Recent Stories
Easy as pie — elect some Rs
After Martha Shoffner as state treasurer, Republicans would be a big improvement.
A maverick sits out
I was moderating a panel of state legislators last Wednesday and I kept trying to prod House Speaker Davy Carter into saying whether he would seek the Republican nomination for governor.
Of fear and freedom
Most weeks, my best 50 minutes get spent standing before a couple of hundred seniors in a “Behind the Headlines” class that is part of the LifeQuest program for active retirees.
The art of compromise
“Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.” —Buffalo Springfield The three Republican state legislators who conceived of the private option to Medicaid expansion insist amid scoffing that their now-enacted proposal is genuinely conservative.
Pulled back from the brink
Just when the Tea Party was about to fade from well-earned absurdity to deserved obscurity, it received the bountiful blessing of the perfect enemy.
Anatomy of a scandal
All modern American presidents favored with second terms get scandals or pseudo-scandals.
A mother’s essence
Childhood memories grow a little unclear after a half-century.
Small victories
You’re actually supposed to pay state sales taxes already on Internet purchases from sellers lacking a physical presence in Arkansas.
Hog waste? Want not
Now that hogs are in the barn, state regulators are headed to Jasper to hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. today.
Troubled water?
Central Arkansas likes to brag on its pristine water supply at Lake Maumelle. Residents tell stories of the local tap water winning blind taste tests over the priciest bottled waters.
