Little Rock The day that we can make James O’Keefe unhappy is a happy day for the rest of us. Given O’Keefe’s usual propensity for ill-fated, slapstick escapades when his video scams go awry in service to his rightwing paymasters at Brietbart webworks and Fox News, I usually get to feature his narcisstic buffoonery a …
Month: May 2018
The Transparent Cynicism of Medicaid Work Requirements
Little Rock Every spring soon or later I sit down for an annual cup of coffee with Ernie Dumas, former editorial writer for the Arkansas Gazette and currently still an op-ed columnist for the weekly Arkansas Times, but mainly an old friend from “back in the day” where we mark the ways our paths have …
Ten People Know Scott Pruitt
Little Rock The key architect of the Republicans efforts to maintain control of the House of Representatives is 37-year old Corry Bliss. Times’ columnist, Frank Bruni, description puts him in the thick of the midterm campaign. “Bliss serves as the executive director of the American Action Network and the Congressional Leadership Fund, a potent super …