridges

Hermann Joseph Muller was a Texas scientist and Nobel Prize winner who made breakthroughs in genetics. Muller's research demonstrated that x-rays cause lethal mutations in flies and other organisms, highlighting the dangers of radiation exposure. He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1946 and advocated against nuclear proliferation and testing. The gene is the fundamental building block of life.  Genes determine how cells function and what traits are passed from one generation to the next.

3 weeks ago | jonesborosun.com | Ken Bridges

The study of American History is often neatly divided between the period of the Civil War and before and the period after the war. The changes that occurred in the nation due to the war were momentous, forever altering the course of the people and the government. In Arkansas, one of those important figures who created this shift was Augustus Garland. Augustus Hill Garland was born in Covington, Tennessee, a community not far from the Mississippi River, in 1832. He was the youngest of three children.

1 month ago | guardonline.com | Ken Bridges

Sen. Robert Johnson was once one of Arkansas’s most powerful politicians. In a time when the nation was pulling itself apart, Johnson became one of those men pulling hardest of all to bring Arkansas out of the Union, a move that led to the Civil War. As a result, his once-promising career was reduced to ashes. Robert Ward Johnson was born in Kentucky in July 1814. His father, Judge Benjamin Johnson, was a wealthy planter. In fact, his family had a lot of powerful political connections.

1 month ago | jonesborosun.com | Ken Bridges

Sen. Robert Johnson was once one of Arkansas’s most powerful politicians. In a time when the nation was pulling itself apart, Johnson became one of those men pulling hardest of all to bring Arkansas out of the Union, a move that led to the Civil War. As a result, his once-promising career was reduced to ashes. Robert Ward Johnson was born in Kentucky in July 1814. His father, Judge Benjamin Johnson, was a wealthy planter. In fact, his family had a lot of powerful political connections.

1 month ago | guardonline.com | Ken Bridges

‘The mind once enlightened can never again become dark,” wrote Thomas Paine generations ago. Progress in education has been an important feature of the development of the United States as it steadily moved to become an economic and scientific leader. Arkansas faced a difficult transition as it attempted to develop its school system in the twentieth century. One of the key leaders in Arkansas education was Arch Ford, the former state education commissioner.