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Who We Are
March 15th, 2012
For insight into the recent opening of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, we turn to the erstwhile NFL coach Dennis Green. Read more »
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Good Intentions
March 8th, 2012
On a windy morning in Henderson, a few Occupy Las Vegas protesters tucked orange fliers onto the windshields of cars parked at the Walmart Supercenter. “WARNING. If you buy any of these products, you are helping their manufacturers write and pass laws that serve their own interest, not yours ... THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY!” Read more »
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The Clotted Artery of Interstate 15
March 1st, 2012
On first glance, what California gas prices beget from a Nevadan is this: HAHAHAHAHAHA! A more reflective take might be this: Oh, shit, we’re next. And on a higher level of discourse—that’s “interdependence,” for you Stephen Covey fans out there—the response would be this: If it costs ’em a fortune to get here, maybe they won’t come. Read more »
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The Price of Indulgence
February 23rd, 2012
Turns out, Councilman Bob Coffin will have a beautiful view of the reopening of F Street, another $8.5 million taxpayer outlay, one that Coffin was the sole Council member to oppose. While sitting in the energy-efficient building in his reupholstered chair (“Furniture was re-used at a great cost savings,” Mayor Carolyn Goodman boasted), he can watch the government unbuild a freeway wall it built four years ago. Read more »
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Better Days?
February 16th, 2012
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s plan will establish and fund regional development authorities to do most of the heavy lifting, and it emphasizes high-paying jobs, global export, technology and clean energy. And it’s surprisingly evocative for a government tome, almost New Deal-ish in its sweeping references to our collective well-being. Read more »
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Without a Net
February 9th, 2012
If I learned anything from our brush with the national political spotlight last week, it’s that Mitt Romney really, really loves America. He said so repeatedly from a podium set up behind Metro Pizza in Henderson on Feb. 3, right after a couple of songs from a Los Angeles-based guitar strummer who warmed up the crowd with a joke about how lonely it is being a Republican in L.A., and then sang about loving America. Read more »
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A Raucous Caucus
February 2nd, 2012
Then there’s the caucus system itself, which Nevada can’t quite seem to master. In 2008, the Republican contest turned into a chaotic mess of long lines and voter confusion. The Democrats didn’t do any better: Hillary Clinton supporters sued the Democratic Party to prevent caucus meetings at Strip hotels, fearing that the location would be a boost to Barack Obama. This year, things may get even weirder. Read more »
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Putting a Lid on the Internet Soup
January 26th, 2012
The Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) were crafted to make it easier to combat Internet piracy, but as the bills wended their way through Congress in recent weeks, many in the Internet community—from giants such as Google to dorm-room startups—have seen them as a threat to the very essence of the Internet. Read more »
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Messages and Messengers
January 19th, 2012
On Jan. 14, Mayra Politis was on the fourth day of a five-day hunger strike, camping out in a tent in front of the condemned building that used to house her vintage clothing store, the Attic. The store—a local institution that captured national attention in a 1998 Visa ad campaign—was destroyed by an explosion at a neighboring NV Energy substation on July 11, 2010. Read more »
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Boss, Can You Spare a Down Payment?
January 12th, 2012
Blame it on New Year’s optimism, but good things could happen this year for both struggling homebuyers and those trying to keep their homes. Read more »
