Those who know me know I’m a live-and-let-live libertarian when it comes to the personal lifestyles and relationships of my fellow citizens. If it doesn’t affect me, it probably doesn’t bother me.
The question, though, is whether or not the government, via the taxpayer-funded public schools, should be sticking its nose into such relationships one […]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: Nevada | 24 Comments »
Any chance of passing a school choice measure in the Nevada Legislature would have to be approved in the state Assembly. The teachers union controls the Democrats on education issues. The Democrats control the Assembly. And Speaker Barbara Buckley controls the Democrats who control the Assembly.
Indeed, there was a scholarship […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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THE RIGHT TO BE RUDE: “We treat blacks like children, constantly talking about their temper tantrums right in front of them with airy phrases about black anger. I will not pat blacks on the head and say, ‘Isn’t that cute?’ As a post-racial American, I do not believe ‘the legacy of slavery’ gives […]
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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While Congress continues to dither and drag its feet on Social Security reform - reform which is absolutely critical before the system goes belly up - the Canadians are moving forward with efforts to allow their citizens to invest some of their own money in private savings accounts. Here are the details as outlined […]
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Have you ever noticed an intersection where there’s a McDonalds on one corner and a Burger King on another? Or an Exxon station located directly across the street from a Chevron station? Or a Holiday Inn a block up the street from a Hampton Inn? Do you ever wonder why that is? […]
Posted on March 20th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: Nevada | 8 Comments »
HUGE DAY TODAY FOR 2A: “Does the Constitution’s Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms or is that right reserved exclusively for members of a ‘well-regulated militia’? That is the question the US Supreme Court will consider today in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, a Second Amendment challenge to the […]
Posted on March 18th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: National | 5 Comments »
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?: “There’s talk in some Democratic circles of letting the states of Michigan and Florida revote. . . . They’re talking about a revote primary where people would mail in their ballots. That’s a great idea, combine the reliability of the people in Florida who count the ballots with the efficiency of the Post […]
Posted on March 17th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: National | 2 Comments »
We all know a few bad apples can spoil the whole barrel. And never is this saying truer than when it comes to a rogue company or industry abusing its privileges, thereby inviting the government to stick its nose even further into the business of business. Think Enron, and the resulting compliance nightmare […]
Posted on March 16th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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THE OTHER SEX SCANDAL: “Tales of the tainted (New York) governor took up so much ink and airtime that the potentates of the press didn’t even notice the sex scandal that claimed the career of another powerful hypocrite: Tehran’s brutal police chief, General Reza Zarei. The general, a favorite of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has […]
Posted on March 14th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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As political columnist Jon Ralston noted last week, I’ve been advocating for a Nevada version of Ronald Reagan’s “Grace Commission” almost since the day I came out of the womb. The Grace Commission was charged by Reagan in the early 1980s with the task of going through the federal budget to find waste, fraud, abuse […]
Posted on March 14th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: Nevada | 2 Comments »
