AltWeeklies Wire
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
"Lord God!"new
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
Arkansas Times |
Leslie Newell Peacock |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
School or Scam?new
AltWeeklies Award - Education
Arkansas Times |
Jennifer Barnett Reed |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Arkansas Blog: "Huckabees Registered For Gifts," "Let Me Say," "A Word"new
AltWeeklies Award - Blog
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Good as Gold" part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
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
Bobby Bare Jr. is the King of Funny/Sadnew
With an infectious and ever-shifting oddball sensibility, Bare has released three albums over the last six years filled with lyrics barbed, melancholy, sly and droll.
Arkansas Times |
Lindsey Millar |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bobby Bare Jr.
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
Wal-Mart Money Pushes Conservative Education Ideas in Arkansasnew
For good or for ill, it's safe to say that the educational landscape in Arkansas would be drastically different today if Sam Walton hadn't been born in Bentonville.
Arkansas Times |
Jennifer Barnett Reed |
04-11-2008 |
Education
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
Drilling in Arkansas: The Shale Gamenew
Money, royalty battles, tax fights, and environmental concerns thicken the plot.
Arkansas Times |
John C. Williams |
03-27-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
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
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
Media Misogynynew
The twits who have seized the Washington Post and the revival Little Rascals' Wimmin Haters Club at MSNBC have thought to separate themselves from the media herd this political season by embracing misogyny.
Arkansas Times |
Bob Lancaster |
03-13-2008 |
Commentary
Citizen Hucknew
What did Mike Huckabee accomplish, presuming he's not to be John McCain's running mate? For starters, the race made him far better known nationally, both for good and ill.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
03-13-2008 |
Commentary
