John Brummett

Recent stories by John Brummett

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Wrong side of history, again This is a situation in which Sarah Sanders, as governor, presumably would stand in the medical clinic door keeping out the transgender children and telling federal marshals where to insert their feder... May 12, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Blaming the poor Arkansas barrels on with an uncommonly high percentage of poor people and an uncommon resentment of them. We lead the nation in trying to break federal law and require people to work to get health in... May 11, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: A problem like Liz If personal courtesy and institutional respect were going to hurt her politically, then Liz Cheney would just have to take the hit. And that is what passes today for courage in the Trump-cowed Republ... May 9, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Lost in Trumpland A liberal group called the Southern Progress Fund conducted a poll of more than 1,300 people in Arkansas late last month. The findings on voter attitudes on topical Arkansas legislative issues were i... May 6, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Here's your sign ... Davy Carter was in Bentonville on Friday for a meeting of Jim Hendren's Common Ground Arkansas group. He wound up standing his ground against a bowed-up circuit judge. As you may have heard, a lot is... May 5, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Reality and context The easy thing would be to ignore the J. William Fulbright statue and naming issue at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. After all, the UA Board of Trustees will never vote to move the statu... May 4, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Between hope and reality This is the story of conflicting views between two old-man Democrats, one cranky and realistic, and the other buoyantly optimistic and hopeful. Perhaps few will be surprised to learn that I lean to t... May 2, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Girding for battle The theme of this Arkansas legislative session was that the United States is bad, our righteous state's evil enemy, and we must fortify ourselves against it. It's that Donald Trump gave us hope that ... April 29, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Electoral picture emerges New Census data was unveiled Monday showing that Americans are concentrating themselves in fewer states. That will be good for the undemocratic effect of the Electoral College, which buffers abandone... April 28, 2021

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Investing in Little Rock Come on, now. Let's not fall for any sinister derision that Mayor Frank Scott wants to raise the Little Rock city sales tax for a "$20 million giraffe." I've heard that. It's not correct. It merely i... April 27, 2021