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Bingo!
State Sen. David Bisbee of Rogers, term-limited and moderate and brutally candid Republican state senator who probably will soon be the county judge of Benton County, spoke the quote of the year the other day. - Sunday, Sep 28, 2008

St. Huck, prophet
Only one of our many presidential candidates this year was ahead of the game on this financial market meltdown and stands now in a position to say he told us so. - Sat, Sep 27, 2008

On Clintons, Petrino, gambling, et al
There was a great sportswriter in Texas named Blackie Sherrod who retired this year and who always called these kinds of columns "scattershooting. - Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Global warming on a honeymoon
So far Mike Beebe is in a tie with Dale Bumpers as the most effective governor in the state's history. - Tue, Sep 23, 2008

Wall Street socialism
"Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. - Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Scripted Barack back in front
It appears that Barack Obama has steadied himself, or been steadied by events, and crept back into a slim and tenuous lead in the presidential race. - Sun, Sep 21, 2008

Bubba's disappointments
"I wouldn't mind getting her into my duck blind, I'll tell you that right now. - Sat, Sep 20, 2008

We're all in a lottery
I don't know Jim Walton, but I know people who say he's a fine fellow. - Thu, Sep 18, 2008

What? This is about policy?
Let's put aside for the moment our prevailing political conversation about gender, race, pigs, pit bulls, lipstick and vice presidentially imposed change, whatever in the world that could possibly be. - Tue, Sep 16, 2008

We are New Orleans
John Barry, one of America's pre-eminent nonfiction writers, began his lecture with what he called a point of personal privilege. - Mon, Sep 15, 2008

Sarcasm vs. Obama
This lipstick business - indeed, this Sarah Palin phenomenon - prompted me to recall an article in The New Republic. - Sun, Sep 14, 2008

They're riled up out there
Reader feedback, by which I mainly mean clumsy hostility, always picks up after Labor Day in presidential years. - Sat, Sep 13, 2008

He's Kerry; she's Reagan
Barack Obama has turned into Michael Dukakis, John Kerry and Al Gore. - Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Huckabee's soaring errors
Mike Huckabee's speeches tend to be better when delivered to unthinking audiences, like those in convention halls packed with blind and raging political partisans. - Tue, Sep 09, 2008

Noonan vs. Palin
Peggy Noonan was wrong both when faking it and telling the truth. - Mon, Sep 08, 2008

Burdened by nondescript competence
The best or worst thing about Mike Beebe is that even lawyers couldn't think of a way to make fun of him. - Sun, Sep 07, 2008

Vetting Palin
Here's a conversation - wholly imagined, let's be clear - that the top and bottom halves of the Republican ticket might have had. - Sat, Sep 06, 2008

Lu and UCA in three perspectives
So Lu Hardin gets nigh unto a million dollars plus a few years of health benefits to go away as president of the University of Central Arkansas. - Thu, Sep 04, 2008

Give up on Arkansas
A couple of state commissions met jointly the other day to wring hands together about how Arkansas is not perceived as a desirable place for tourists. - Tue, Sep 02, 2008

POW card up his sleeve
John McCain was on Jay Leno's show, cracking wise about being old. - Mon, Sep 01, 2008

David Pryor made him do it
FAYETTEVILLE - On the first day of classes at the University of Arkansas, David Pryor's aw-shucks charm is as effective and unaffected as ever. - Sun, Aug 31, 2008

Female Agnew? Female Quayle?
History says Democrats ought to worry whenever they find themselves blessed with an able U. - Sat, Aug 30, 2008


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