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Is Palin the Female Agnew? Or Maybe the Female Quayle?

Arkansas Times | September 5, 2008

History says Democrats ought to worry whenever they find themselves blessed with an able U.S. senator on the ticket and get word of a Republican vice presidential nominee they've never heard of and whose selection seems an affront to responsible governing.

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Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, vice presidential nominees

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Bill Gwatney's Momentnew

Smart, funny, friendly, privileged, wealthy, acerbic, articulate, partisan, confident, tanned, well-attired, and ego-healthy, Bill Gwatney is suddenly gone, a few days short of his 49th birthday.

Arkansas Times | John Brummett | 08-22-2008 | Commentary

Tags: Arkansas, Democrats, shooting, Bill Gwatney

Huckabee Takes the Smart TV Routenew

While predictable, his joining Fox News as an expert inside commentator doesn't trivialize him. It is less than full immersion in a media career and partly a continuation of a political career. It's one of those cross-pollinated abominations of modern talking-head punditry. It also means he can't fail.

Arkansas Times | John Brummett | 06-19-2008 | Commentary

Tags: Fox News Channel, Mike Huckabee, Pundits, TV

Election '08: On Religion and Politicsnew

Presidential candidates cannot be held accountable for everything their supporters and associates say and do, and it's very tricky to start judging another man's religion. But the matter of Barack Obama and his pastor is deeply troubling on a couple of levels.

Arkansas Times | John Brummett | 03-20-2008 | Commentary

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama

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Arkansas's New Day; a Historic Republican Victorynew

It's not too early to say definitively that it was a historic day in Arkansas, a triumphant Republican tidal wave that holds every promise of being here for a long time to come.

Arkansas Times | Max Brantley | 11-05-2014 | Elections

Tags: ARkansas

2010 Primaries: A Tale of Two Races in Arkansasnew

The Senate primary contest between Blanche Lincoln and Bill Halter in Arkansas has garnered plenty of national interest. But national attention may or may not translate to local interest.

Arkansas Times | Gerard Matthews | 05-18-2010 | Politics

Tags: Bill Halter, Blanche Lincoln

May a Thousand New ACORNs Take Rootnew

ACORN took formal steps last week toward dissolution, but its work will continue under similar organizations with new names.

Arkansas Times | Max Brantley | 04-01-2010 | Commentary

Tags: activism, ACORN, organizing

Are Liberals Smarter? Ask Some Recent Studiesnew

A widely debated study published in the current issue of the scientific journal Social Psychology Quarterly tries to explain why most of us attach ourselves to broad political concepts like liberalism and conservatism and embrace different social and religious values.

Arkansas Times | Ernest Dumas | 03-04-2010 | Commentary

Tags: IQ, conservatives, liberals

A Different Kind of Reality TV is Keeping Health Care Reform Alivenew

I'm optimistic -- uncharacteristically -- that something good might come of the great debate on health care legislation. If it does, it will because the people -- and their real stories -- will rule.

Arkansas Times | Max Brantley | 10-22-2009 | Commentary

Tags: Health Care Reform, the public option, Congress, health care

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