Chuck Muth

• Opinion

  Wiley swings against Reid

  Mike Wiley, a Republican candidate running against U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in the 2010 election, got his start in politics as a radio talk show host, just like Rush Limbaugh. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Schofield Announces Challenge to Heller

  (Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Wearing the same military uniform he first put on in June 1944, Las Vegas Democrat and university Regent Jack Schofield announced yesterday his intention to challenge Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., for Congress in District 2. Schofield said he decided to run for the seat despite the fact...

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Big Health Insurers are Ma Bell

  (Mike Zahara) – In 1974, The USDOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against then monopoly phone company, AT&T—known then as Ma Bell—to break up the ‘Bell Family’ of companies. For the benefit of some of our younger readers, at that time, we really did only have one phone company and 8 year olds...

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Angle to Commander-in-Chief: The Time to Lead is Now

  (NN&V Staff) – “You shouldn’t be in it if you’re unwilling to win it,” said Sharron Angle on Tuesday in an appeal to a vacillating administration concerning the effort in Afghanistan. “The real reason the current administration will never secure real-world respect is because they own this big bat that limps lifelessly...

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  What Hollywood Can Teach Us About the Fort Hood Massacre

  (Chuck Muth) -It’s long past time to take the handcuffs off, unleash the dogs of war on these religious barbarians, call down the thunder - and may God have mercy on their cold, dark hearts, because the United States military sure as hell won’t. No better friend; no worse enemy.

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Weapons of mass distraction

  It’s laughable what mainstream media folks relish as fodder for boring their readers, viewers and listeners in these days of plummeting circulation, fragmented audiences and declining ad revenues. In Nevada, we have the silly car bomb controversy from Harry Reid’s biographical commercial, and Sue Lowden’s denial that she laughed about the bomb....

  Chuck Muth November 12, 2009
• Opinion

  Liberal website full of froth and error

  If you have not seen the frothy new Progress Now Nevada website, I urge you to take a gander here. If you like hate speech and nonsense mixed in with profound hypocrisy and fiction, you’ll love Progress Now. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Three county incumbents to seek reelection

  With the primary election and the filing period for the 2010 election moved up two months due to a change in state law, politicians thoughts are already turning to the upcoming elections with three county elected officials saying they plan to seek reelection. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  POW-MIA flag flies again at Nevada Capitol

  Because of the persistence of a Vietnam War veteran from Las Vegas, the POW-MIA flag will fly in front of the state Capitol on Veterans Day and every other day from now on. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Decision on special session unlikely until month’s end

  A decision on whether to call a special session of the Legislature to deal with the state’s financial problems won’t be made at least until the end of November, Budget Director Andrew Clinger said today. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Raggio Questions Jobs, Stimulus Numbers

  (Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – A state lawmaker yesterday questioned the accuracy and completeness of the reporting on the use of federal stimulus funds in Nevada. Sen. Bill Raggio, R-Reno, asked how it is possible that thousands of jobs have been “created or retained” in Nevada with stimulus funds while the state...

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Nurses union sues hospital operator over vaccine mandate

  The Service Employees International Union Local 1107 is suing the operators of Sunrise Hospital and Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, claiming the hospitals’ H1N1 vaccination policies are a violation of its collective bargaining agreement. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009
• Opinion

  Pollster: Reid Will Win in Nevada

  With thousands of people moving in every month, it’s no surprise that Nevada looks like a new state every time Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid returns home. But that helps to explain why he’s started campaigning and advertising for re-election in 2010 so early. Continue reading…

  Chuck Muth November 11, 2009