Analysis: What’s the Matter With Arkansas? [JJIE.org]
A dozen years ago, former Wall Street Journal columnist Thomas Frank wrote an unlikely best-seller, “ What’s the Matter With Kansas ?” It examined why that state’s once moderate voters had swung hard right in their political leanings, and why less affluent Kansans were consistently voting for ultraconservatives advocating sweeping policy changes that conflicted with these voters’ economic interests. Frank’s book did not focus on juvenile justice. But while Kansas politics have continued to...