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John BrummettArkansas Online |
Since we're changing so many names, we might consider changing the word "bloviating" to "trumpifying."
The argument about these private-school vouchers that Gov. Sarah Sanders professes to be so proud of has been largely conceptual, philosophical, and...
They say democracy dies in darkness. I'm wondering if accountability in essential government regulation of vital-service monopolies dies too.
Labor Day traditionally starts the general election season. The Monday holiday always requires that I write an extra column in a week's time so that...
Bubba McCoy reports for Labor Day that his blood pressure is down thanks to medicine, beet juice that's tastier than you think, an elimination of...
So, is the great PBS war ending in Arkansas? Do we have a de facto ceasefire? Is it possible that it's not the worst thing in the world?
I believe in collective public services by which all of us take part to tend to our own needs while also helping to meet more acute needs of the less...
Your choice for the U.S. Senate is between an incumbent who seems mildly desperate when he misrepresents his challenger's statement through abruptly...
The pairing of Bill Clinton and Jerry Jones for a program of the Little Rock Touchdown Club makes sense.
We're not finished talking about building a new state prison in Arkansas.
One explanation for the new poll showing Democrats leading Republicans in Arkansas is that people responding to it weren't facing an active immediate...
Asa Hutchinson was one of the good Republicans, and even he grumbled when his work requirement for receiving Medicaid got overturned in federal court.
Will "he's a communist" or "she's a communist" be enough for Republicans against Democrats this time?
You will have Issue 3 on your general election ballot. It's legislatively referred, so it's not going to get thrown off by the politicians who put it...
We had alarming news and very modestly encouraging news from Donald Trump's personal attorney general, Todd Blanche, on one of the Sunday...
"Legislative privilege" says what it means. It is immunity for state legislators from being forced to reveal private conversations during...
I was wondering if the state's Republican congressmen, who helped give us the big, ugly bill that made steep cuts in the state's health-care...
I asked Carlton Wing if he had any reply to the guest column in this paper from former first ladies Barbara Pryor and Gay White. It called for...
I was wondering if the state's Republican congressmen, who helped give us the big, ugly bill that made steep cuts in the state's health-care...
There's no crying in kowtowing to Donald Trump. Or there shouldn't be. If you're going to kowtow, then at least be a strong-voiced adult about it.
Bernie Sanders, the guru of modern-day Democratic socialism in America--having been socialist when socialism wasn't cool--explained it well enough in...
The state Constitution vests the ultimate power in the people. The state's motto is that the people rule. That loftiness of principle sounds...
To hear Arkansas Democrats tell it, it was a banner week for Arkansas Democrats.
It appears that Donald Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, will be confirmed as attorney general, formalizing the Justice Department's rebranding as a...
The state Constitution vests the ultimate power in the people. The state's motto is that the people rule.
It was merely the finest example of good governing politics and policy that I'd seen in decades. And it happened in Arkansas. And soon it will be...
An interesting article in The New York Times the other day reported that the Democratic National Committee was in arrears from anemic donations to the...
Before delving into today's important subject--which is that conservatives seem hellbent as a matter of principle on not protecting us if we get...
An interesting article in The New York Times the other day reported that the Democratic National Committee was in arrears from anemic donations to the...
The crusty old editor told me decades ago that the newspaperman's motto is "let's you and him fight." It's a variation of a Bob McCord/Mike Beebe...
Jeremy Hutchinson went to federal prison in 2023 on an eight-year sentence for blatant political corruption, and should have.
Despite recent indications of erosion in the congressional Republican obeisance to President Donald Trump, we cannot yet say for sure that the...
Please allow me the honor and pleasure of telling you about Paul Berry, newly and sadly the late.
It was a highlight of the summer. A woman at the gas station told me that Rex Nelson and I were "puredee Arkansas." She said it like it was a good...
Despite recent indications of erosion in the congressional Republican obeisance to President Donald Trump, we cannot yet say for sure that the...
The president of the United States appeared Thursday night on the few national television networks that deigned to endure him in his spiraling state...
A guest column in this paper the other day under the byline of assorted serious Arkansas people--including a former state Supreme Court justice and a...
Today let us ponder something that doesn't matter. I will write on Gov. Sarah Sanders' announcement of a finding that Arkansas has the most gloriously...
A guest column in this paper the other day under the byline of assorted serious Arkansas people--including a former state Supreme Court justice and a...
It was with a heavy heart that, on May 24, I proclaimed after due deliberation that my president was a dictator--outright, no longer merely the...
There were the usual weekend outrages with Donald Trump. They were hardly worthy of note. But one of them was local this time, so let's look at that.
Republicans grow more deeply concerned about a blue wave in November as Democrats struggle to ride that wave. One of their leading surfers just wiped...
Politicians are always running their last race, particularly if it was a loss. They want to undo everything that worked against them last time. That,...
Republicans grow more deeply concerned about a blue wave in November as Democrats struggle to ride that wave. One of their leading surfers just wiped...
Democrat-Gazette online
Only one of the three progressive ballot-issue campaigns submitted petitions by the deadline Friday bearing a number of signatures that, if validated,...
They had a governor's debate Friday at the Arkansas Press Association convention in Eureka Springs. I didn't attend. The following critique...
This is not about the book, which I have stopped reading because I pretty much knew all that already.
You might have heard a common refrain about U.S. Rep. French Hill. It's that he knows President Donald Trump is reckless and destructive but believes...
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