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Tyranny of the yellow-bellies A certain cowardly Little Rock television station - that would be KARK-TV, a deserving and chronic cellar-dweller in local news ratings - put out a statement the other day that was so unintentionally revealing as to be laughable. - Thursday, Jan 19, 2006 All that changes is not gold FORT SMITH - The friendly woman with the lapel sticker identifying her as representing a local Christian school was, I assumed, a supporter of Asa Hutchinson for governor. - Tue, Jan 17, 2006 Your time has expired, Senator Candid Last week, U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on Senator Candid, Democrat from Somewhere USA, to take his turn questioning Samuel Alito, President Bush's nominee to replace Sandra Day O - Mon, Jan 16, 2006 Asa makes a living Cashing in is one thing. Mack McLarty sold his service as a muckety-muck in the Clinton White House, venturing into the international corporate consulting business with, of all people, Henry Kissinger. - Sun, Jan 15, 2006 Basketball coaching, politically and legally I was on the road to Fort Smith and doing what I'd never do if not needing to pass time and pavement. - Sat, Jan 14, 2006 If there's no sin, don't repent You're running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in the South. - Thu, Jan 12, 2006 Benny's historic coalition It was nearing noon Monday at the bottom of the marbled stairway connecting the second and third floors of the state Capitol. - Tue, Jan 10, 2006 Spying as usual? Politics as usual? Giving credit where due, let's stipulate that the Republican spin machine of the last two decades has been the country's most effective propagandist, hands down. - Mon, Jan 09, 2006 Monday's tipping point for Arkansas Thoughtful observers of state government believe it to be the second most important political contest of the year, behind only the governor's race. - Sun, Jan 08, 2006 How to make your TV go black In this line of work, it's the throwaway lines that get you. Like the other day. - Sat, Jan 07, 2006 Governor, veterinarian vs. coach, culture Mike Huckabee's appointment of Ben Mays to the state Board of Education certainly would not appear to be cronyism. - Thu, Jan 05, 2006 A few tricks for '06 Here are a few predictions for this shiny new 2006. I figure I'm pretty safe with these. - Tue, Jan 03, 2006 Big brother, robust and strong Vice President Dick Cheney, who has been around Washington since the Ford administration, says the presidency has become too wimpish since Richard Nixon's Watergate scandals. - Mon, Jan 02, 2006 A year in arrows In keeping with the end-of-year theme, here are your annualized arrows for 2005. - Sun, Jan 01, 2006 What the court said, and didn't Gov. Mike Huckabee and a few legislators apparently have noticed that the Arkansas Supreme Court did not rule the other day that the Legislature had failed to put enough money into public school operations for the coming school year. - Sat, Dec 31, 2005 Biggest in Arkansas in 2005 These are the top six developments in politics and government in Arkansas in 2005. - Thu, Dec 29, 2005 Is this new Hillary a stretch? Hillary Clinton has been doing some very noteworthy things lately as she gets ready to make a serious run at becoming the first woman president. - Tue, Dec 27, 2005 Fear of principle Last weekend when President Bush confirmed that he had ordered the National Security Agency to wiretap American citizens without a warrant, violating a constitutional principle and, it seems rather clearly, a law, a poll for The Washington Post and ABC News - Mon, Dec 26, 2005 That old Supreme Court refrain If there's a subject more tiresome in our colorful little state this Christmas Day than whether a boy in Springdale will hurl a pigskin for the soap opera at Fayetteville or someone else, it's surely that the Arkansas Supreme Court keeps issuing rulings abo - Sun, Dec 25, 2005 Cheney breaks tie; class massacre ensues Vice President Dick Cheney rushed back from Iraq to cast a dramatic tie-breaking vote Wednesday. - Sat, Dec 24, 2005 Teacher vs. teacher, charter schools galore You have these corporate-funded bashers of public schools acting under the auspices of the aptly named Hoover Institute, a right-wing think tank at Stanford. - Thu, Dec 22, 2005 |