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John Brummett Substance on severance By John Brummett Gov. Mike Beebe remains huddled in the state Capitol, endeavoring to bring the natural gas industry and legislators together on a negotiated increase in our absurdly microscopic severance tax. - Thu, Feb 28, 2008 When your soft side backfires By John Brummett Hillary Clinton is capable of a spontaneous personal moment on the campaign trail. - Tue, Feb 26, 2008 Obama shrugged By John Brummett Days after he'd been nominated by Democrats for president in the summer of 1988, while enjoying a double-digit lead in the polls, Michael Dukakis took what he fancied as a Trumanesque whistle-stop train tour. - Mon, Feb 25, 2008 Welcome back, Asa By John Brummett There aren't many statewide offices left for Asa Hutchinson to lose. - Sun, Feb 24, 2008 Media criticism galore By John Brummett Everyone is a media critic, which is how it goes when you have free expression. - Sat, Feb 23, 2008 Odd name, odd debate By John Brummett This severance tax debate is an odd little thing. It's as if eight to a dozen people care. - Thu, Feb 21, 2008 Comeback Kid, the sequel By John Brummett Hillary Clinton's inevitable comeback-kid heroics might begin tonight in Wisconsin, where they would generate extra excitement because of being unexpected. - Tue, Feb 19, 2008 Living to run and running to live By John Brummett Once there was a blustery and egomaniacal newspaper columnist, if I might risk redundancy, who went on a columnizing rampage about the basketball coach. - Mon, Feb 18, 2008 Obama-Clinton: One man's analysis By John Brummett The stirring contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has gripped the nation, split Democrats and pitted family members against family members and friends against friends. - Sun, Feb 17, 2008 How much for that handshake? By John Brummett It sounds so funny you wish you had been there. - Sat, Feb 16, 2008 Beware of Hillary now By John Brummett Never underestimate the Clintons. That's what one of their early close associates reminded me the morning after I'd fallen for the prevailing notion that Hillary was about to lose New Hampshire. - Thu, Feb 14, 2008 Can Hillary's prophecy be fulfilled? By John Brummett There is gamesmanship aplenty in the Democratic presidential race, including a clever message from the newly troubled Hillary Clinton campaign. - Tue, Feb 12, 2008 When the first spouse is an ex-president By John Brummett Here is a story with three angles. One is Bill Clinton's seemingly incurable tendency to get himself slimy. - Mon, Feb 11, 2008 That old up, down business By John Brummett I was rapt by Barack Obama's rhetorical splendor the other night, as struck by the poetic phrases as the eloquent delivery. - Sun, Feb 10, 2008 Twisted adventures of Clinton cultists By John Brummett I'd write about Mike Huckabee's continuing candidacy, but it comes down to the fact that he and his brood having nothing else to do. - Sat, Feb 09, 2008 Random thoughts the big day after By John Brummett Political activity was so vast and intense Tuesday night that the best way to cover it at this point is with quick random hits. - Thu, Feb 07, 2008 Those two eccentric states By John Brummett On this Super Tuesday evening I'll direct my attention to our most eccentric states, Arkansas and California. - Tue, Feb 05, 2008 Will Mr. Smith go back to Washington? By John Brummett Senate Democrats put on what they called a "progressive media summit" last week on Capitol Hill. - Mon, Feb 04, 2008 Huckabee's pro-McCain purpose By John Brummett Oh, yes, Mike Huckabee. We nearly forgot about him. He was the Republican presidential front-runner for several hours. - Sun, Feb 03, 2008 Obama's shady house deal By John Brummett Nearly all successful politicians develop friendly relations with rich people who favor them with campaign money. - Sat, Feb 02, 2008 Clinton cultists By John Brummett The Clinton cultists are out in full force, making it apparent that their fealty to those famously self-indulgent political creatures - Bill and Hillary - exceeds any ideology or principle. - Thu, Jan 31, 2008 Dennis Byrd David J. Sanders Halter's lottery plan for Arkansas By David Sanders Lt. Gov. Bill Halter is taking a huge risk. Arkansas' No. 