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How Can John McCain Win?new
No candidate for president from either party since Herbert Hoover in 1932 has faced a bleaker situation than McCain, so why is he considered an even bet to win?
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-24-2008 |
Commentary
The Tax Man Comethnew
This is Bush's eighth Tax Day and he observes each one in about the same way, calling for lower taxes for those who need it least. He called on Congress to make permanent all his tax cuts, a few of which won't be implemented for another year. They are the last steps in reducing the tax load of the very richest Americans.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-17-2008 |
Commentary
The Bush Administration Gets Away with Torturenew
The torture memoranda written for Bush by John C. Yoo will someday appear in a compendium of infamous documents of American history alongside the slavery tracts, Roosevelt's order relocating West Coast Japanese to compounds in Arkansas and elsewhere and Hirabayashi v. United States, the first U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed its correctness.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-11-2008 |
Commentary
Election '08: Two Tall Talesnew
Hillary Clinton and John McCain were caught telling whopping lies, each grotesque in its own way and transparent in its falsity, but one of the senators got away with it and the other didn't.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-04-2008 |
Commentary
John McCain's Rage at David Pryornew
Can a man who crossed paths with the Arkansas senator nearly every day for six years and would not speak to him make a good president?
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
03-13-2008 |
Commentary
Gun Rights: A Loaded Issuenew
News about school shootings has become passe, even if the shootings themselves are multiplying.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
02-21-2008 |
Commentary
Federalism, Bush-stylenew
The administration of George W. Bush protects industry by telling states they can't obey the people's wishes.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
01-31-2008 |
Commentary
When It Comes to the Economy, the People Get Itnew
Increased productivity and a robust GDP look magnificent from up there, but at the middle and the bottom it feels like a lot of pain. People sense the truth, that there are now two economies in the United States, one for the rich and one for everyone else.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
01-24-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Will We Kill the Death Penalty in '08?new
Hopes that the U. S. Supreme Court would strike another and near-fatal blow against the death penalty this year manifestly will not be realized unless a couple of the justices surprise us.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
01-17-2008 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee's Smarmy Populismnew
In the season of extreme political makeovers, Huckabee stands out only for the frequency and cleverness of his mutations.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
01-10-2008 |
Commentary
Does Huckabee's Populist Rhetoric Disguise Royalism?new
After 15 years in politics, it is still hard to say whether there is any conviction behind Mike Huckabee's talk or he is just another Republican who subscribes to the doctrine that the best politics is to capture votes from the poor and money from the rich by promising to protect each from the other.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Frailty in God's Presidentnew
Were it not for one trifling frailty, Mike Huckabee's decision in the dog days of Iowa summer to become God's candidate for president looks prophetic and almost credible.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
12-14-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee and GOP Ideologynew
If Republicans are turning to the moderate in a field of sullen men bent on seeing who can be the most reactionary, it is an unusual phenomenon.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
12-06-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee Courts Scary Evangelistsnew
In his desperation to collar the evangelical conservative vote, Huckabee has overplayed his hand rather badly. Five weeks before the Iowa caucuses he will be on national television for six days making common cause with Kenneth Copeland.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
11-26-2007 |
Commentary
Jekyll and Mike Huckabeenew
Huckabee has either reinvented himself in the national campaign or else we underestimated his dexterity at the oldest political art, telling everyone what they want to hear and getting away with it.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
11-02-2007 |
Commentary
