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'Free Speech' Doesn't Mean 'Trespass'
Is there an organization more un-American than the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)?
An American Imperium?
At the heart of much of the hand wringing over America’s unconditional insistence that Iraq be disarmed by force if necessary has been the quivering fear of a new and freer world.
How SNWA Tries to ‘Soak’ Taxpayers
Pretend for a moment that you operate a golf course in Clark County. To irrigate that course, you need water, and you have two choices about how to obtain it.
The $3.2 Billion Nameplate
When it comes to power, Patricia Mulroy and her friends on the Clark County Commission can’t seem to get enough. Not satisfied with controlling Southern Nevada’s water resources, they’re now seeking to take over Las Vegas Valley electricity, too.
Coming to America
Many of us who realize how vulnerable Nevada would be to a single terrorist incident on the Las Vegas Strip found our attention riveted recently when former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the prospective coming to America of the “suicide bomber” phenomenon.
Using the Fear of Big Money to Raise . . . Big Money
According to the federal lawmakers who last week tossed the American Bill of Rights into a back-alley Dumpster, your First Amendment freedoms have to be destroyed in order to “save” political campaigning.
A Cautionary Tale
Al Qaeda's unseen ally: Environmental extremism
"[D]ue to my experience in [construction], I was thinking that the fire from the gas in the plane would melt the iron structure of the building and collapse the area where the plane hit and all the floors above it only. This is all that we hoped for."
- Usama bin Laden, the 'smoking gun' video
No American will ever forget the images of the World Trade Center towers on September 11—huge holes gaping, smoke pouring out.
Say It Ain’t So: Stadium Subsidies in Nevada
Why Taxpayers Should Not Fund Baseball in the Silver State
Politicians, developers and sports fans in Las Vegas and Reno are pushing to build new baseball stadiums in their cities. Earlier this month the Las Vegas City Council chose the Southwest Sports Group, a Dallas-based firm, to lead “redevelopment” efforts for a 61-acre parcel of land downtown. The company has plans for a publicly funded stadium for the Las Vegas 51s, the city’s Triple A team. In Reno, the city council will soon decide whether to pursue a publicly funded stadium for one of two California clubs looking to relocate to the Truckee Meadows: the Visalia Oaks (Single A) or Tacoma Rainiers (Triple A). As is the case in cities throughout America, Nevada’s pro-stadium voices are extolling the economic benefits of publicly funded sports complexes. But there is substantial evidence that the economic impact of stadiums is exaggerated. Herewith, a look at the reasons why Nevada taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize baseball stadiums.
Empowering Nevada's Ratepayers
Seven Ways to Strengthen Electricity Deregulation in the Silver State
Nevada’s policymakers are scared. The power crisis in California has made the Silver State’s governor, legislators and energy bureaucrats fear voters’ response to a possible Golden State-style electricity debacle in Nevada. But instead of biting the bullet and pushing for the tough but enlightened steps that will avert runaway electricity prices and rolling blackouts, most of Nevada’s decision-makers are leaning toward measures that will roll back deregulation. Their behavior is disturbing, because in the long run, the Silver State is well-positioned to benefit from electric choice. Regardless of whether Nevada embraces or shuns deregulation, the short term will surely bring higher prices for ratepayers—and political risk for politicians. But if the Silver State forges ahead with deregulation and implements all or most of the steps described herein, Nevada can weather the West’s power storm and thrive in an electricity market controlled by buyers and sellers, not politicians and bureaucrats.
Power Policy -- Or Power Politics?
Why the Silver State's Electricity Market Should Be Deregulated
California's electricity crisis has given foes of the free market ample ammunition to fire at the concept of deregulation. In Nevada and across the nation, politicians, bureaucrats and "consumer advocates" are pushing to delay-or even scrap-their states' electricity-deregulation plans. Even lawmakers who generally support market-oriented public policy have begun to lose faith in the promise of electricity deregulation. But since California's power market was never deregulated, this concern is unwarranted. Blaming California's crisis on deregulation, as writer Chad Reichle has quipped, "is like blaming capitalism for the poverty of the North Korean people." Herewith, a look at the Golden State's flawed blueprint for consumer choice in electricity, and a description of the four key ways in which Nevada's approach to power deregulation differs from California's experiment.