2 Democrat is on a crusade to bring the lottery to a state that has been suspect in the past of measures to expand gambling. - Wed, Feb 27, 2008 Just (borrowed) words By David Sanders It was bound to happen at some point. Barack Obama, the newly anointed frontrunner in the race for the Democratic nomination, faced a real challenge in terms of a story that could have been potentially damaging to his campaign. - Sun, Feb 24, 2008 'Talkin' 'bout my generation' By David Sanders The fact that most elections have focused on generations other than my own is something I have gotten used to. - Wed, Feb 20, 2008 Remembering and then forgetting the Clintons By David Sanders Hillary Clinton is far from being an afterthought in the Democratic presidential contest, but she is fading fast. - Sun, Feb 17, 2008 Why does Huckabee continue? By David Sanders As Virginia Republicans prepared to vote Tuesday, polls showed Mike Huckabee closing in on John McCain's lead. - Wed, Feb 13, 2008 'Hi, my name is John McCain' By David Sanders John McCain faces a tough task. His emergence as the Republican Party's eventual presidential nominee requires him to reach out to convictional conservatives who, for a better part of a decade and with increasing intensity, have viewed him as an apostate. - Sun, Feb 10, 2008 Beebe's error on severance tax By David Sanders Out of nowhere, Gov. Mike Beebe announced a couple weeks ago that he would call lawmakers into special session if he and the natural gas industry could come to some agreement on an increase in the state's severance tax in lieu of letting voters decide the i - Wed, Feb 06, 2008 This conservative's choice By David Sanders With a little more than 48 hours left until the polls open, yours truly faces that unavoidable decision every voter faces leading up to an election: For whom will I cast my vote? - Sun, Feb 03, 2008 Doug Thompson School Shuffle Goes On By Doug Thompson OK. Let me get this straight. - Sat, Feb 23, 2008 Benton County was warned By Doug Thompson The Benton County Tax Collector's office has problems. The county received warnings about those problems from state auditors long before the latest snafu. - Sat, Feb 16, 2008 Running in place By Doug Thompson Asking why Mike Huckabee stays in the GOP race is asking the wrong question. - Sat, Feb 09, 2008 Soldiers and Ballots By Doug Thompson It's the Saturday before the presidential primaries, but I have to give the local veteran's hospital some overdue credit before dealing with the elections. - Sat, Feb 02, 2008 Harry King - Sports For splash, Nolan is the right hire for ASU By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Strictly for splash, Nolan Richardson is the right hire for Arkansas State University. - Thu, Feb 28, 2008 Somebody has to make a play By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - By the time I tuned to the finals of the World Match Play championship, Tiger Woods and Stewart Cink were playing No. - Wed, Feb 27, 2008 Dorsey status will affect draft By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey just might be the Alan Branch of the 2008 NFL draft. - Tue, Feb 26, 2008 Arkansas fails on road, again By Harry King LEXINGTON, Ky. - At the Arkansas timeout with 3:45 to play, three of us tried to pinpoint the last time the Razorbacks won a close one on the road in front of a large crowd. - Sun, Feb 24, 2008 Pelphrey's return takes back seat By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - When the post-game quote sheet was delivered, John Pelphrey's line about going back to Kentucky was outlandish in unfettered black and white. - Sat, Feb 23, 2008 21 straight qualifies as run for Razorbacks By Harry King FAYETTEVILLE - It's one of my pet peeves, the loose way we use "run" to describe a sequence of relatively minor consequence. - Thu, Feb 21, 2008 Spring game should pique interest By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Almost every April, there was a legitimate excuse to miss the final scrimmage of spring football practice at Arkansas. - Wed, Feb 20, 2008 Deeper in debt to Smarty Jones By Harry King HOT SPRINGS - Four years removed from foolish, I'm getting deeper in the hole with Smarty Jones. - Tue, Feb 19, 2008 MSU opens two-game lead on UA By Harry King