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Give us a desert, we’ll make it bloom: Israel and Nevada

Vast desert expanses; parched earth; minimal precipitation; harsh topography; small population; technological and agro-industrial powerhouse and tourist magnet; Israel? Nevada? Both.

A brief look at what we’ve lost

We’re more than two-thirds of the way through the 2013 Legislature, and while some big debates have been had, some even bigger ones remain ahead.

Sports kiosks pose no threat to casinos

For something that generated only $600,000 in gross revenue last year, sports betting kiosks in bars and taverns sure have gotten a lot of attention lately.

Yes, even more tax increases

I wonder, should I just make this a continuing series?

Repaying America’s generosity

The fact that the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out by two immigrants with ties to mostly Islamic Chechnya will have impacts on many fronts. Unfolding revelations could impact the prospects of immigration reform. And questions still loom as to how and why the Russians apparently warned the CIA that older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a prime candidate for terrorism, whereupon the CIA told the FBI, whereupon … nothing much happened.

A special tax for everything?

After five years as the hardest-hit state of the Great Recession, Nevadans might expect their 2013 Legislature to be asking what it can do to help the state’s surviving entrepreneurs expand their businesses and create new jobs.

The hypocrisy continues

The Nevada Assembly last week unanimously OK’d Assembly Bill 407, supposedly designed to clarify Nevada law, making it clear a candidate has to live in the district he intends to represent.