Politics
Politics
What it all may have meant
November 4th, 2010
You are reading this after the election, but it’s being written before the election. That might seem to make analyzing the results difficult. Actually, it doesn’t. Some pre-election thoughts on post-election matters: Read more »
Election
Down to the Wire
October 28th, 2010
It’s been a season of gaffes and gallantry, with Senate candidate Sharron Angle having to defend her anti-immigration ads and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid having to defend his manhood. Read more »
Politics
Trying to wrangle the Angle mangle
October 28th, 2010
The first and most obvious problem facing Sen. Harry Reid’s re-election chances is that he looks Asian. Oh, you didn’t hear that Sharron Angle went to Rancho, my old high school—go Rams!—and told Hispanic students some of them looked Asian? Read more »
Putting out fires, at home and in Carson City
October 21st, 2010
John Oceguera was on his way to be interviewed when he saw a motorcyclist down in the road and stopped to help. Somehow, it seemed appropriate. Read more »
Politics
The tale of the tapes
October 14th, 2010
History really isn’t the same thing, over and over again. But sometimes it sure seems that way. Read more »
Politics
Singing the Fernley-Las Vegas-Pahrump blues
October 7th, 2010
Fernley is about 30 miles east of Reno. Its population would fill Cashman Field beyond capacity, but not by much. Born in response to a federal reclamation project, it boasts industry, warehousing (including for Amazon.com) and a suburban lifestyle for commuters to the Reno-Sparks area. Read more »
Politics
Some dam good thoughts for your consideration
September 30th, 2010
Sept. 30 marks the 75th anniversary of the day Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam, as it was then called. Recently, the Boulder City Chautauqua commemorated the occasion with “That Dam Depression,” an unforgettable gathering of historians and residents, and performances by historian Doris Dwyer as photographer Margaret Bourke-White and journalist/historian Frank Mullen as Babe Ruth. Read more »
Politics
DINOs and RINOs: Nevadans shrink the field
September 23rd, 2010
The list of “Republicans for Reid,” as in Harry, is growing. Even before the GOP chose Sharron Angle as its standard-bearer, some leading Republicans made clear they planned to back Reid. Naturally, the far right has attacked them as RINOs, or Republicans In Name Only. Republicans for Reid include Marybel Batjer—a former aide to noted liberal Ronald Reagan and daughter of longtime Nevada Republican Cameron Batjer, a friend of former Sen. Paul Laxalt, Reagan’s best friend—and another Laxalt ally, Sig Rogich, who has worked almost exclusively on Republican and/or conservative campaigns. Batjer and Rogich must have become socialists. Read more »
Politics
If they only had a conscience
September 16th, 2010
After reading about Sen. John Ensign and now-former Assemblyman Morse Arberry, I’d rather talk about Ralph Denton. You’ll see why. For newshounds, Ensign is the gift that keeps giving. A recent New Yorker article on the C Street house where he and some fellow hypocrites live, called “Frat House for Jesus,” detailed how they dealt with discovering that Ensign regards the Ten Commandments as highly as he does the 10 amendments comprising the Bill of Rights. The New York Times mentioned the Republican in an article about members of Congress whose charities get considerable financial help from companies and industries with business before them. Read more »
Politics
The woebegone state of Nevada
September 9th, 2010
Democrat Rory Reid and Republican Brian Sandoval, each of whom would like to become governor of our cash-strapped state, refuse to say they’ll raise taxes. Reid says he can balance the budget with cuts, reorganization and smarts. Maybe. One insider who knows him well calls Reid an incredibly talented administrator who would run the state brilliantly, but the question is whether he can be elected. Read more »
