Steven Miller
A 10 on the Richter Scale
A magnitude-10 earthquake buckled the landscape beneath Nevada’s public education establishment two months ago. But to judge from the public silence, virtually no one in the Silver State noticed.
Official Claptrap
When professional analysts and serious academics observe that an alleged research project “does not follow any recognized methodology,” it’s usually the polite way of saying: “Uh-oh—there’s a good chance this is claptrap!”
Collectivist Bargaining
Nevada’s increasing stratification—into a privileged class of government employees above and a multitude of ignored taxpayers below—is no accident.
Nevada's New Class, Part III
It was easy to predict. All you had to notice was how complicit Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas and Henderson have been in the deceit their double-dipping state-lawmaker employees were perpetrating on local taxpayers.
Nevada's New Class, Part II
Much public attention lately has been on the ‘double dippers’—those lawmakers who manipulated the system in order to get paid by both state and local governments at the same time.
Nevada's New Class, Part I
In the Soviet Union, the specially privileged became known as the nomenklatura.
The Conspiracy Against Taxpayers
The lid seems to be coming off Nevada’s ongoing public-employees-in-the-Legislature scandal.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Throughout the marathon 2003 Legislature, a distinct but unacknowledged message kept coming at Silver State taxpayers. Recent polls suggest that taxpayers did, indeed, notice it.
Looking the Other Way
If you’ve ever wanted to get past all the propaganda and grasp the main problem behind state government in Nevada today, Assemblyman Wendell Williams, D-Clark County, is helping you out.
The Bar Sinister
As Nevada’s Supreme Court careens from one self-inflicted embarrassment to another, a question always recurs.
