by - March 29, 2012 6:17 am
According to various media reports, there is a disturbing new trend of some employers asking potential employees for their Facebook passwords during job interviews. It’s a gross violation of privacy…
by - March 28, 2012 10:26 am
State Representative Linda Tyler is setting the campaign agenda in her race to unseat incumbent State Senator Jason Rapert. Tyler today released her Jobs Plan, a blueprint on how she…
by - March 22, 2012 3:28 am
Naturally Blue, a progressive PAC formed by a group of Arkansas twenty-somethings, has made national news. This new PAC is featured In today”s New York Times and the first paragraph…
by - March 20, 2012 3:45 am
First Congressional District Congressman Rick Crawford violated one of the principal rules of life and politics – never break your word. In 2010, then-candidate Rick Crawford signed the Americans for…
by - March 16, 2012 10:36 am
Today on KARZ-TV’s morning show I reviewed two films, “21 Jump Street” and “John Carter.” “21 Jump Street” stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as two young police officers who…
by - March 14, 2012 12:23 pm
No matter who is in the White House or in the Governor”s Mansion and no matter how well the economy is doing, an unfortunate fact of life is that workers…
by - March 2, 2012 8:14 pm
Two Arkansas State Representatives, Republican Terry Rice and Democrat Darrin Williams, are vying to become the next Speaker of the House in a hotly contested race that will be decided…
by - March 1, 2012 1:17 pm
Candidate filing for office is closed and now, after months of speculation, we know who actually decided to put their names on the ballot. The final day of filing, as…
by - February 29, 2012 12:39 pm
Just as we predicted here at Cook”s Outlook, there are some surprises during this filing for office season, both with candidates dropping out of and potentiality dropping into races. Today,…
by - February 28, 2012 11:35 am
One of 2012’s hottest State Senate races looks to be a dead heat and voters in that district care more about local issues than national ones when voting for the…
by - February 27, 2012 1:08 pm
State Democrats seem to be playing offense when it comes to retaining their majorities in the Legislature. We’re in the middle of the political filing period and some strong Democratic…
by - February 25, 2012 6:18 am
I’ve reviewed movies for KARZ-TV on a weekly basis for a little over a year and now I’m pleased to report that I was recently accepted into the Broadcast Film…
by - February 23, 2012 2:42 pm
The filing period to run for political office is now officially open at the State Capitol. The rotunda today was full of candidates there to fill out paperwork to have…
by - February 21, 2012 10:26 am
Republican House Minority Leader John Burris is starting to develop a public persona as an out-of-touch politician who makes statements that aren”t aligned with reality. You may recall a few…
by - February 20, 2012 8:34 am
Joshua Clausen, Maumelle City Clerk and Republican candidate for State Representative in House District 39, is apparently using government property to campaign for office in violation of Arkansas law. Clausen’s…
by - February 18, 2012 1:55 pm
On Friday’s KARZ-TV morning show, I reviewed “This Means War” and “The Vow.” Both films fit the classic “date movie” mold, although one of the films you should skip and…
by - February 17, 2012 9:50 am
You have to love political irony on a slow Friday afternoon. Two e-mails hit my inbox today with completely contradictory messages. First, today is 3rd anniversary of the passing of…
by - February 16, 2012 11:17 am
For quite awhile now, I’ve lamented numerous times here on Cook’s Outlook about the dramatic lack of Arkansas Democrats using social media. Both on Facebook and Twitter, Democrats in Arkansas…
by - February 14, 2012 4:44 am
To all Arkansas Democratic candidates: If the Republican Party of Arkansas sent you a questionnaire, would you fill it out? Of course not. Last week the Republican Party of Arkansas…
by - February 13, 2012 10:23 am
I’ve written previously about State Representative Jane English’s unethically move out of her House District just so she could run for the State Senate. She lived in a perfectly fine…
