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Best of the Nevada blogosphere featuring Chamberlain

2012-02-10T13:27:00.000-08:00

Some really good stuff from the center-right blogosphere this last week, including a ton of reporting on last Saturday's caucus. Since that's more political, it doesn't qualify for this, no doubt,...

A checkbook goes online in Reno

2012-02-09T16:49:00.000-08:00

Today, the City of Reno launched TransparentReno.com, which puts the city's checkbook and other public information online. It's a great site and well worth clicking around, not just for the...

NV's government has failed in education. Let's put it in charge of the economy!

2012-02-08T17:13:00.000-08:00

A perfect encapsulation of government logic. It's also the thing that amazes me about all of the government officials who are so excited about Gov. Brian Sandoval's economic development plan,...

Sandoval's economic development plan is a roadmap for crony capitalism

2012-02-07T14:08:00.000-08:00

Earlier today, Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Governor's Office of Economic Development released its economic development plan. Unfortunately, Sandoval's plan is based on government picking...

It's deja vu all over again!

2012-02-07T08:22:00.000-08:00

So says Doug French, formerly of Las Vegas, in his Mises Institute column today. French compares the current election year to 1980 in that discussion of the gold standard has actually crept back into...

Best of the Nevada blogosphere featuring Mitchell and Fellner

2012-02-03T15:45:00.000-08:00

One of the best parts of blogging is reading other bloggers here in Nevada and finding out their takes on current issues. In what I plan to make a weekly feature here at Write on Nevada, I'd like...

VIDEO: Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum talk about the feds owning 85 percent of Nevada

2012-02-03T10:17:00.000-08:00

NPRI's Nevada Journal asked: 85 percent of Nevada's land is federally owned. If elected president, what actions, if any, would you take to return some of this land to the state?And GOP Presidential...

Good news: Sandoval to seek the repeal of 654 regulations

2012-02-02T14:39:00.000-08:00

And yes, this is actually good news. The AP reports: Gov. Brian Sandoval wants to repeal 654 regulations that the administration says are unneeded and a hindrance to economic growth.Sandoval also...

Government has failed to solve Nevada's housing problems

2012-02-01T12:43:00.000-08:00

Last night, GOP Presidential hopeful Sen. Rick Santorum appeared on Face to Face with Jon Ralston. The first question Ralston asked was about housing, saying: The market has not worked so far [in...

RGJ: AB 284 will "postpone" a housing recovery by "two to three years"

2012-01-31T17:04:00.000-08:00

There's a great article by Jason Hidalgo in the Reno Gazette-Journal that details exactly how AB 284 is delaying a recovery in the housing market. It's also a great example of how ideas have...

NPRI's Nevada Journal makes Drudge

2012-01-27T10:11:00.000-08:00

Sweet! Drudge linked to our video of President Obama leaving an event promoting clean energy in a motorcade of 22 fossil-fueled vehicles. Here's the video Drudge links to.

Video: President Obama leaves event promoting clean energy in a motorcade of 22 fossil-fueled vehicles

2012-01-26T14:35:00.000-08:00

Oh, the irony. Now, I don't have any problem with someone using a fossil-fueled vehicle or with the President having a huge motorcade. As the video describes, the problem is with President Obama...

Stossel's State of the Union

2012-01-26T14:14:00.001-08:00

That clairvoyant of political commentary, John Stossel, delivers his own State of the Union address in Reason Magazine this week. I gotta say...it may the only State of the Union with which I can...

Pictures: POTUS drives by NPRI

2012-01-26T10:56:00.000-08:00

Do I disagree with President Obama on almost everything? Absolutely. Was it ridiculously awesome to see the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES and his seemingly never ending motorcade drive by NPRI's...

Are we trapped by liquidity?

2012-01-25T12:10:00.000-08:00

Frank Shostak has provided an excellent review of the Keynesian concept of liquidity trap and some of its key theoretical problems in his column today at mises.org. For those who are unaware, Paul...

SoS Ross Miller: "Our services aren't worth your money"

2012-01-24T08:52:00.000-08:00

Okay...so maybe it's not an exact quote, but that's certainly what I got out of Secretary of State Ross Miller's comments to the Las Vegas Sun today. Miller is complaining that home-based businesses...

Sheldon Richman lays the smack down

2012-01-18T12:20:00.000-08:00

Last week, I pointed out some of the most glaring absurdities in Matthew Yglesias's uniformed hit piece on the Austrian School of economics. In it, Yglesias, a Think Progress employee and Keynesian...

Must watch: Daily Show exposes the hypocrisy of 'Civility Project' president who called Tea Partiers 'terrorists'

2012-01-13T15:28:00.000-08:00

Amazing. Must watch. Could not stop laughing. Great work by the Daily Show. (h/t Big Hollywood)

In its own words: Top NSEA priorities are money, money, money and money

2012-01-11T15:25:00.000-08:00

Money isn't just the Nevada State Education Association's top priority. It's also its second, third and fourth priorities. NSEA's current legislative priorities are: A. Resources to attract and...

NPRI brief cites four strong and compelling reasons for Denis suit to continue

2012-01-11T13:33:00.000-08:00

NPRI's Center for Justice and Constitutional Litigation has filed a response to Sen. Mo Denis' motion that the separation-of-powers lawsuit be dismissed, because Denis resigned from his job with the...

Slate author displays a shallow ignorance of Austrian economics

2012-01-09T16:46:00.000-08:00

I just came across this article on the left-leaning Slate.com that purports to dispel the fallacies of Austrian economics. The article, called "What is 'Austrian Economics'? And why is Ron Paul...

Number 1: Why separation of powers matters: Is freedom inevitable?

2012-01-06T08:10:00.000-08:00

In the spirit of the 12 Days of Christmas, I'm going to be listing my 12 favorite Write on Nevada posts from 2011. This is my favorite post of the last year. We love to get your feedback, so please...

Number 2: Stop giving private businesses government handouts

2012-01-05T08:10:00.000-08:00

In the spirit of the 12 Days of Christmas, I'm going to be listing my 12 favorite Write on Nevada posts from 2011. I'll share my favorite post tomorrow. We love to get your feedback, so please leave...

Number 3: Great news: Underperforming math teacher ... transferred to another school

2012-01-04T14:40:00.000-08:00

In the spirit of the 12 Days of Christmas, I'm going to be listing my 12 favorite Write on Nevada posts from 2011. We'll be counting down the top five this week. We love to get your feedback, so...

Number 4: Nevada spends $12 million to 'create' five jobs

2012-01-04T11:49:00.000-08:00

In the spirit of the 12 Days of Christmas, I'm going to be listing my 12 favorite Write on Nevada posts from 2011. We'll be counting down the top five this week. We love to get your feedback, so...