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True blue Nevada

It’s far too soon to predict what might happen here in four months, when the state’s voters will help choose the next president. But the continued gains by Democrats in voter registrations bode exceptionally well for Barack Obama in Nevada.

Montana greens to loggers: Come back!

For decades now, the green extreme has argued the industries that develop the nation’s natural resources for commercial use ought to be forced off the West’s “public” lands.

Toll lanes picking up speed

A proposal for Nevada’s first highway toll lanes is picking up speed in the buildup to the 2009 Legislature. A transportation subcommittee stopped short of recommending the privately funded project last week, but lawmakers sick of dealing with budget cuts are warming to the idea of having someone else pay for needed infrastructure improvements.

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A stunning rescue in Colombia

The plan was bold: An infiltrator persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 90 miles through Colombia’s wilderness. A month later, commandos disguised as international humanitarian aid workers land in a Russian-built helicopter and trick the rebels into handing them over.

I can’t drive 55

It’s deja vu all over again in Washington.

Caught red-handed in truth

Wesley Clark did nothing wrong except respond in kind to a newsman’s question and do so honestly and frankly.

Court settles narrow issue in gun debate

First of all, I want a pat on the back. I sat down last week with a copy of the U.S. Supreme Court’s gun control ruling and read the entire thing: 157 printed pages, including the majority opinion, two dissents and all the footnotes.

Luck be a lady?

At the northern edge of downtown’s Glitter Gulch, just south of the old post office along Third Street, Las Vegas redevelopment efforts have a toehold of notable success in the Hogs and Heifers tavern and the highly rated Triple George restaurant.

Nevada’s governor really has no political future

When in the course of day-to-day events, it becomes necessary for the state of Nevada to have a leader; the people should declare themselves willing to secure this right.

YouTube sensation

Nevada’s own Harry Reid has become a YouTube sensation for continually combining his gloomy disposition with rhetoric that makes even his most partisan supporters cringe.

You just can’t please everybody

“I was the unlucky man who won the prize, the luck of the draw. That’s why I’m now here, not of my own free will or by your choice. I know that — for no one likes a messenger who comes bearing unwelcome news with him.”

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