In November of 2008, Arkansans voted to institute annual legislative sessions—meaning that, henceforth, the legislature would go from meeting every other year to every year. In less than a month, we’re going to see the results of that vote.
When we defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman back in 2004, “progressives” shook their heads and figured that such a vote was par for a backward place like Arkansas. Then Michigan did it, and even Oregon. In all, forty states, one way or another, now define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
On Tuesday we talked about the rapid expansion of lotteries in Arkansas. The lottery commission appears to be dead-set on more and more ways to fleece the people from their money. There are now 20 different kinds of lottery scratch-off tickets ranging from one dollar to 10 dollars. If past and present behavior is any indication, more scratch-off tickets will soon be added and at higher prices.