Without doubt, one of my favorite elected officials in all of Nevada is Nye County Commissioner Joni Eastley of Tonopah. She not only knows her issues and is on the “right” side of them, but she’s politically savvy as well…and a darned nice person to boot. You don’t hit that triple crown in politics very often.
And it appears the acorn didn’t fall far from the tree. Continue reading »
At least a half-dozen of the Republican candidates running for United States Senate from Nevada are engaging in national direct-mail fundraising, as well as email solicitations. And it’s become accepted practice for them to do so with claims along the lines of this one from one of those candidates which arrived in my mailbox on Saturday: Continue reading »
Many Republicans, and probably most conservatives, love to loath political columnist, blogger, pundit, TV host, king-of-all-political-media Jon Ralston because they consider him too liberal and too favorable to Democrats. Continue reading »
Rediscovering the Constitution: A funny thing happened on the way to health care reform: Some folks have rediscovered the Constitution. Indeed, when a reporter asked Nancy Pelosi this week if her health care bill was constitutional, all she could muster in response was, “Are you serious?” Continue reading »
Most Americans have this whole Fort Hood massacre all wrong. Maj. Nidal M. Hassan was not a terrorist. And he wasn’t a mass murderer. And he may not even have been a coward. Continue reading »
The headline over a Washington Post story on the front page of today’s Las Vegas Review-Journal reads: “Gunman kills 12 soldiers.” Now, I’m no expert, but shouldn’t that headline have read “Muslim Gunman kills 12 soldiers”? And why did the Post story not even mention the man was a Muslim until almost the end of the story? I mean, talk about burying the lead. Continue reading »
• One of the big new sayings this year is “too big to fail.” But perhaps considering Obama’s lack of real world experience for the job of POTUS, the operative phrase now should be “too small to succeed.” Continue reading »
So, is Gov. Jim Gibbons toast? In a general election held today….yeah. But in the Republican primary next June? Not so fast. Continue reading »
