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Think of it as an electric oasis — a place to stop and recharge your electric vehicle as you caravan across the high desert to pay homage to the lords of […]
Thomas Mitchell
You may not ruffle a single sage grouse feather
Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.— Ronald Reagan Let’s see what tips the scales for your typical federal bureaucrat. Ah, here is an open […]
Bill would give more land control to states
When Nevada was admitted into the Union in 1864 its Constitution contained a Disclaimer Clause, saying the state does “forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within […]
Clean Power Plan challenge is based on federalism
Shortly after Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the 29 states suing in federal court to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan to reduce […]
Bureaucrats Playing a Befuddled, Futile Game of Species Preservation with Our Money
“Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.” — Proverbs 26:12 Economist F.A. Hayek called the efforts of central […]
Arguments Against Voter Approval of Margin Tax Just Keep Piling Up
Every time someone kicks over another margin tax rock, another monster comes crawling out. We’ve already learned from previous studies and analyses that The Education Initiative, or margin tax, on […]
Voters Should Approve Appeals Court to Speed Delivery of Justice
Between now and the November election you likely will hear this phrase repeated frequently: “Justice delayed is justice denied.” This pithy little aphorism is usually attributed to 19th century British […]
17th Amendment has left states powerless against popularly elected Congress
We managed to repeal the 18th Amendment, which created Prohibition. It is time to repeal the 17th. What? You have no idea what the 17th Amendment is? Well, it is […]
Two avenues being pursued to wrest control of some federal lands
Regulation without representation is tyranny,” said Nevada’s poet lariat Waddie Mitchell in a recent column published in the Elko Daily Free Press. He was referring to the absolute dictatorial powers […]
Tesla Motors tax deal fails on principle and economic viability
The deal the governor and the state Legislature cut with Tesla Motors to lure its proposed $5 billion lithium-ion battery plant to Nevada trammels the fundamental principles on which this […]