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: It’s not performance art Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, women no longer have a federal right to authority over their bodies. But they are now welcome to join the group standing around the high school football coach who has... June 30, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Ethical dilemma in Senate It's the kind of thing that might have happened before and been swept under the rug or dealt with beneath radar. The state Legislature can be an insular society in which relationships with colleag... June 29, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Sunday bloody Sunday Asa Hutchinson appeared on one national television news show too many.Sharing his near-weekly version of Sunday-morning wisdom on "Meet the Press" on NBC, he managed only to stick out his no... June 28, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Just the usual nuttiness Joe Biden was flailing with a gimmick per usual. Chris Jones was reminding that he was flailing even before his president was.Asa Hutchinson was being all practical and cautionary, like a governor.Sar... June 26, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Profiles in historic courage Rusty Bowers, the Republican speaker of the House in Arizona, emerged for history Tuesday as an American hero.He brings shame to all of us who ever painted Republicans with too broad a brush.So do a f... June 23, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Democrats’ best hope? Most of them were somebody back in the day, in the gubernatorial cabinet of Jim Guy Tucker, or on the staff of Dale Bumpers or David Pryor, or in college administration, or lobbying for a professional... June 22, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Sanity lacking in Texas Did you hear about the Republican U.S. senator from Texas who has an A-plus from the National Rifle Association and got booed Friday at the Texas Republican State Convention?He'd been caught worki... June 21, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: He showed up Editor's note: This is a Father's Day blending and retooling of two odes written over the years to a good departed dad and others of his time, place and caliber.For years, J.T. would not go to... June 19, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Have to start somewhere Since Arkansas voters apparently don't like common ground in politics, a dreamer turns his attention to fusion.If we can't experience better politics, can't we at least dream?"Fusion ... June 16, 2022

OPINION | JOHN BRUMMETT: Surplus of ideas Last week's column on the questionable idea to use one-time state surplus money to begin a presumably ongoing upgrade of Arkansas teacher salaries engendered pushback both resentful and substantiv... June 15, 2022