Odds and ends to end an odd week. Maybe “Natural State Compact”? You might have heard about a dispute between Arkansas State University and the Bill Halter campaign over the use of the phrase “Arkansas Promise.” Long story short, as…
Tag: Jason Rapert
Maybe Jason Rapert Needs Some (IRS) Probing Of His Own
Imagine that you are a proselytizing, woman hating, obliquely racist, Bob Wills-wannabe of a state Senator. In your prior campaign, you used a P.O. Box associated with your home in Bigelow. Now you are running for reelection and, because a large…
Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air
Cliched as it might be to choose this one, my all-time favorite Shakespearean soliloquy is from Act V of MacBeth, where the title character muses on the life and the passage of time: She should have died hereafter; There would…
Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pull Me Back In (At 520% Interest)
Via Jason Tolbert, I see that Steve Brawner has written in defense of Senate Bill 586, which would carve certain exceptions to the constitutional 17-percent interest rate cap for loans under $5000. (In case you were wondering, that would be…