Last week, The Guardian broke the news that the National Security Agency has been collecting data from the phone records and online activity of American citizens as part of a larger surveillance program. While this threw everyone for a loop, the NSA argues that these top secret programs are not only legal, but necessary to prevent terrorist attacks. Obama stands behind them.

The man responsible for the leaks is Edward Snowden. Some, including — surprise — Snowden himself, think he did the right thing (“I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things,” he said). Some, like New York Times columnist David Brooks, call him a traitor: “He betrayed the Constitution. The founders did not create the United States so that some solitary 29-year-old could make unilateral decisions about what should be exposed.”

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Summer is officially in full swing. If there was any question about it, we even devoted this issue to the next three months, offering a summer guide for all of the goings-on of central Arkansas. But we all know how unbelievably hot it can get come July and August. How do you quench your thirst in the Arkansas summer heat?

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Turns out there’s more than one way to air a TV show. Arrested Development, which was cancelled in 2006, just aired its revival season on Sunday, only available streamed through Netflix as a “semi-original” series. Following a similar model is Amazon, which announced five original series this week to be available only on its streaming service, Amazon Instant Video. Is this the future of TV?

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Memorial Day weekend is finally here. The holiday on Monday honors the men and women who have died while serving in our armed forces, but it’s also significant because people use their day off to to celebrate the arrival (at last!) of summer.

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High school commencement — a time of endings and beginnings. You close one chapter of the book of life, that of school uniforms and spirit weeks, and open the page to frat houses and dorm life. But before that transition occurs, sitting there starry-eyed on graduation day in your gown and cap, you soak in the advice of older, hopefully wiser graduation speakers. He’s been there. She’s done that. Listen to and heed their advice.

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With Mother’s Day on Sunday, we’re honoring the best moms in TV history. There’s more that couldn’t be listed here (Lorelai Gilmore, Carmela Soprano, Lois Griffin), but we look at just a few for this week’s Hub Poll.

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Summer is the season of major blockbusters: The kids are out of school, and some days it’s just too hot to even sit by the pool or even run through the sprinklers. Action-packed dramas, sci-fi thrillers, kid-friendly films and comedies galore, it’s all there for your air-conditioned, multiplex taking.

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With an entire issue dedicated to breakfast this week, we talked about everything from coffee and doughnuts to pancakes and mimosas, right down to salmon croquettes and steak and eggs. Options for the first meal of the day run the gamut, so we’ve decided we should find out what kind of breakfast the good folks of central Arkansas like best.

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With the 10th annual Arkansas Literary Festival upon us, we’d like to know your favorite Arkansas author. Don’t see your fave listed here? Tweet or Facebook us who we left out and you might just see your answer in print next week.

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The Arkansas Derby this Saturday offers racing fans one last day at the track in Hot Springs for the season. It’s your last chance to pull for those horses which still might qualify for the big time, the Kentucky Derby, held the first Saturday in May. And while there’s something fine about Churchill Downs, Oaklawn has a special place in the heart of many Arkansans who, even if not big gamblers or racing fans, can appreciate a day at the races all the same.

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