Chuck Muth

• Opinion

  Five Reasons Obamacare Still Might Not Pass

  (Rich Lowry & Robert Costa) – Harry Reid got his 60. Ben Nelson resorted to the typical Washington expedient in such situations and bought into a few window-dressing compromises, in exchange for an enormous Medicaid benefit to his state. The Cornhusker Kickback joins the Louisiana Purchase as the latest evidence that there’s...

  Chuck Muth December 21, 2009
• Opinion

  Career-Killing Votes Loom on Health Reform

  (Grace-Marie Turner) – Senators are in the midst of taking a series of career-killing votes to fulfill President Obama’s goal of getting a health overhaul bill — any bill — passed before Christmas. Even as they walk the plank, many of them are telling constituents that the legislation is not that bad...

  Chuck Muth December 21, 2009
• Opinion

  The Fortunes of Nevada will Rise or Fall without Harry Reid in the Senate

  (Chuck Muth) - Harry Reid is not indispensable. Harry Reid is not irreplaceable. Harry Reid is not too big to fail. But Harry Reid might be able to fool enough Nevadans into thinking he is next November.

  Chuck Muth December 20, 2009
• Opinion

  CANDID CANDIDATE: An e-Interview Ellie Lopez-Bowlan

  (Nancy Dallas) – Ellie Lopez-Bowlan is running for Assembly District 26 in Washoe County. A Reno nurse practitioner and former Reno Gazette-Journal columnist, Ellie holds a master’s of science degree from the University of Nevada, Reno. She served as President of the Mt. Rose Republican Women. Earlier this year she was appointed...

  Chuck Muth December 20, 2009
• Opinion

  How Are Republicans Going to Win?

  (Mark Noonan) – Anyone feeling excited about next year’s Senate contest? All the ingredients for a hot contest are here. We have a long-term incumbent – a major power player – vulnerable but still possessing vast resources. We have an economy teetering on the brink of complete collapse. We have a new...

  Chuck Muth December 20, 2009
• Opinion

  Action Needed Soon to End U.S. Dependence on Oil

  (Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – If the United States does not begin to wean itself from its dependence on oil within the next several years, limited supply and increasing demand by countries like China and India could spell economic disaster, a UNR professor said today. The grim scenario was presented by UNR...

  Chuck Muth December 20, 2009
• Opinion

  Virgin Galactic’s Latest

  (Paul Jacob) – It seems like only yesterday that Burt Rutan flew SpaceShip One into near-orbit and received the Ansari X-Prize for piloting the first manned private craft into space. But it’s been five years. Things have happened in the meantime. To be specific, SpaceShip Two, just unveiled. It’s a much larger...

  Chuck Muth December 20, 2009
• Opinion

  School Vouchers for Parents: The Cure for What Ails Nevada’s Public Education

  (Chuck Muth) - Walk into a 40-student classroom armed with 20 vouchers valued at, say, $5,000 each and offer them to the first 20 parents who agree to take their kid out of the overcrowded classroom and put them in a private school or homeschool them. Problem solved.

  Chuck Muth December 19, 2009
• Opinion

  Once Again Teachers Union Shows Kids Don’t Matter

  (Warner Todd Huston) – A recalcitrant teachers union in Florida once again shows that reform for the sake of the kids doesn’t interest it. A federal program called Race to the Top bestows federal money on any district that institutes merit pay and reforms its schools. Guess who hates the idea. Yep,...

  Chuck Muth December 19, 2009
• Opinion

  Angle: Reid’s grasp on reality disappearing faster than jobs

  (Angle for Senate Campaign) – Sharron Angle (R-NV) said she was taken aback by Senator Harry Reid’s (D-NV) opening remark concerning Nevada’s latest unemployment figures which listed a lessening of six-tenths of a percent to 12.3 percent, one of the highest in the nation. “I’m very happy that the unemployment rate has...

  Chuck Muth December 19, 2009
• Opinion

  Thirty-seven years of controversy over Roe v. Wade

  (Samantha Stone) – It’s timely, though the timing is probably accidental, that Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Sue Lowden’s record on abortion is being combed for inconsistencies. The anniversary of Roe v. Wade is about a month away. It’s always highlighted by the media. The Reasonable Reporter uses the occasion annually to...

  Chuck Muth December 19, 2009
• Opinion

  Jon Ralston’s “Face” to Go Statewide

  Veteran journalist and author Jon Ralston has covered the political scene in Nevada for the past 23 years. He will continue writing his columns in the Las Vegas Sun and In Business Las Vegas, as well as his Ralston Flash daily electronic subscription newsletter.

  Chuck Muth December 18, 2009
• Opinion

  Lowden: My Views on Abortion Have Clearly Changed

  (Sue Lowden) – I am personally pro-life and should I be fortunate enough to defeat Harry Reid and be elected, I will legislate as a pro-life U.S. Senator. Unlike Harry Reid, I would never write or support federal legislation that includes taxpayer-subsidized abortion. As a life long practicing Catholic, I respect and...

  Chuck Muth December 18, 2009