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May 23, 2013

by Jay Barth

Last February, the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation released a report I authored titled "Ripe for Reform: Arkansas as a Model for Social Change." /more/

There's embarrassment in the young gubernatorial campaign of state Rep. Debra Hobbs of Rogers. Announcing her candidacy last week, Representative Hobbs said "I feel like this is what God wants me to do." But sources close to God say that He gave her no encouragement and was at most indifferent to her campaign. /more/

Max Brantley

The crash of Martha Shoffner

May 23, 2013

by Max Brantley

My overriding emotion about the fate of state Treasurer Martha Shoffner is sadness. /more/

Ernest Dumas

Syrian war: Iraq redux

May 23, 2013

by Ernest Dumas

Americans are instinctively wiser than their leaders when it comes to foreign policy, at least until their emotions are manipulated to support mindless war. /more/

Words

Mexican streak

May 23, 2013

From "Kearny's March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847" by Winston Groom. /more/

Gene Lyons

Three non-scandals

May 23, 2013

by Gene Lyons

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when every jackleg news organization in Washington — that is, virtually all of them — was feeding out of Kenneth Starr's soft little hand like a Shetland pony. /more/

Defending 'The Dog Whisperer'

May 16, 2013

by Gene Lyons

"What mighty contests," wrote 18th-century satirist Alexander Pope, "rise from trivial things." The poet had sex in mind, although something similar could be said about Americans and their pets. If you think people get worked up about politics, say something "controversial" about dogs or cats. Then prepare for action. /more/