AltWeeklies Wire
Is Palin the Female Agnew? Or Maybe the Female Quayle?new
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.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
09-05-2008 |
Commentary
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
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
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
Gender, Race and Morenew
Nearly every white professional man in Arkansas who talks to me about politics these days expresses alarm that Hillary Clinton might become the Democratic presidential nominee and president.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
03-13-2008 |
Commentary
Between Barack and a Hard Placenew
So how is the tranquility coming in the Democratic Party? Oh, not so much.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
03-06-2008 |
Commentary
Obama Shruggednew
Obama has thus far exhibited some of the same shrugs as Dukakis and Kerry. These are shrugs that reflect dismissive, superior-minded contempt for what are seen as absurd charges. These are shrugs that fail to grasp that these absurd charges, left unanswered, can fester and get one beat.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
02-28-2008 |
Commentary
Can Hillary's Prophecy be Fulfilled?new
There is gamesmanship aplenty in the Democratic presidential race, including a clever message from the newly troubled Hillary Clinton campaign. It goes like this...
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Huckabee is Equal Parts Disc Jockey and Preachernew
His religious pronouncements are no more sermons than in-studio performances.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Looking for Meaning in Huckabee Rerunsnew
Judgment and ethics emerge as attributes to ponder now that Mike Huckabee might become president. For the moment, fresh national media reporting condenses this discussion to a pair of old Arkansas dramas.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
12-14-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee is No Economic Conservativenew
Huckabee is a bona fide social and cultural conservative, but, as governor of Arkansas for more than a decade, he behaved as an economic pragmatist or moderate.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
12-06-2007 |
Commentary
Small State Insights Into the Presidential Racenew
Are national reporters trying to tell me that Mike Huckabee is the best the Republicans have to offer?
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
11-02-2007 |
Commentary
Politics with Merle and Brucenew
It turns out that a couple of my musical favorites have made political news lately -- perhaps it's mildly ironic that Merle Haggard seems more relevant than Bruce Springsteen.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
10-18-2007 |
Commentary
