Ernest Dumas

For whatever solace it might offer, one positive from Vladimir Putin’s genocide and plunder of Ukraine is that we no longer have to wait in ignorance for some future revelation — perhaps from a source such as, let’s say, the Kremlin archives in 2052 — of what lay behind the strange and now nearly decade-old partnership of the little dictator and the future leader of the free world. 

Trump is part of a tradition.

Governor Hutchinson and the Arkansas legislature push forward another massive giveaway to the rich.

Where paranoia flourishes.

The modern perils of Archie Cude. 

Past experience be damned, Arkansas Republicans plan to slash income taxes.

Consider the whole of his career.

The saga of Bonnie and Jack.

In service of Trump's lies.

Limiting democracy is the goal of Republicans in Arkansas and beyond.

We’ve known of the threats of domestic terrorism for three decades.

On Nov. 3, 2016, we answered, affirmatively, the question of whether a modern democratic republic like the United States could actually choose a psychopath as the head of the government, as Germany had in 1933 when it installed Adolf Hitler as chancellor.

That was some scary business the week after the presidential election and beyond in many parts of the country, including our tranquil little state. It was a level of hate and ferocity not experienced in American or local politics in a lifetime. 

Come Jan. 20, there will be no more Trump presidency and no coup d’état assisted by either his Supreme Court, a beheaded military run by addled conspiracists or another freakish alignment in the electoral college.

Nothing good.

Barring an October surprise.

Governor Hutchinson issued an executive order protecting employers from suits by employees who believe they contracted COVID-19 at work.

Biden and coronavirus attack.

Hope for Democrats.

More fake scandals.