When you talk about the “heritage” of the Confederate flag, make sure you include 1948 to present.
Tag: Reality Check
2011 Legislative Preview: HB 1025
Programming note: Given the number of bills being filed, the amount of time I actually have to do reviews of such things, and the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, it’s pretty clear that I won’t be able to get…
Two Final Thoughts On The Family Council's Argument
1. If we believe the (flawed, inapplicable) Alabama Policy Institute study cited by David Cox, it seems clear that children in single-parent households do markedly worse by API’s measures than do children in home with cohabitating couples. That being the…
Dr. Strangebigot (Or, "How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Loathe The Family Council")
I’m not sure how much overlap there is between the readers of this blog and the readers of Progressive Arkansas, so it’s entirely possible that you missed my recent point-counterpoint with David Cox of the Family Council regarding adoption and…
AR-House Dist. 41: Garnering Dissent, Pt. 2 of 2
When it comes to Representative Ed Garner’s proposal to remove the capital gains tax, the numbers are what they are, and we’ve covered them thoroughly. Thing is, most people are not going to oppose this bill simply because the numbers…
Adventures In Idiocy: The Worst Letter To The Editor, November 11, 2010
The dumb letters to the editor in yesterday’s Democrat-Gazette were just your run-of-the-mill, garden-variety type, and none really warranted a post. You knew THAT couldn’t last, however. Now when men like Clyde Holloway of Searcy were out there to opine…
AR-Lt. Gov: More On Darr, His Promises, and General Silliness
After our less-than-charitable post last month about his new commercial, one of Mark Darr’s supporters again brought up the “private sector experience” thing on Twitter in response. @KeithEmis wrote: Shane has voted for every tax increase that’s been proposed, he…
GOP: Not Willing To Compromise
In case you were worried that post-partisan politics might be on the horizon, don’t be. GOP says compromise not on the agenda if they retake the House. “Look, there will be no compromise on stopping runaway spending, deficits and debt.…
AR-Sec. State: But then I thought, "When am I gonna make it back to Haiti?"
Remember March 2005? “Candy Shop” was climbing the Billboard charts, people had overly optimistic hopes for the John Travolta and Uma Thurman movie “Be Cool,” and we were mere weeks away from watching the University of North Carolina overcome the…
AR-01: More Fun With FEC Faux Pas!
Look at this picture from AR-01 Republican candidate Rick Crawford’s Facebook page: Now check out these four photos taken around the first congressional district: Now, take a gander at this: What is a Disclaimer Notice? For the purpose of this…