Opinion

Addictions to prescription medication are a little-known epidemic in our country.An estimated 7 million people are addicted to prescription drugs. Even scarier, 3,405,000 young people between the a...

You know only death and taxes are certain. One of my grandfathers started a Mortuary in Hardin, Mont., that is still run by my uncle Everett and his son Terry. My other grandfather was a rancher in...

The special election for Congressional District 2 is over, and no big surprise. After Judge Todd Russell decided in a lawsuit filed by Republicans to narrow the field from 12 who wanted to run, to ...

"In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." - VoltaireWhen it comes to the economy, society has two classes of ...

With election 2012 in full swing now, let's take a look at the Republican presidential race.First, beware of polls in Nevada. Unless the pollster is polling the small minority of registered Republi...

We have long heard the refrain that Nevada's current tax structure is not only "unbalanced," but that it's based on an economy that no longer exists. Specifically, adherents of moving to a differen...

Right now is not a good time to be a senior citizen in Nevada if you have limited funds and poor health, and live in a rural county. Also, if Medicare is your only insurance, you can forget eyeglas...

Washoe District Court Judge Patrick Flanaghan recently ruled that Nevada's foreclosure mediation program, which allows distressed borrowers to request a face-to-face mediation with lenders, is not ...

I was just finishing up a column about how far the Nugget Project has come, from a vague, unrealistic plan that left the city on the hook for the whole bill, to an exciting, well-designed public-private partnership that deserves our qualified support.

But I was forwarded an email this morning that almost makes me want to change my mind.

It's been almost two years since I first heard about the Nugget Project.

Back then, the plan was very vague, a public-private partnership that could add up to $90 million. The city's part of this project would be a 1/8th cent sales tax increase and money from the redevelopment fund equaling approximately $25 million.

A decade ago we stood at a crossroads, and we made a choice.

A decade ago we stood at a crossroads, and we made a choice.Our economic output had been growing fast for the prior decade - faster than it had grown in any decade since the 1960s. Gross Private In...

Ten years ago today, Nevadans awoke to learn of unspeakable acts of terror, acts that would tear the fabric of America and cast doubt on our ability to keep one another safe. And yet, at the same t...

My thoughts after hearing the song - "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning." That Tuesday morning my girls rushed to schoolWith a wave as they ran out the doorI turned on the TV to Good Mo...

Congress, without a doubt, is the anti-Midas: Everything it touches turns to that stuff you scrape off the bottom of your shoe after walking blindfolded though a cow pasture at the stroke of 12 on ...

This appears to be the week where everyone lays out their plan for resuscitating the floundering American economy. President Barack Obama will delineate his plan of action tonight, the leading GOP ...

It will not surprise readers of this column that I think climate change is the biggest environmental challenge facing us in this century. I've written about it a few times - what the effects of hum...

A recession is fascinating, in a morbid sort of way, for an economist. But I must admit that I am really getting tired of this one, and would like to get back to considering other problems.Real Gro...

I have noticed many employers in the area who sponsor a 401(k) plan are looking for ways to boost employee participation in the plan. One way for companies to raise participation rates is by increa...

They burned "The Man" out on the Black Rock Desert playa last night. Is that really news? Should we care?Of course I'm writing about Burning Man, the annual naked drug festival that takes place jus...

The 238 House members, many of whom are Tea Party freshmen, are from districts that have been fueled with anti-government rhetoric, who lash out against everything from health care reform to immigr...

Nevada's teachers union issued its 2011 legislative report card recently and, my, what a joke. I mean, they may as well have started off their executive summary with, "A priest, a rabbi and a minis...

The announcement by Apple CEO Steve Jobs that his illness (pancreatic cancer) no longer will permit him to serve as the CEO of one of the highest capitalized corporations in the world, Apple, was s...

After being out of town for two weeks, Carson City looked especially beautiful upon our return. Even our long-time-coming and still-under-construction freeway looked good. The life-size silhouettes...

I guess it comes down to ideology. This budget mess we are now in really started two years ago when House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and crews refused to presen...

I guess it comes down to ideology. This budget mess we are now in really started two years ago when House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and crews refused to presen...

In their recent televised debates for Northern Nevada's vacant congressional seat, former state Sen. Mark Amodei and state Treasurer Kate Marshall looked and sounded like candidates for eighth-grad...

--Commentary by Eugene Paslov: A dream: The arts can provide a livingAugust, 27 2011 12:20 am MST...

Although the issue of collective bargaining for government workers has been white-hot this year in states such as Wisconsin and Ohio, Nevada's Legislature opted to do not much more than tinker arou...

The 42-year reign of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has come to an end. The world will certainly be a better place with this erratic despot gone, the potentate who was responsible for numerous glo...