Chuck Muth

• Opinion

  Stimulus job-count guidelines frustrate

  Forgive the average citizen if the federal stimulus does not appear to him as transparent as promised. The federal government says that in Nevada the stimulus has directly created or saved 5,658 jobs. The state itself puts that number at 5,080. Sen. Harry Reid’s office says it’s 6,134. When it comes to...

  Chuck Muth November 13, 2009
• Opinion

  Reid interviews two women for federal judgeship

  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has interviewed District Court Judge Elissa Cadish and Deputy District Attorney Gloria Navarro as potential candidates for a federal judgeship, sources confirmed. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 13, 2009
• Opinion

  Donor complains employer made him give to Reid

  A Nevada man has complained to the Federal Election Commission that his former employer forced him to donate to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s re-election campaign, and later reimbursed him. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Pelosi v. Madison on the powers of Congress under the Constitution

  On Wednesday we editorialized about the cavalier attitude of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toward that inconvenient and therefore insignificant and unimportant document known as the U.S. Constitution. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  NV Supreme Court ousts appointed judge

  The Nevada Supreme Court says a Clark County Family Court judge must vacate the bench because his temporary appointment expired months ago. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  ‘I’m a teacher and I work very hard’

  The technology now exists — it’s even in place — to determine, based on standardized tests, whether a given group of government-school inmates has advanced by approximately one grade level in academic accomplishment while under the tutelage of one, specific unionized schoolmarm. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Gov. Jim Gibbons is counting on the power of a promise to rescue him from unpopularity

  History is littered with broken political promises. Some cost politicians their seats, their careers. Others are forgotten, forgiven. Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is counting on voters remembering, and rewarding, him for keeping his most-oft repeated political promise: No new taxes. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Venetian rolls out red carpet for Tribute to the Troops

  They came with canes, crutches, wheelchairs and Purple Hearts. Some 70 wounded warriors and their guests arrived at The Venetian on Wednesday to celebrate Veterans Day — Las Vegas style. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Heller Visits Veterans at Reno VA Hospital

  Nationwide thousands of veterans celebrated their day in the hospital. Here in Reno, they had at least one special visitor. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Reid Weighs Medicare Payroll Tax for Health Bill

  Senate Democrats are weighing increasing Medicare payroll taxes on the highest-earning Americans to plug a financing gap in a health-overhaul bill, people familiar with discussions said. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering increasing the 1.45% employee share of the Medicare tax on wages by 0.4 to 0.5 percentage point, according to...

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Republican Lowden the Clear Front-Runner in Nevada

  I have been around enough campaigns to know that you can usually identify the front-runner as the candidate who has the most wacky, personal attacks thrown at them. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Conservative Principles will Defeat Harry Reid

  (Sue Lowden) – Ronald Reagan once quipped that when you start referring to government as “we” instead of “they,” you have been in office too long. Not only is Senator Harry Reid referring to his liberal majority in Washington as “we,” he complains to reporters about the “smell” of American taxpayers when...

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  BLM meets with public about new wilderness

  Congress has already had its say in setting the boundaries of Eastern Nevada’s newest wilderness areas, but local residents will still have a chance to shape the way they’re managed. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009