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No it’s not my birthday. I still have several days, weeks and months before the curtain slips a little further across my stage of life. Celebrations of life are called […]
Opinion
Nevada state and local taxes already too regressive
In this presidential election year there has been an ongoing and vigorous debate, nay, a knock-down-drag-out fight over the question of whether the wealthy pay their fair share of federal […]
Federal spending by both parties must be reined in
There is always one issue on which both parties in Washington never fail to agree — more and more spending. President Trump’s proposed 2021 fiscal year budget of $4.8 trillion […]
No Primaries would be Better than Blanket Primaries
An initiative petition filed two weeks ago would, if successful, make political parties in Nevada largely irrelevant. The proposal filed by Reno Republican state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer seeks to change […]
Courts should Overturn ‘Red Flag’ Law
A number of Nevada counties have passed Second Amendment sanctuary resolutions in response to state lawmakers passing a “Red Flag” law in 2019 that would allow persons accused of being […]
Is the Equal Rights Amendment Really Worth Implementing?
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has joined the attorneys general of Virginia and Illinois in filing a lawsuit seeking to force the recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as […]
In Whom Should we Trust our Future?
A couple of weeks ago at the 50th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 17-year-old Swedish environmental scold Greta Thunberg for the second year in a row ranted about eminent […]
The Fight for Free Speech Never Ends
Ten years ago this month the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed the free speech portion of the First Amendment, declaring in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that […]
WOTUS Rule Change Returns Power to the States
The usual suspects in the self-styled environmental groups predictably collapsed into palpitating conniptions this past week when the Trump administration announced its final rule rolling back the Obama-era rule that […]
Clark County Teachers Union Pushing Huge Tax Hike
The Clark County teachers union this past week launched two tax hiking ballot initiatives that would raise Nevada taxes by $1.4 billion — devastating the state’s economy and doing nothing […]