STARKVILLE, Miss. - Down the stretch, Mississippi State's position was so precarious that the students almost forgot to boo Gary Ervin. - Sun, Feb 17, 2008 Courtside seats are revenue producers By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Instead of faces, I kept seeing dollar signs. Big Orange ones. - Sat, Feb 16, 2008 Vols' second-half rhythm too much for UA By Harry King KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Charles Thomas' double-jump protest of a foul and the follow-up technical on coach John Pelphrey epitomized their frustration. - Thu, Feb 14, 2008 UA passing stats way behind By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Looking for passing and receiving Razorbacks in the Southeastern Conference record book, the quest was detoured by John Reaves. - Wed, Feb 13, 2008 Pac 10 might be too good at the top By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Identified as the best of the best in college basketball, the Pac 10 could just be too good at the top for its own good. - Tue, Feb 12, 2008 Arkansas beats Ole Miss at less than best By Harry King FAYETTEVILLE - The quote about beauty being in the eye of the beholder kicked in during the second half of Arkansas over Mississippi. - Sun, Feb 10, 2008 Recruiting rankings: Fire Carroll By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Lloyd Carr is out of work and Pete Carroll should be. - Sat, Feb 09, 2008 NCAA strict about trademark sayings By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Handcuffed by the NCAA, businesses need some advertising alternatives when folks flock to town next month for a weekend of big-time basketball. - Thu, Feb 07, 2008 Signing day or April 15? By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - The first Wednesday in February might be more dreaded than April 15. - Wed, Feb 06, 2008 D-line does it for Giants By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - For a fan of old-school football, the Super Bowl was quite enjoyable. - Tue, Feb 05, 2008 Florida stinks it up from outside By Harry King FAYETTEVILLE - Ten minutes without a turnover for Arkansas; 20 minutes without a 3 for Florida, and a one-minute spot for Bobby Petrino. - Sun, Feb 03, 2008 Long is in control By Harry King FAYETTEVILLE - Right off, Jeff Long scored some points with the grandfather of two girls. - Sat, Feb 02, 2008 Western Division race is not over By Harry King FAYETTEVILLE - Riley Benock threw a pass at the feet of his coach, Rick Stansbury, and seconds later, Stansbury had a birds-eye view of Charles Rhodes dribbling out of bounds. - Thu, Jan 31, 2008 Joe Mosby - Outdoors Talking about trolling in Arkansas By Joe Mosby It is debatable how the term "troll" came into our language. - Sat, Feb 23, 2008 Keeping wildlife at a distance By Joe Mosby Wildlife in Arkansas, large and small, flying or walking or crawling, is most enjoyable at a distance from people - not in homes or backyards. - Sat, Feb 16, 2008 New fishing rules no cause for panic By Joe Mosby With the arrival of a new year - and we are more than a month into that - inevitably comes some changes in Arkansas fishing rules. - Sat, Feb 09, 2008 Coyotes blamed for deaths of two trumpeter swans By Joe Mosby The young trumpeter swans that were moved in midwinter from Iowa to Arkansas are hanging close to the release sites, with a tragic exception. - Sat, Feb 02, 2008 Micki Bare - Diamond in the Rough Young travelers enriched by cell service, proximity to bathroom By Micki Bare When my parents visited Europe during their YIPPIE-the-kids-are-finally-all-out-of-the-house phase, they enthusiastically anticipated the centuries-old architecture. - Sat, Feb 23, 2008 Playground-enhanced malls: good for economy, bad for teens By Micki Bare Competition with superstores is the first reason I conjure up in favor of playgrounds in the middle of malls. - Sat, Feb 16, 2008 Super Mom's sports team devotion saves the day By Micki Bare When we last peeked into the world of Super Mom, she bravely overcame evil using the wonders of technology. - Sat, Feb 09, 2008 Plant world peace and let it grow By Micki Bare Some might argue that peace - a world without war - is unattainable without the intervention of aliens or highly functioning, discriminate robots. - Sat, Feb 02, 2008 |
