John Brummett
Columnist
Brummett’s career in news began when he was in high school as a part-time reporter for the Arkansas Democrat. He moved to the Arkansas Gazette in 1977. He wrote a political column for the Gazette from 1986 to 1990. He was an editor for Arkansas Times from 1990 to 1992. In 1994, his book, High Wire: From the Back Roads to the Beltway, the Education of Bill Clinton, was published by Hyperion of New York City. He became a columnist with the Democrat-Gazette in 1994. In 2000, he signed a deal with Donrey Media Group, now known as Stephens Media, and wrote for them for 11 years. He rejoined Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as a columnist on Oct. 24, 2011.
You can read his blog at: http://brummett.arkansasonline.com/
Recent Stories by John Brummett
Together in hypocrisy
posted: 05/23/2013 4:36 a.m. Comments 21
As you behold the human loss and heartbreak in Oklahoma, you might ask yourself a question.
COMMENTARY: Easy as pie — elect some Rs
posted: 05/22/2013 5 a.m. Comments 4
After Martha Shoffner as state treasurer, Republicans would be a big improvement.
At least for the moment: A maverick sits out
posted: 05/21/2013 4:02 a.m. Comment 1
I was moderating a panel of state legislators last Wednesday and I kept trying to prod House Speaker Davy Carter into saying whether he would seek the Republican nomination for governor.
Of fear and freedom
posted: 05/19/2013 2:37 a.m. Discuss
Most weeks, my best 50 minutes get spent standing before a couple of hundred seniors in a “Behind the Headlines” class that is part of the LifeQuest program for active retirees.
The art of compromise
posted: 05/16/2013 4:37 a.m. Discuss
“Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.” —Buffalo Springfield The three Republican state legislators who conceived of the private option to Medicaid expansion insist amid scoffing that their now-enacted proposal is genuinely conservative.
COMMENTARY: Pulled back from the brink
posted: 05/15/2013 4:57 a.m. Comments 8
Just when the Tea Party was about to fade from well-earned absurdity to deserved obscurity, it received the bountiful blessing of the perfect enemy.
Anatomy of a scandal
posted: 05/14/2013 3:37 a.m. Comments 10
All modern American presidents favored with second terms get scandals or pseudo-scandals.
A mother’s essence
posted: 05/12/2013 2:26 a.m. Comments 2
Childhood memories grow a little unclear after a half-century.
Small victories
posted: 05/09/2013 4:36 a.m. Comments 11
You’re actually supposed to pay state sales taxes already on Internet purchases from sellers lacking a physical presence in Arkansas.
COMMENTARY: Hog waste? Want not
posted: 05/08/2013 5 a.m. Comment 1
Now that hogs are in the barn, state regulators are headed to Jasper to hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. today.
