Arkansas Times

'Very solemnly, with a little bit of malice'
Date: 11/19/2009
By: John Brummett
That 10-year-lad in West Fork, Will Phillips, has become something of a hero. /more/

Transformative? Or Clinton-Lite?
Date: 11/12/2009
By: John Brummett
A year after his historic election, Barack Obama stands revealed as something less than the transformative president he aspired and was intermittently projected to be. /more/

Civility and other vices
Date: 11/5/2009
By: John Brummett
It was nearly a decade ago, time flying as it's prone. I was in Springdale in the lobby of the convention center, watching hundreds of Washington County Republicans file in for the annual dinner. /more/

Pulitzer winner reveals nation's debt
Date: 10/29/2009
By: John Brummett
Douglas Blackmon grew up in the 1960s and 1970s in a small Mississippi town along the big river's delta. /more/

Bad taste
Date: 10/22/2009
By: John Brummett
You will remember, perhaps, that Lt. Gov. Bill Halter spent $9,000 of your money this summer to print and mail 18,000 copies of a full-color promotional newsletter. /more/

Sweet, hopeful sounds in the Delta
Date: 10/15/2009
By: John Brummett
HELENA - First and always, it's the music. /more/

Mr. October
Date: 10/8/2009
By: John Brummett
Welcome to only the best month in Arkansas, better, even, than April or May. October's mild days of subtle sunlight lure you to the winding inclines of the Big Dam Bridge for heart-pumping exercise. /more/

With Cotton out, Baker goes to the bank
Date: 10/1/2009
By: John Brummett
Tom Cotton is not running for the U.S. Senate or anything else. /more/

Political meddling in public retirement
Date: 9/24/2009
By: John Brummett
The biggest problem with public employee retirement systems has always been that they are vulnerable to legislative meddling. /more/

Indelicacy + nonsense = health care debate
Date: 9/17/2009
By: John Brummett
Mike Huckabee wrote on his political action committee's blog on Monday that journalism is dead. /more/

Xmas access nixed
Date: 11/19/2009
By: Arkansas Times Staff
Two weeks ago we reported on the efforts of the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers to put up a winter solstice display on the grounds of the state Capitol. /more/

Charter school wisdom
Date: 11/19/2009
By: Arkansas Times Staff
The state Board of Education last week demonstrated a more searching approach to charter school applications than it has sometimes shown. /more/

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