De Facto Leader of Doodley-Squat

Nevada Democrats sent out an email fundraising appeal this week which tried to tie the Luv Guv albatross around the Nevada...

Cobbling Together a Common Sense Bill

I know it’s like shooting fish-sticks in the freezer, but let’s take a look at yet another example of major league...

In the Interest of Full Disclosure

Jon Ralston’s column this morning is on an issue which is important, though not very sexy. It’s on Nevada’s ridiculously flawed...

The Right Angle Against Reid

As political pundit Jon Ralston revealed today, former GOP assemblywoman and conservative tigress (not to be confused with an enraged ferret...

Greedy Bastards

Despite the fact that private-sector workers by the tanker-load are losing their jobs or taking substantial pay and benefit cuts while...

Permit? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Permit

“Freedom of assembly,” explains Wikipedia, “is the individual right to come together with other individuals and collectively express, promote, pursue and...

Dream On, RINO Bob

Reno Mayor Bob Cashell says he’s still mulling a GOP gubernatorial primary bid next year. Talk about dreaming the impossible dream....

Warning to “Psychotic” Nevada Tax Pirates

Democrats and Republicans infected with tax-hike fever in Carson City should take a look at the election results which came out...

Stupid Bill of the Day

Nevada’s economic news today continues to be grim…and getting grimmer. Tourism is down, gaming revenue is down, tax revenue is down....

Gay Marriage Here to Stay

“Vermont became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage, following Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa,” reported the Wall Street Journal yesterday. “The...

It’s Jimmy Carter All Over Again

Over the weekend President Barack Obama called on the U.S. to lead the way in nuclear disarmament – on the same...

Democrats to Poor Students: Get Stuffed!

As you may or may not know, tucked into President Obama’s “spendulus” package was a provision killing a school voucher pilot...

Happy Grover Norquist Day!

“Last week, Bradley Whitford, who played White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the long-running NBC drama ‘The West...

Legislature Fiddles While Nevada Burns

We’re now halfway through this legislative session and bills which do not receive a committee hearing by this Friday will die....

Public School Pervert

OK, so there’s this 46-year-old public school teacher and soccer coach in Boulder City currently sitting behind bars facing 72 counts...

In a Hole and Still Digging

A new legislative analysis says Nevada is more than $2 billion short of the revenue it needs to pay for the...

A Taxing Situation

Some guy named John Ritter of Focus Property Group piped up at a Carson City news conference yesterday claiming the Nevada...