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It is that time of year again. The Interior Department has just announced the paltry sums it will dole out this year to counties that have federal public lands from […]
Commentary
Efforts to Save Endangered Species Can be Counterproductive
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. In 1973, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act (ESA), intending […]
Is this You?
The River Moves Summer! Hip, hip hurray! The cold winter river of life has changed to the full blown rapid strewn summer river to take us on that long awaited […]
Nevada Should Drop its Renewable Energy Mandate
It is high time Nevada dumped its ill-advised, pocket-picking, job-killing renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS). By Nevada law by 2025 fully 25 percent of all electrical power generated in the […]
Nevada’s Rural Congressmen Chip Away at Federal Lands
Nevada’s congressional representatives who represent the state’s rural communities continue to chip away at the massive federal public lands under the control of various federal agencies in an effort to […]
Is this You?
Cooking Class-y I cook. I like to cook. I cook fairly well. I do not cook much more than the regular stuff. I’m not a fancy cook. So why did […]
Nevada officials blast VA secretary’s callous remarks
Two years ago the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs resigned in disgrace after it was revealed that veterans were being subjected to exceedingly long waiting periods to obtain healthcare and benefits and […]
Resignation offers a glimpse into the state of newspapering in Nevada
The newspaper community in Nevada is a rather small clique of writers and editors, competing against each other for the hot news scoops and heart-tugging feature stories and precious pearls of political punditry. It […]
There are consequences to practicing civil disobedience
Have you ever contemplated the prospects of living a simpler, more self-sufficient, unencumbered life? Perhaps on a few acres of land with the nearest neighbor over the horizon, down a dirt road? You could graze a […]
Is this You?
Vacuum What? While it is not unheard of in our abode to skip a week, maybe a week and a half, okay two weeks, of vacuuming the carpet, what has […]