Maybe I shouldn’t at this point, but I continue to find it absolutely hilarious how many Republicans on Twitter will lose their collective mind at the drop of hat without thinking through an entire issue.1 The Senate prevents a tax…
Category: Arkansas
"The United States has a system of taxation by confession." –Hugo Black
[Author’s note: The post kind of piggybacks Alison Slider’s article in the D-G today. One slight correction to that article, however; it was a current employee who tipped me off about the improper car use, not a former employee.] In…
Justin Harris (R-Disingenuous)
I love the word “logomachy,” primarily because it sounds cool when you say it, but, also, because it amuses me to think that there’s a word for a battle over words. (I am similarly entertained by “lethologica,” which is a…
Tiiiiiiiiiiime is on my side (Yes, it is)
[I promise a Mark Martin-free weekend, if only because I’m kind of sick of talking about him, but you’ll have to indulge me one more Martin-related post. –Ed.] After my last three posts, I did not expect a warm and…
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
Wednesday night, as I was writing the two posts that went up yesterday, I sort of assumed that the gap between the first post and the second post would be filled with a deafening silence from the Secretary of State’s…
"Habit rules the unreflecting herd." –Wm. Wordsworth
I’m not exactly breaking new sociological ground when I say that we humans are creatures of habit. We do the same things, at roughly the same time, on a roughly regular basis. You might not be able to set your…
Dude, Where's My (State-Owned) Car?
The rumor, according to a current employee of the Secretary of State’s Office (who, for obvious reasons, wishes to remain anonymous), was that the office had purchased the 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid due to its above average gas mileage, which…
A Brief Pause For Craws For A Cause
Last Friday night, Jeff and I, along with our respective better halves, attended Craws For A Cause at Dickey-Stephens Park. Thanks to a gracious host — Mays & White, PLLC — we were fortunate enough to be in the VIP…
Great Moments in Cowardice: The Rick Crawford Edition
When your argument lacks all merit, the only thing you can do is take your ball and go home, right, Rick?
Guest Post: Rebutting Carter
[Friend and reader “The Hypo” took issue with Rep. Davy Carter’s statements in yesterday’s joint article. He wrote the following guest post in response. Enjoy.] As noted here and elsewhere, the House recently adopted a policy banning the use of…