AltWeeklies Wire
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
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
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
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
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
Just Another Face in the Crowdnew
The state's political parties moved this year's primary up to Feb. 5 to make Arkansas more relevant in the nominating process -- by the time Arkansas voted in 2004, John Kerry was the effective nominee -- but the change seems unlikely to give the state more electoral muscle or attention.
Arkansas Times |
John C. Williams |
01-31-2008 |
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