This past week prosecutors appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals the decision by a Nevada federal judge to dismiss with prejudice all charges against Bunkerville rancher Cliven […]
Opinion
Democratic House bill is a naked power grab
With Democrats firmly ensconced in power in the House of Representatives, the first order of business is, of course, to hold onto that power in perpetuity. The 600-page H.R. 1, […]
Is this You? Going Landline-less
Going Landline-less I am seriously thinking of dropping my land line. Becoming a cell phone only household. Becoming a member of the new world order. The term “new world order” […]
Nevada still has a role to play in nuclear deterrence
After learning this past week that the Department of Energy had secretly shipped a thousand pounds of weapons-grade plutonium to the Nevada National Security Site in Nye County before the […]
Efforts to repeal Marsy’s Law need to begin now
You can’t say we didn’t warn you. We asked in an editorial published shortly before the November election whether the constitutional amendment on the ballot in Nevada and other states […]
Is this You? Biting My Tongue
First of all it took me three, yes three tries to spell tongue for the title of this column! Tongue is a word, unlike their, that will not even come […]
State public employee unions will bust the budget
While Gov. Steve Sisolak has promised no new taxes in his proposed budget for the next two years, he also plans to light the fuse on a huge tax bomb […]
Universal public service has constitutional flaw
For the past year a national commission has been studying the issue of whether all young Americans should be required to perform public service — either military or some form […]
Sisolak budget would ‘tax’ the state economy
A tax by any other name is still a tax. In his State of the State speech this past week newly minted Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak promised to spend more […]
Harry-the-pot calls Donald-the-kettle black
Former Nevada Democratic Sen. and Senate majority leader Harry Reid appears to be on what one might suspect is a farewell media tour. Though he never was too cozy with […]
