AltWeeklies Wire
Clintons Are for Kickingnew
The New York Times/John McCain blowup proves American politics is still being played under the Clinton Rules: You can say anything about the Clintons. They can't say anything back.
Arkansas Times |
Staff |
02-28-2008 |
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
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
American Politics is Still a Man's Worldnew
Barack Obama's inroads among white voters are explained, in part, by a gender divide.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
02-21-2008 |
Commentary
Enter the Fish Party?new
Huckabee diehards and contemporaneous others with high quotients of unrequited Christian zeal are threatening to start a third political party, having nigh given up on the Donkey and Elephant as incorrigibly godless. Maybe it'll be the Glory Hallelujah Party, its totem the Jesus Fish.
Arkansas Times |
Bob Lancaster |
02-14-2008 |
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
Who Can Beat John McCain?new
With the race for the Democratic presidential nomination down to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, electability has become a popular topic.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
02-14-2008 |
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
God's -- and Huckabee's -- Standardsnew
Mike Huckabee said last week he favors amending the U.S. Constitution to bring it in line with "God's standards." That's a big job that would entail adoption of a number of amendments, and since the candidate didn't specify, I thought I'd help him out by recommending a few.
Arkansas Times |
Bob Lancaster |
01-24-2008 |
Commentary
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
President Huckabeenew
Speak these two words in the headline aloud ... you might need the practice.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
01-10-2008 |
Commentary
Congress Votes for Greednew
The whole dilemma of the alternative minimum tax is the story of how government nourished and sanctioned greed and economic injustice on a biblical scale. The recent votes in the Senate and House are just one more perverse chapter.
Arkansas Times |
Paul Peterson |
12-27-2007 |
Commentary
GOP Primaries: The Holy Warnew
Neither Mike Huckabee himself nor his friends and foes made much of his religion while he was governor of Arkansas, but the Republican presidential race is awash in religiosity, both pro- and anti-Huckabee.
Arkansas Times |
Editorial |
12-27-2007 |
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
