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John Brummett A cheerleader's over-exposure By John Brummett Mike Huckabee likes to speak in metaphors. He offered one not too long ago when asked whether he was interested in being John McCain's running mate. - Thursday, May 22, 2008 Political wives and me By John Brummett My biggest personal conflicts haven't been with male politicians I've trashed, but with wives of male politicians I've trashed. - Tue, May 20, 2008 McCain and the Democrats By John Brummett Here's my latest fearless prediction, subject by pundit's license to changing at any point and certainly before mid-October, by which time the political dynamic could be far different from what it is now: - Mon, May 19, 2008 Torture the camel in the tent By John Brummett Now that the proposed creation of a felony for first-time torture of a dog, cat or horse has arisen again in state political and legislative discourse, let me warn the casual observer. - Sun, May 18, 2008 It's not all about Barack By John Brummett I'd like to say a word in defense of George W. Bush and against Barack Obama. - Sat, May 17, 2008 Sorting out the raging nonpartisanship By John Brummett This is a follow-up to the column in this space a couple of weeks ago in which they were struggling in Northwest Arkansas with the still-young concept, at least in Arkansas, of nonpartisanship in races for judgeships. - Thu, May 15, 2008 Farming is root of all politics By John Brummett Statewide elections usually are decided by Arkansas farm politics from the eastern part of the state. - Tue, May 13, 2008 Analyzing potential Democratic dream ticket By John Brummett As far as a Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton dream ticket is concerned, settling the scant policy differences would be a snap. - Mon, May 12, 2008 Football on the cultural left By John Brummett Some people call it elitist football or snob football or even nerd football. - Sun, May 11, 2008 Simple and dangerous By John Brummett This business about Democratic state legislators raising campaign money for Republican colleagues is easy to solve. - Sat, May 10, 2008 Bill Clinton's angst By John Brummett Theories have arisen as to why Bill Clinton has behaved ineptly and inanely, offending blacks and misstating facts and angrily denying having plainly made those misstatements of fact. - Thu, May 08, 2008 Can Hillary win? A different view By John Brummett This will counterbalance the scenario offered in this space Sunday by which Hillary Clinton could still emerge as the Democratic nominee for president. - Tue, May 06, 2008 McCain's two health failings By John Brummett John McCain's health care plan fails only on its two essential points. - Mon, May 05, 2008 Hillary to win? How in the world? By John Brummett I dropped in a line the other day about having come to the disappointing conclusion that our nose-holding alternatives in November would be John McCain and Hillary Clinton. - Sun, May 04, 2008 The land partisanship forgot By John Brummett The state Democratic Party's chairman has sent letters to scores of Democratic officeholders around the state making what would seem to be an altogether reasonable request. - Sat, May 03, 2008 Two bad, one less bad By John Brummett All three presidential prospects grovel and pander on soaring gasoline prices. - Thu, May 01, 2008 Rev. Wright unplugged By John Brummett When he said "God damn America," the Rev. Jeremiah Wright mostly performed an over-the-top Mark Twain. - Tue, Apr 29, 2008 Worst of all Democratic worlds By John Brummett Two very bad things have happened to Barack Obama. One is that he has been Jesse Jackson-ized. - Mon, Apr 28, 2008 Bubba and Hillary By John Brummett Readers wondered if Bubba McCoy, the quintessential East Arkansas good ol' boy, had a take on the three remaining presidential prospects. - Sat, Apr 26, 2008 Clark: new man, old pursuit By John Brummett Steve Clark's rehabilitation impresses. He owned up to alcoholism and defeats it daily. - Thu, Apr 24, 2008 Dennis Byrd David J. Sanders That unbeatable Senator Pryor By David J. Sanders "So when exactly did your junior senator become unbeatable?" That was a query hurled at me last week by one of those inside-the-Beltway political types during my brief excursion to the nation's capital. - Wed, May 21, 2008 Beaten down, whipped and preparing for more By David J. Sanders WASHINGTON - Most agree the business of politics is cyclical. Congressional Republicans, entangled in a vicious cycle, help drive home the point. - Sun, May 18, 2008 Huckabee VP balloon floated By David J. Sanders Monday was full of speculation about Mike Huckabee's more immediate future. - Wed, May 14, 2008 In the water with the presidential candidates By David J. Sanders Black and white are the hues with which more bombastic pundits prefer to color their commentaries, but other more thoughtful types often use tinges of gray. - Sun, May 11, 2008 America's greatness: Is it in question? by David Sanders There are, for different reasons, individuals, both from the political right and left, who are plagued by a built-in proclivity for predicting the end of America's exceptional position as the world's only superpower. - Wed, May 07, 2008 Politicking through Maxims By David J. Sanders With the May 20 primaries and judicial elections looming, political candidates for the various offices, along with their help, are scrambling to pick up whatever edge can be gained in the campaign's remaining days. - Sun, May 04, 2008 No, it ain't over ... yet By David Sanders She is in it to win. Surprisingly, some observers either don't see it, or for whatever reason don't want to admit that the long road to the Democratic National Convention is getting longer. - Wed, Apr 30, 2008 Mike Huckabee being steered toward 2012 race By David Sanders Let me put our former governor on the couch for a minute. - Wed, Apr 23, 2008 Doug Thompson Life, liberty and a driver's license By Doug Thompson High fuel prices was the first thing I thought of when reading that Arkansas and West Virginia had the lowest percentage of people with college degrees. - Sat, May 17, 2008 Steve Clark's return By Doug Thompson Steve Clark's ego got him in serious trouble 19 years ago. - Sat, May 03, 2008 Harry King - Sports Big money for McFadden By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - The news from Atlanta reverberated to Oakland. - Thursday, May 22, 2008 SEC needs Sun Belt expansion By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Football at the University of South Alabama can't begin soon enough for the Southeastern Conference. - Wed, May 21, 2008 Big Brown should win Triple Crown By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - None of the four non-athletes at "Dear N-L-R-H-S" could stay with their cigarette-smoking friend in a race of any distance, and they all believed he could have run track for the Wildcats if he had cared about competing. - Tue, May 20, 2008 Nicklaus might be wrong By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - The Helen Thomas thing didn't work out so well when Jack Nicklaus was in town. - Sun, May 18, 2008 Big Brown has competition ahead By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Readying for a Belmont confrontation with Big Brown, the people associated with Casino Drive made the oddest decision. - Sat, May 17, 2008 Missouri is team on the spot By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Partly because of an Arkansas football team that was disorganized and uninspired, the Missouri Tigers are in rarefied air. - Thu, May 15, 2008 Johnson, others will get chance By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - The mostly yellow school bus, "Razorbacks on the Road" in red on a white top, rolled up first and Texarkana athletes staked out an area of the grandstand near the track. - Wed, May 14, 2008 Goydos' honesty vs. Garcia's ability By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Paul Goydos' flirtation with glory at The Players Championship will be regaled for a short time, but the U. - Tue, May 13, 2008 Another story of Eells' goodness By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Waiting on Jack Nicklaus, there was time for catching up and more and, somehow, the goodness of Paul Eells became part of the conversation. - Sun, May 11, 2008 Knost out from under scrutiny By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - For most of the golf world, the final round of The Masters was Trevor Immelman's par putt on No. - Thu, May 08, 2008 Big Brown trainer is subdued By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Confident to the point of brash prior to the Kentucky Derby, Big Brown trainer Dick Dutrow is oddly subdued about the Preakness. - Wed, May 07, 2008 Nicklaus is about the competition By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Between loosening up with softly struck pitching wedges and winding down after 285-yard drives, Jack Nicklaus offered advice for golfers from hackers to scratch players. - Tue, May 06, 2008 1photonicklaus-swing.jpg 2photonicklaus-stephens.jpg. Jack Nicklaus shows off his swing during at clinic Monday at The Alotian Club near Little Rock. - Tue, May 06, 2008 Go see Nationwide players By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - This is an unabashed, fact-supported sales pitch for the Nationwide Tour in general and the Fort Smith Classic in particular. - Sun, May 04, 2008 Big Brown has obstacles in Derby By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - For years, dissecting the Kentucky Derby began with nitpicking at the favorite. - Sat, May 03, 2008 Two-stars are good, too By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Glenn Dorsey, Derrick Harvey, Keith Rivers, Jonathan Stewart, Lawrence Jackson and Kenny Phillips are in an elite group - five-star athletes who lived up to the hype and were taken in the first round of the NFL draft. - Thu, May 01, 2008 Artificial surfaces add to puzzle By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Confusion about Saturday's Kentucky Derby begins with the "A" inside the cockeyed rectangle that appears in the past performances of many of the participants. - Wed, Apr 30, 2008 Freshmen will get a chance By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas' incoming freshmen football players have no choice but to grow up fast. - Tue, Apr 29, 2008 Re-creation was an art form BY Harry King NORTH LITTLE ROCK - Handed an at-bat in shorthand, Jim Elder would digest the material and articulate a detail-filled picture. - Sat, Apr 26, 2008 Wanted: Curtain guard for NCAA By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Spotting an offender at the media table in Alltel Arena, one of the operations managers provided the intel and the operatives on cup patrol closed in. - Thu, Apr 24, 2008 College freshmen and the NBA By Harry King LITTLE ROCK - Learning on the job, Mike Conley Jr. earned $2,442 for each minute he was on the court for the Memphis Grizzlies. - Wed, Apr 23, 2008 Joe Mosby - Outdoors Nightcrawlers make excellent fishing bait By Joe Mosby Can anyone deny that nightcrawlers are excellent fishing bait? - Sat, May 17, 2008 Conflict on forest fires and Smokey bear campaign By Joe Mosby It seemingly is a conflict: Forest workers with flaming torches on one hand and the long-established Smokey Bear anti-fire campaign on the other. - Sat, May 10, 2008 Forest Fires are old habits to break By Joe Mosby Old habits are hard to break, especially those that have been around for 80 years or so. - Sat, May 03, 2008 High water provides fertile spawning ground for fish By Joe Mosby Prolonged high water from heavy rains this spring could pay dividends for Arkansas anglers in years to come. - Sat, Apr 26, 2008 Micki Bare - Diamond in the Rough Overcoming the red beast to keep up with the stats By Micki Bare Blaming our dog might make me feel better, but in all honesty the door slamming shut on my thumb tearing essential ligaments was my own fault. - Sat, May 17, 2008 Adoption shouldn't be exclusive to babies and puppies By Micki Bare When we hear the word adoption, we tend to think of cute, parentless children who need a family of their own. - Sat, May 10, 2008 Paper or plastic? Mom has always said neither By Micki Bare One in four of are saying no. When posed with the question, "Paper or plastic? - Sat, May 03, 2008 Dashboard driver doesn't like inefficient snack breaks By Micki Bare Despite ridiculously high gas prices, Mom and I hit the road yet again. - Sat, Apr 26, 2008 |
