It is pretty bad when a question for potential jurors is “do you believe the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney is credible”? Well, it is being asked and may be the key issue in the Scooter Libby trail slated to start late this week or early next week. Do you think Cheney […]

Maureen Dowd over at Welcome to Pottersville explains how hard it is to be President G.W. Bush.
Being president can be really, really hard.
“Sometimes you’re the commander in chief,” W. explained to Scott Pelley on “60 Minutes.” “Sometimes you’re the educator in chief, and a lot of times you’re both when it comes to war.”
President Bush […]

Why not both?
Because some folks just can’t bear the thought that a tax break for the poor might also benefit the middle class, or, Heaven forfend, the rich, too. So they’d gladly keep the poor down lest they help others up. Goodness, why not help everybody ? But that thought never seems to occur to […]

Words and Actions
If you haven’t heard, Beebe last week released a file on the investigation of former Parole Board member Lary Zeno of Bryant, who was accused of professional misconduct. Beebe’s predecessor, Mike Huckabee, refused to release the Zeno file and had fought the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in court to keep the documents from seeing the […]

A House committee Tuesday turned back legislation to bar state agencies from contracting with businesses that employ illegal immigrants.
House Bill 1024 by Rep. Rick Green, R-Van Buren, would prohibit state agencies from entering into or renewing a public contract with a contractor “who knows or should know” that it or a subcontractor employs an illegal […]