Time to Clamp Down on High-Tech Ambulance Chasing Extortionists
Many in Congress have long advocated for tort reform to reign in lawsuit abuse by personal injury attorneys. And who doesn’t oppose protection/extortion rackets where bad guys shake down little guys under the threat of property damage, physical injury or worse (he sleeps with the fish)? Well, Republicans in Congress have an opportunity to kill […]
Donald Trump and the U.S. Sugar Program
A serious drought in India could result in the nation’s sugar farmers getting the short end of the stick in order to direct dam and canal water to people and animals, the Indian Express reports. “It is high time mill owners explored modern technology to minimise the use of water during plantation and crushing,” declared former […]
A Sad Loss for Nevada Conservatives
A couple of years before I got into politics full time, I got into the passenger seat of a high-speed sports car that barreled down a 90-mile stretch of a lonely Nevada highway pushing 200 miles per hour. In 1991, I had been hired by Phil Henry to videotape the Nevada Open Road Challenge – […]
How Conservatives can “takeover” the GOP
After reading this weekend’s columns by Richard Viguerie and Phyllis Schlafly on starting the conservative “Takeover” of the Republican Party at the precinct level, a number of you have asked how to go about becoming a member of the Central Committee and doing just that. But before getting to that, let me give you a […]
Another Episode of “Why I Hate the Government” + The Cheating Regent
CHEATING REGENT DEFENDS PLAGIARISM University Regent Jason Geddes, who is also a government employee at UNR, has been caught red-handed plagiarizing a California think tank’s report in a 1995 college dissertation. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Geddes’ paper included “pages of paragraphs being copied exactly” without quote marks or attribution. The dishonorable cheater, however, […]
Time for Feds to Step in and Restore Nevadans’ First Amendment Rights
It’s been drilled into us since we were kids. That this is a nation of laws. And the supreme law of the land is the United States Constitution. And that Constitution prohibits the federal government from passing laws to deny certain rights to the people. For example, the First Amendment stipulates that Congress shall make […]
Unable to Beat Sugar Meddlers, Nigeria Joins Them
When most Americans hear “Nigeria,” what usually comes first to mind is “email bank scam.” But in an article published last week by This Day Live, Abdullahi Yunusa weighed in with some very interesting observations about the global sugar market and Nigeria’s national and economic interests. Indeed, Yunusa warned that “The sugar industry is too […]
Ax the Tax Referendum Update
Upon review of the lawsuit filed a week ago against our tax repeal referendum by friends of Gov. Brian “America’s Worst Governor” SandRINOval’s largest tax hike in Nevada history – including a new gross receipts tax like the one 80 percent of voters rejected at the ballot box last November – we’ll be filing a […]
For ESA Shame, the Name to Blame is… Sandoval
In his Sunday column published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Steve Sebelius makes a valid point regarding the constitutionality of Nevada’s new Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). He wrote… “Article 11, Section 10 of the Nevada Constitution reads, simply: ‘No public funds of any kind or character whatever, State, County or Municipal, shall be used for sectarian […]
Teijeiro’s Temper Tantrum
Dr. Annette Teijeiro has been a perennial candidate in Las Vegas for the last few election cycles, opting to run for seats she can’t win rather than run for seats she would have a serious shot at. She’s a nice enough lady and seems solidly conservative in her philosophy, but her political skills and judgment […]
GOP excuses for sentencing kids to 100 days in public school are total B.S.
It is impossible to overstate just how badly the Republican-controlled Nevada Legislature and our Republican governor screwed up the most exciting and promising school choice program in the galaxy. The fly-the-size-of-a-cow in the ointment continues to be the absurd and discriminatory requirement for parents of private school and home school students to force their children […]
Did the U.S. Sugar Program kill Oreo cookies?
In a recent Daily Signal column, Bryan Riley was in near hysteria over the loss of 600 jobs baking Oreo cookies in Chicago after Nabisco announced it was moving its manufacturing operation to Mexico. According to Riley, the decision was directly related to the current U.S. sugar program of relatively minor import tariffs and quotas. […]
Lawsuit filed to stop Tax Repeal Referendum
THE EMPIRE STRUCK BACK Busy day today out of the office today, so I’ll make this short and sweet and get into it in more detail later this week. Bottom line: The PAC set up to defend Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.4 billion tax hike – including the new gross receipts tax – filed a lawsuit […]
Massive Chamber of Commerce Exodus in Full Swing
I’ve been hearing rumblings that a major exodus of businesses from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce has been going on ever since the Chamber bent over and supported Gov. Brian Sandoval’s largest tax hike in Nevada history in the recently concluded 2015 legislative session. I’m also hearing the exodus is far from petering out […]
Lawsuit filed to protect Tax Repeal Referendum
They say a good offense is the best defense. As such and on behalf of the We Decide Coalition – plus three conservative members of the State Assembly who voted AGAINST the largest tax hike in Nevada history (SB 483) in the recently-concluded 2015 legislative session – our attorney filed a lawsuit in Clark County […]
Major League Snow Job Forecast to Stop Tax Repeal Efforts
It might still be hot August nights in Nevada, but get ready for the Mother of All Blizzards! No, I’m not talking about that white stuff that falls from the sky on Christmas. I’m talking about the major league snow job – with a blizzard of propaganda – that Gov. Brian Sandoval is about to unleash […]
Sugar program opponents not entitled to their own facts
I understand why free market advocates are opposed to the U.S. sugar program of modest tariffs and import quotas that don’t cost taxpayers a dime. I’m a free marketer myself and want the sugar program to go away, as well. However, I live on Planet Reality, not Planet Nirvana. And the reality is we now […]