The bad news for those who live in Clark, Carson City and Nye counties is that companies offering ObamaCare-compliant health insurance policies have requested 38 percent premium increases in 2018. The good news for those in the rest of Nevada is that their ObamaCare premiums will not be going up because there are no companies offering such policies. In pulling out of those … [Read more...]
OK girls, meet your Gravitas
What follows is the companion to my June 14 column. I mean, what’s good for the gander is good for the goose, right? A lucky woman meets Gravitas. A smart woman welcomes and nurtures his friendship. And even smarter woman courts him, woos him, desires him, falls in love with him. Takes the plunge and marries him. Lets him move in. Who is Gravitas? Oh my … Gravitas (the … [Read more...]
Democrats doubly wrong in effort to gag free speech
Democrats keep pounding on a solution in search of a problem. In January of 2010 the Supreme Court held that it is unconstitutional to prohibit political campaign spending by corporations and unions. In the case of Citizens United v. FEC the court struck down a law under which the Federal Election Commission barred the airing of a movie produced by Citizens United that was … [Read more...]
Nevada right to join sanctuary city fight
Earlier this month Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt joined with nine other attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief challenging a federal judge’s decision in April to block a President Trump executive order that would deny some federal funding for sanctuary cities. The judge sided with Santa Clara County, the city of San Francisco and other jurisdictions … [Read more...]
This 4th of July let’s celebrate human dignity
My brother, who has worked in retail longer than a person should, has a saying about the weird and sometimes cruel things he’s seen people do and say in his store. He passes little judgment. He only shrugs and says: “People are people”. Indeed they are. But unlike my brother, I can’t shrug everything off, especially when it takes our culture in a bad direction. Consider … [Read more...]
Vulgarity Won’t Make America Great
It occurs to me that “vulgarity” is the antonym of “nobility.” Nobility, when found in a human being, is a sublime state. Nobility inspires. It has to do with character, goodness, virtue, magnanimity, honor, decency and integrity. It is a rare quality advanced not merely to friends, but also to our detractors, critics, and antagonists. Noble warriors even hold nobility for … [Read more...]
Governor Right to Veto Bill Mandating More Clean Energy
In vetoing this past week a bill that would have increased the required percentage of electricity in Nevada coming from renewable sources — such as solar, wind and geothermal — from the current 25 percent by 2025 to 40 percent by 2030, Gov. Brian Sandoval did the right thing but apparently for the wrong reason. The governor felt obliged in his veto message to pay lip service … [Read more...]
Nevadans welcome review of sage grouse land use plans
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who had filed a lawsuit attempting to overturn the Interior Department’s 2015 land use plan to protect greater sage grouse, is praising the recent decision by the Trump administration to review those plans. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed an order establishing an internal review team to evaluate federal and state sage grouse … [Read more...]