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Noone Column: Customs I'm not accustomed to ... yet
I've been around, and I've seen and done some things.
  05/06/2012 1:50am
Farmer Column: Prostitutes? In Cartagena? Am I shocked?
Remember that memorable scene in “Casablanca” where the police inspector (Claude Rains) pretends to be shocked when Rick (Humphrey Bogart) tells him that people are actually gambling in the backroom of his nightclub? Well, I'm reminded...
  05/06/2012 1:44am
Paslov Column: Be careful what you wish for
I attended the Library Board meeting on April 18. Sara Jones, the library director, presented an excellent historical overview of the Knowledge + Discovery Center, outlining the history of the library component of the City Center Project. She did so with...
  05/05/2012 12:54am
How businesses learn to love their regulators
We all know legislators love to legislate and regulators love to regulate — which often results in a perfect storm of government control over just about any business endeavor under the sun. But often you'll find the very businesses being...
  05/04/2012 1:32am
Thomas Column: How about focusing on the right stuff?
“C'mon, take off the blinders and get with the program.”— Gaius Flebitus
  05/03/2012 12:53am
Carlson Column: Steve Neighbors has fitting surname
My son referred to his childhood neighbors as “The Love You's,” not only because they were not shy about telling him that they loved him, but because they were neighbors in the truest sense of the word.
  05/01/2012 10:28pm
WASHINGTON WATCH: Senior programs at risk — again
It seems that Republican Representative and House Budget Director Paul Ryan has never seen a senior program he wouldn't like to eliminate. Yes, he is at it again! It is either two or three times now that Ryan has tried to eliminate the Corporation...
  04/30/2012 9:52pm
Let's respect society's vital, key intellectuals
Intellectuals are critical to our society. Our founding fathers were well-educated, spoke multiple languages, had intellectual curiosity about science and philosophy and wrote with precision and clarity. Jefferson and Franklin were exceptional. But all...
  04/28/2012 1:35am
Cegavske can't claim total fidelity to taxpayer pledge
OK, let's say you're a Nevada state senator who signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, promising the voters of your district and the citizens of Nevada that you would “oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase...
  04/27/2012 4:31am
Job ax fall? Try lumberjacking
“I'd be happy to have any job on the list, if you want to know the truth.”
  04/27/2012 12:23am
Thomas column: Legislator tax-takers are bad news for taxpayers
“Ethics: Grub first, then ethics.” — Bertolt Brecht
  04/26/2012 12:19am
Tuition reform must remember the ‘front line'
Pay to play may soon have a new arena — higher education.
  04/25/2012 12:56am
WASHINGTON WATCH: Buffett Rule's failure is shameful
Middle-class American families are going through some tough times right now, and it is difficult for them to understand how last year 7,000 millionaires in America didn't pay a single penny in federal taxes because of loopholes for the rich.
  04/23/2012 9:22pm
What is a ‘white Hispanic'?
Professional race-baiters like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who want to divide us along ethnic and racial lines, have invented a new subcategory to further Balkanize the American people: “white Hispanics.”
  04/22/2012 1:22am
Paslov Column: Horse Michelob a metaphor for small-town life
A metaphor is a literary comparison that says one object is similar to another unrelated object but has characteristics in common that make it appear the same. Metaphors require a stretch of imagination for the reader, but they do enhance...
  04/21/2012 12:13am
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