Reno News and Reviews

Correcting the record

A blog called “Down with tyranny” has reported that U.S. Rep. Dean Heller of Nevada is among “those who just barely escaped near death…” in... (read more)

A capital reporter

There’s something different about this state budget crisis.This is, I believe, the fourth such crisis since 1981, which was the year the Nevada Legislature shifted... (read more)

Another news "trend"

On November 8, ABC reported about how guns sales are going way up because, as one gun store owner characterized customers’ sentiments, “Oh my, Obama... (read more)

Idea of the week

“And that’s not all that painful, quite frankly.” -Nevada Manufacturers Association Ray Bacon, calling for a ten percent across-the-board pay cut for state workers, on... (read more)

Jayhooking

Jay Leno:  Actually, according to the papers today, the economy is hurting prostitutes. They say the prostitutes working the brothels in Nevada are having a... (read more)

Parlaying a loss into a later win

Tammy Krikorian over at the Reno Gazette Journal has a story about how some local Republicans want Sarah Palin to return to the national stage.... (read more)

Danger—conventional wisdom approaching

This is a risky period in politics—a period when there is a danger of conventional wisdom manufactured by journalists taking hold and affecting later campaigns.Four... (read more)

Rest in peace, Emmett Till

Thirty-eight days before I was born, businessman Robert Mallard was lynched in Toombs County, Georgia. His offense seems to have been that he was successful.... (read more)

Obama speech in Henderson

Remarks of Senator Barack Obam[As prepared for delivery, not transcript]Coronado High SchoolHendersonNovember 1, 2008Nevada, I have just two words for you: three days.After decades of... (read more)

Obama/McCain on Nevada issues

As readers prepare to vote, they may find a couple of our past articles of value.  Before the Nevada caucuses, we published material on Nevada... (read more)

A tradition fades away

It’s part of the folklore of U.S. politics that the public doesn’t really start paying attention to the presidential race until after the world series.... (read more)

Ted Stevens

I remember the first time I ever heard of Ted Stevens. It was 1969.  Ted Kennedy, whose brother had been murdered ten months earlier, took... (read more)

Obama’s comments in Reno

Remarks ofBarack ObamaDemocratic presidential nomineePeccole FieldUniversity of Nevada, RenoOctober 25 2008Nevada, in just 10 days, you’ll have the chance to elect your next President.  And... (read more)

The Jordan rule

Back when Governor Palin was being considered as John McCain’s running mate, she asked an interviewer, “What is it exactly that the VP does every day?”Apparently... (read more)

Getting the signals straight

Republican U.S. House candidate Dean Heller warmed up the crowd for Sarah Palin at the Reno Sparks Convention Center today by yelling “Who’s against the... (read more)