Arkansas

Overreacting to Obama Is the GOP a cult?

Even some Republicans said their party had gone overboard in criticizing Obama for giving a speech to schoolkids
By Gene Lyons Sep 10, 2009

  • What's the matter with Arkansas?

    Two Arkansas Republicans, both running for Senate, are not helping with their party's minority voter problem
    By Gabriel Winant June 29, 2009

  • The GOP throws away the Yiddishe Mama vote

    An Arkansas Republican says he only called Sen. Chuck Schumer "that Jew" because he cares about tradition.
    By Gabriel Winant May 14, 2009

  • The homosexual agenda -- is your town next?

    A DVD produced by the American Family Association warns of one town it says is "becoming the San Francisco of Arkansas."
    By Gabriel Winant November 20, 2008

  • Mike Huckabee, on a wing and a prayer

    In a Salon interview, the long-shot GOP candidate reveals his convictions about gay marriage, wonders about Mitt Romney's faith, and fires back at Fred Thompson.
    By Michael Scherer November 9, 2007

  • The not-so-mysterious case of the coy candidate

    Who's paying for those ads attacking Mike Huckabee? Everybody in Arkansas seems to know -- except Huckabee.
    By Michael Scherer September 20, 2007

  • Yes, Democrats do need the South!

    Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster.
    By Ed Kilgore November 28, 2006

  • Like water for sex

    Arkansas mayor solicits two women after they fall behind on water bills.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski May 19, 2006

  • I married the coach's daughter

    It was the wisest decision of my life -- and not just because she tolerates cheerleader ogling and other male vices.
    By Gene Lyons December 5, 2005

  • Getting religion about health

    Mike Huckabee, Arkansas' newly skinny governor, weighs in on the humilation of being fat, why government shouldn't police our grease, and whether he's planning to diet his way to the White House.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski May 31, 2005

  • A dispatch from the culture war

    Gay Arkansans protest Gov. Mike Huckabee's hetero-only "Celebration of Marriage."
    By Michelle Goldberg February 15, 2005

  • Screw the kids!

    Hillary Clinton, Al Gore and the Democratic Party want your vote if you care about children and education, but have done nothing to deserve it.
    By David Horowitz April 17, 2000

  • Deep in the heart of Clinton country

    George W. Bush travels to Arkansas' Central High School to tout his education platform.
    By Suzi Parker March 25, 2000

  • Smearing Hillary

    The first lady's lost Whitewater billing records were supposed to be the smoking gun that would lead to her indictment. Instead, they corroborated her claims of innocence.
    By Joe Conason and Gene Lyons March 6, 2000

  • Nabbing David Hale

    Kenneth Starr's key Whitewater witness turned his government-funded loan company into an ATM machine for his politically connected friends. When the feds caught on, he tried to blame President Clinton.
    By Joe Conason and Gene Lyons March 3, 2000

  • Southern governors declare war on divorce

    But their methods ignore social science, solutions and their neediest constituents.
    By Lisa Moricoli Latham January 24, 2000

  • How victors split their spoils

    Trent Lott was all set to funnel yet another military project to his home state of Mississippi until Arkansas Sen. Tim Hutchinson took him on.
    By Suzi Parker December 9, 1999

  • Painting insanity black

    Why are there more black schizophrenics?
    By Annie Murphy Paul December 1, 1999

  • Tough-talkin' Pat plays Dixie

    Reform Party hopeful Buchanan's mix of barbs and bombast finds a ready audience down in Clinton country.
    By Suzi Parker November 17, 1999

  • Mountain road

    When J.H. Hatfield fled New York's media frenzy last week, he made his way back home to the Ozarks, where a man's mistakes are his own damn business.
    By Suzi Parker October 25, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    How dumb does David Kelley think we are? Plus: Matt Drudge is a loudmouthed busybody; members of the mile-high club are disgusting.
    Letters to the Editor September 27, 1999
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