John Brummett

Recent stories by John Brummett

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: At least an inroad They can't seem to find any in Washington. Those who seek it tend to get ridiculed and demonized. They get called unprincipled sellouts to the dark side. You don't encounter much of it on social medi... June 13, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Parsing the madness Perhaps Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has no idea what she's talking about. Or maybe she is all strung-out trying to out-Trump Sarah Huckabee Sanders, an impossible challenge with Sanders seamless... June 10, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Lessons in a flower Maybe today's change of pace will connect more broadly than politics. Maybe the late-winter arctic blast in Arkansas performed a hit-and-run on your gardenia bushes too. This is the parable of the fr... June 9, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Surplus cynicism When a news release appeared last week from the governor's office reporting a record $980 million surplus, my knee jerked and I challenged the news. Didn't Mike Huckabee leave Mike Beebe a billion-do... June 8, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Such a wicked game The United States requires a major new investment in infrastructure. Deferred maintenance doesn't get better on its own. Making that investment would create jobs and improve lives. On that a high perc... June 6, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Ideals good, but honesty's better Republican legislators in Arkansas and several other states are riled that a new emphasis percolates by which American schools would teach that slavery was a foundational sin of our nation and that ra... June 3, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Partisanship spoils stew Today's story demonstrates the frustration and likely futility of efforts for a bipartisan solution on a big issue in the U.S. Senate. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine touts herself as the likeliest ... June 2, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: In the balance There was an error in a news article the other day. It was this sentence: Supreme Court elections are nonpartisan. They're so nonpartisan in Arkansas that the state Republican Party is threatening to... June 1, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: The fickle arrows fly A reader sends a message that he hasn't seen the arrows of conventional wisdom in quite some time. It could have been an observation, complaint, request or celebration. Let's take it as a request, an... May 30, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Where Trumpism's fate lies On Monday The New York Times put Arkansas politics where it belonged. We were on the front page. We had national implications. A national political correspondent named Jonathan Martin had parachuted ... May 27, 2021