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Focus on the courts

by Thomas Mills | Oct 1, 2021 | coronavirus | 0 comments

Last night was the final public hearing for redistricting legislative and Congressional districts. Apparently, they had a good turnout at the Fayetteville meeting. The legislature held a series of hearings at places around the state. Unfortunately, they probably don’t...

Code of judicial misconduct

by Thomas Mills | Sep 30, 2021 | coronavirus | 4 comments

Since I started writing this blog, one of the unexpected pleasures has been the number of lawyers, prosecutors, and judges who have reached out to tell me how much they respected my father. My dad is a retired Superior Court Judge who spent his career travelling...

Wrong questions and right ones

by Thomas Mills | Sep 15, 2021 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog | 4 comments

Republicans arguing against coronavirus mitigation efforts have been consistently dishonest, ignorant, or both. For instance, one columnist from National Review posted a chart showing the rate of deaths from COVID by state, starting from January 2020. The top ten were...

COVID is a Republican

by Thomas Mills | Aug 30, 2021 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog | 4 comments

This past week, I had two different people tell me essentially the same story. Both had workers come to their houses to make repairs. The homeowners asked the men if they were vaccinated. In both cases, the workers said, “No, we’re Republicans.” That’s a remarkable...

Personal Freedom without personal responsibility

by Thomas Mills | Aug 23, 2021 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog | 0 comments

The New York Times posted a short video about vaccine hesitancy in Arkansas where COVID is spreading quickly and hospitals are getting overwhelmed. There are a lot of reasons people shun the vaccine, but they have a common thread of misinformation combined with...

Callous and irresponsible

by Thomas Mills | Aug 18, 2021 | coronavirus | 4 comments

I’m not going to say that Republicans hate kids or want them to die, but I will say that they are pandering to their anti-vax, anti-mask base instead of prioritizing the health of our children. Republican governors are not just banning mask mandates, they are...