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 wou...
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 (read: I) worried about....
It ain't about that paper. It's about me hurtin' his people and messin' with his world. --Omar Little
While this quote is very context specific --- Omar's explaining why he robbed Marlo Stanfield --- there is an underlying point to it that I love....
Hyperbole? Hardly!
I mean, just look at this series of events:
On April 12, 2011, Princella Smith was arrested and booked in Wynne, Arkansas, at 12:36pm on charges of driving without proof of insurance, driving without a state-issued lic...
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 good doctor's hatred of the shady and ille...
Last week, the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group ("BLAG") approved spending up to $500,000, billed at up to $520 per hour by the law firm of King & Spaulding, "in order to litigate the constitutionality of Section III of the Defense of Ma...
With the legislative session finished, Congressional redistricting done (sans Finger), and only state legislative redistricting and whatever drama it brings still on the table, the Arkansas Election Line --- a joint project of BHR, Talk Business, and...
Just sit right back, and you’ll hear a tale
A tale of some rightward twits
Who threw a party serving tea
Aboard a flound’ring ship
The mate was a vocal Birtherman
The skipper a greedy rube
If the passengers should win the White House
Ameri...
Question: When is a constituent not a constituent?
Answer: When he or she is counted as part of a legislative district, despite not technically being a resident and not being able to vote at all.
Let me explain. Due to a little-known rule of ...
And, by "band," I mean "Arkansas Election Line."
Content partner and King Of All Media Roby Brock had me and Jason Tolbert on Talk Business last night, where we listed the bills we were happy to see fail --- UNSHOCKING SPOILER: I mentioned Rep...