Ben Elrod News Today

The Garland County Historical Society, in association with the Garland County Library, will host a presentation by Rex Nelson, a senior editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, on "Coming Back Home: A Look at How Hot Springs Has Decided to Return to its Roots" at noon Tuesday at the library.

Rex Nelson, popular newspaper columnist and writer of Rex Nelsons Southern Fried blog, will present

Weekly op-ed by Steve Barnes

Rex Nelson, senior editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Karen E. Segrave) Rex Nelson writes three columns a week and essays for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Sunday Perspective section. He’s the author of three books — the first full-length biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton, a biography of Arkansas educator Ben Elrod and a collection of his essays on Arkansas. He’s also the author of a popu...