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The Libertarian
On Aug. 23, a teen here in the Las Vegas valley received an e-mail from a Henderson 14-year-old asking “Would you be up for some Columbine-like (expletive).”
“Like what we talking?” asked his admirably articulate correspondent.
“I can’t talk
Talk show hosts, elected officials, and just every day common individuals are constantly crying for the U.S. economy to be less dependent on imported oil and shift America’s reliance on energy to renewable energy supplies and technologies thereby cle
The Libertarian
The federal government has spent about $1.2 billion since 1998 on scores of television, print and radio ads designed to “discourage drug use” among youth. President Bush has requested another $120 million for next year.
The words “discourage drug
The Libertarian
Someday a great biography will be written about Arnold Schwarzenegger, a born-again American who proved able to remake himself in whatever ways proved necessary to succeed.
Properly explored, however, there may be pathos in Schwarzenegger’s story
As we race toward the November elections, Jon Kyl will argue that his political prowess and reputation are a benefit to Arizona. However, a closer examination of Jon Kyl’s character and voting patterns, which span his public service tenure, tells a m
The Libertarian
Last week, former Clark County Commissioners Dario Herrera, 33, and Mary Kincaid-Chauncey, 68, were sentenced to 50 and 30 months in federal prison, respectively, for taking bribes from local strip club owner Michael Galardi.
Or were they?
Fe
Reflexiones Libertarias
Desde el arribo de los conquistadores ibéricos al nuevo mundo, se dieron al establecimiento de instituciones monopólicas tan populares en la madre patria: la corona española en la política, la iglesia católica propietaria del mundo espiritual—educaci
The Libertarian
Imagine for a moment the federal government owned all the supermarkets.
They wouldn’t have different names, anymore. They’d all be emblazoned with the blue-eagle logo of the NSA -- the Nutritional Security Administration.
But this would be a
The libertarian notion of volunteerism, raising funds from voluntary payments, and free enterprise that the United States of America was founded upon has become an anachronism. Individual car washes, private solicitations by youth and private found
The Libertarian
Former Clark County Commissioners Dario Herrera, 33, and Mary Kincaid-Chauncey, 68, were sentenced to federal prison Monday for taking bribes from local strip club owner Michael Galardi in the political corruption case dubbed G-sting.
Herrera, a
The Libertarian
This summer, the new governor of New Jersey, who won election by promising not to raise taxes, got darned upset when the Legislature in Trenton refused to enact his whopping new budget, just because it contained a bunch of, you know ... tax hikes. <
The Libertarian
*(Apologies, this one got lost in the shuffle -- from the "better late than never" dept.)
Make no mistake, when it comes time to count the faces that delegates to our state capitals see in hearing after hearing, plain old taxpayers clinging tight
Last week there was a column in The Sun that asked the question, “What happens when the American dream dies?” As noted in the column the American dream of “infinite plenty, a bottomless cup of creature comforts, and fair rewards for hard work” are f
Reflexiones Libertarias
Si tuviéramos el poder de transportarnos a un lejano futuro, seríamos testigos de la infinita cantidad de análisis que se llevarán a cabo del singular proceso político que hemos transitado las últimas semanas.
The Libertarian
The Review-Journal offers no formal endorsements in Tuesday’s primary elections, and neither do I. A few observations:
First, not voting is OK. Choosing the new ruler who will decide how much of our money and property to “allow” us to keep from a
The Libertarian
Flying over the desert West, looking down on an ochre or red-brown surface more than a little reminiscent of Mars, more than one traveler has remarked, “Good gracious. There sure is a whole lot of stinking desert down there. Doesn’t it ever end?”
All across America today one or more of existing legislative bodies from the national congress to city councils decide by majority vote on whether individuals can work, how much they may be paid, what type of benefits they can receive, how much of th
The Libertarian
Minimum wage hikes are bad, since they outlaw the jobs of those -- mostly part-time teen-agers -- currently earning $5.15 per hour.
Fans of this form of government meddling are fond of saying a minimum wage hike would “benefit more than 6 million
Reflexiones Libertarias
Uno de los acontecimientos históricos más analizado, admirado y criticado por infinidad de intelectuales, historiadores y políticos durante los últimos 2000 años, es el nacimiento, desarrollo y destrucción del Imperio Romano.
The Libertarian
War is horrible. It kills and maims and orphans the innocent along with the combatants, who themselves are not always there willingly. It is to be avoided whenever possible.
(For instance, Lincoln had no right to invade the South, which in no way
The Libertarian
Imagine finding that -- as you innocently boarded a commercial flight at McCarran Airport last year -- you’d been falsely identified by a U.S. air marshal as a potential terrorist.
Placed on a watch list without being told why, you could face int
The Libertarian
In July, 2003, the Nevada Supreme Court in “Guinn v. Legislature” had the nerve to dismiss a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds legislative vote to raise taxes. Although that amendment had been ratified by an overwhelming majority of Ne
When the founders of the United States of America created the Constitution they established some very specific restrictions upon elected officials, the severest being that only congress could decide to declare war. They established a republic so tha
The Libertarian
One after another, the major gubernatorial candidates of both parties who oppose state Sen. Bob Beers’ modest “Tax and Spending Control” initiative have trouped through the Review-Journal editorial offices this summer, insisting the proposed constitu
The Libertarian
Melvin C. Bailey, Jr., master chief petty officer, USN retired, writes in:
“I was impressed by the comprehensive nature of the Review-Journal’s June 19 editorial, ‘Police no longer need to knock.’ Sadly, your hypothetical question about an Americ
Reflexiones Libertarias
Una de las fábulas tradicionales que me parece plagada de sabiduría, pero también de tristeza ante la naturaleza de ciertos seres, es la vieja historia de la rana y el alacrán.
The Libertarian
Well, give them one thing: Warring candidates Brian Krolicki and Barbara Lee Woollen have managed to “push through the clutter” and elevate the visibility of a summer primary race for a do-little office that Nevadans generally ignore -- that of lieut
Congratulations to those elected officials who voted against the proposed gay marriage and flag burning constitutional amendments and the federal funding of stem cell research bill. They all preserved, protected, and defended the United States Const
The Libertarian
These days, states are finding an increasing share of their budgets consumed by Medicaid -- the socialized medical subsidy for the poor.
Not that Medicaid is a one-size-fits-all program. It does require that certain poor people -- such as the dis
Reflexiones Libertarias
The dramatic outcome of the July 2, Mexican elections and its’ political consequences have exceeded all my expectations and predictions. Unfortunately, this outcome could become a drama that would eventually mimic the style of Kim Jong Il of North Ko
