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…
Category: Culture
The De-Regulation Bamboozle
If you were to ask your basic, stereotypical CEO crybaby, such as Jamie Dimon, what the biggest threat to freedom is, they would undoubtedly answer “regulation.” Because, you know, there’s nothing worse than asking corporations play by the rules. But…
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…
In Which We Turn Satire Into A Learning Experience
When I wrote the previous post, I assumed it would be obvious satire, not unlike the satirical guest post about the state quarter from a few months ago. Unfortunately, I grossly underestimated the effect that changing from coinage to immigration…
House Republicans Question Legality of Cinco de Mayo
LITTLE ROCK — Several freshman GOP members of the Arkansas House of Representatives today voiced questions over the legality of referring to May 5th as “Cinco de Mayo.” The concern was triggered while a group of first-term representatives were dining…
Rep. Harris On Being Admirable, Steadfast, and Genuine
I was glad that Jeff wrote the piece earlier today about how President Obama deserved credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden for two reasons. First, it proved that Jeff was still alive, which was something that we all…
"Even the politicians have learned – but, as usual, the politicians are much slower than the people they want to lead."
I don’t know what it is about Secretary of State Mark Martin (and the horde of retread Republicans who work for him) that constantly brings Hunter S. Thompson to mind. My guess is that it has to do with the…
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth
[Author’s note: I started writing this over the weekend, only to find on Monday that King & Spaulding backed out of the deal yesterday. Either way, the broader point in this still stands.] Last week, the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory…
A Timeout For The Fab Five
We interrupt our regularly scheduled exposing of the absurdity of “reimbursements” to bring you a bit of positive news. Following last Wednesday’s first post on statutory expense payments, I requested updated records from both the House and Senate, which I…
Three Thoughts On The Reimbursement Scheme Generally
More fun with invoices coming later today, but, first, three tangentially related thoughts on reimbursements under the statute: 1. The most common response I’ve heard since starting these posts is that some legislators simply cannot afford to do the job…