John Brummett

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

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: In state’s best interests State Sen. Joyce Elliott, the liberal lion who chastises me for calling her a tilter at windmills, tilted at windmills on social media Wednesday."I voted yesterday," she wrote. "And I v... May 15, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Stirring the pot with truth I know a little about silly and ignorant feuds, fears, suspicions, resentments and schisms in evangelical churches, having come up in the Southern rural religious fundamentalism of the 1950s and '... May 12, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Reasonableness in wringer Abortion is a convenient issue for conservative Republicans.Fetuses are ideal causes. They haven't yet voted Democratic or by mail, or taught in school that America fought a Civil War in which rac... May 11, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Much drama over a closet We fired arrows in this space Sunday without giving a thought to the Republican primary to determine which of six candidates will accomplish the unthinkable and make Sarah Huckabee Sanders seem prefer... May 10, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Where the arrows land With early voting beginning Monday for the party primaries in Arkansas, the time seems right to resurrect the arrows of conventional wisdom to capture a panoramic snapshot of political standing.<im... May 8, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Sanders a (gasp!) TINO? The Republican candidates for governor have now been asked by this newspaper the simple and defining question of whether the presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.The answers made plain t... May 5, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Roe and anti-democracy Politico broke a story for the ages Monday night. As scoops go, this topped the Pentagon Papers.The online news organization released the in-house working draft of a 98-page proposed majority opinion ... May 4, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Look to Utah, Democrats Utah Democrats have opted for an attempted surgical strike over a kamikaze crash. Arkansas Democrats ought to consider adapting the precedent.The Utah Democratic Party met in convention recently and d... May 3, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Strategically tight-lipped? Word from a new book and The New York Times is that there is one Arkansas Republican member of Congress who stands out, though I couldn't get him to take a bow late last week.U.S. Rep. Steve Womac... May 1, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Asa takes a cautious step Asa Hutchinson took his retro-sane conservatism to New Hampshire for an audition Monday before the New England Council, a business group and early Republican presidential cattle-show venue.It went all... April 28, 2022