Chuck Muth

Lowering Taxpayer Subsidies is NOT a Tax Hike

For the record, elementary and secondary education are mandatory. The government forces kids to go to school until they’re 16. It’s...

PTA Prez Flunks Econ 101

Alison Turner, president of the Nevada PTA, inked a letter-to-the-editor in the RJ on Friday in which she claimed that “Effective...

What if They Repealed Collective Bargaining and No One Noticed?

Gov. Brian Sandoval has submitted a bill (SB 41) almost a month ago that would eliminate mandatory collective bargaining for local...

Woman Busted for Speaking during Reading of Constitution

As the Constitution was read aloud on the floor of Congress for the first time in history last week, Rep. Frank...

Gibbons vs. Sandoval on Tax Hikes

Anjeanette Damon of the Las Vegas Sun compares “conservative” former Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons and his written pledge not to raise...

Paslov Drools for Higher Taxes

Eugene Paslov, a former state school superintendent who is a much responsible for the lousy state of public education in Nevada...

Budget Crunch? What Budget Crunch

From the Department of Are You Freaking Kidding Me? comes a report this morning that in the midst of The Great...

GOP’s #3 Says Tax Hikes are “On the Table”

Assemblyman Tom Grady (R-Yerington), #3 on what passes for “leadership” in the GOP Assembly caucus, addressed the upcoming session and the...

Sandoval’s First Judicial Pick Troubling

Another in our “Personnel is Policy” series relating to Gov. Brian Sandoval. As you may have read, Nevada’s new governor made...

Left-Wing Extremist Attacks Right-Wing Extremists

Democrat state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford wrote today that “Sadly, extreme right-wing interests are lining up to use the budget...

Time Again to Play “Name that Governor”

I’ve changed a few identifying words in the following story. See if you can who the new governor it refers to...

Translating Cashell’s RINO-ese

Following Sen. Bill Raggio’s retirement announcement yesterday, there was much speculation that the King of RINOs, Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, would...

Dear John (Ensign),

Public Policy Polling reports today (Hat tip: Ralston Flash) that “John Ensign trails every Democrat on the farm in hypothetical reelection...

The Hero, The Rodent and a Father from Nellis

(Chuck Muth) - Of all the senior officers serving in all kinds of positions doing all kinds of work on all...

Former GOP Candidate Indicted for Mail Fraud

The Las Vegas Review-Journal notes this morning that “Henry E. Tyler, 39, made a failed bid last year for the seat...

Sir Bill Hangs up His Spurs

About Sen. Bill Raggio’s not-exactly-surprising retirement announcement today, let me say that I’ve always liked the man and still do. He’s...

A Tale of Two Speaker Votes

The Hill ran the following headline today: “Boehner takes gavel as Speaker of the House on party-line vote.” In other words,...