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Seven Things We Learned From the Legislature
From power struggles to actual beneficial legislation, a closer look at this past session
June 18th, 2013
As we recover from our roller-coaster biennial Legislature, with its usual slow start, its quick, harrowing finish and the vetoes (a dismay to some, a relief to others) that follow, here are seven important take-homes. Consider them your Carson City souvenirs. Read more »
The Irony Watch
June 14th, 2013
The week that Barbara Vucanovich died, Dean Heller did a lot of tap-dancing. The irony should not go unnoted. Read more »
Legislature Fails to Negotiate the End Game
June 7th, 2013
As usual, the legislature ended as T.S. Eliot said the world would, not with a bang but with a whimper. As we wait to find out what bills Governor Brian Sandoval will sign or veto, a couple of quotations from a roundup of the session’s conclusion speak volumes. Read more »
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Community Feeling, Down to the Bones
Tony Roma's illustrates how there's public good to be gained in having a place to come together (sometimes for ribs)
June 4th, 2013
Not long after UNLV held a program called Game Change about “how Brookings Mountain West and the Lincy Institute are Reframing Policy in Southern Nevada,” I learned that the Tony Roma’s on East Sahara Avenue had closed. Read more »
The Pottery Barn Politicians
May 31st, 2013
Supposedly, as secretary of state, Colin Powell warned George W. Bush that going to war with Saddam Hussein was like the rule at Pottery Barn: if you break it, you own it. Read more »
Learning from Michael
May 24th, 2013
Alert readers might think the headline refers to the author. Certainly not. Our text today comes from that noted philosopher, Michael Corleone, in The Godfather. Read more »
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The Two Faces of the Legislature
Is there some Jekyll to its Hyde?
May 15th, 2013
The notion that the state Legislature has more than one personality makes sense, since it has 63 members. But as a body, the Legislature never ceases to be depressing. Except when it’s exhilarating. Read more »
Regents Get One Right by Honoring Faiss
May 9th, 2013
The Board of Regents has a history of doing the wrong thing or nothing at all. But every now and then the Nevada System of Higher Education’s governing body gets one right, and should be applauded for it. Read more »
Getting Right with Reid
May 3rd, 2013
At times it’s hard to understand why there isn’t a daily news story about Harry Reid punching out somebody. Read more »
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Good Ideas! Elsewhere!
What Nevada can learn from its neighbors
May 1st, 2013
Nevada supposedly has a “can-do” spirit. But we don’t do. Any businessperson knows you have to spend money to make money. Nevada claims it has too little of the former with which to do the latter. The rest of the West would disagree. Read more »
