Ron Knecht

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  More Climate Change Facts and Issues

  In my last two columns, I said there have been mild global temperature increases for some time,...

  Ron Knecht March 25, 2020
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  Climate Change Facts and Issues

  (Ron Knecht) – In my last column, I said there have been mild global temperature increases for...

  Ron Knecht March 18, 2020
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  The Future of Fossil Fuels in an Anti-Carbon World

  Steve Welch recently gave an outstanding presentation to Reno’s Hayek Group on the future of fossil fuels...

  Ron Knecht March 12, 2020
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  Another Problem in Academe: Ants and Grasshoppers

  “’The ant and the grasshopper,’ my student Riswanda said, ‘teaches us that we must help others, even...

  Ron Knecht March 3, 2020
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  Higher Ed Becoming Ever More Ideological and Insular

  One of the greatest blessings of my life has been involvement in a number of roles in...

  Ron Knecht February 26, 2020
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  Technology and Entrepreneurs Made Country Music

  Recently, I asked my daughter Karyn to name three technological developments that allowed country music to rise...

  Ron Knecht February 19, 2020
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  AP, “Virtue Signaling” and Essential Facts and Issues

  Three-quarters of National Basketball Association players are black.  Ditto, 65 percent of National Football League players.  For Major League...

  Ron Knecht February 12, 2020
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  The Best State of the Union Speech Ever

  (Ron Knecht) – Tuesday President Donald Trump delivered the best State of the Union speech ever.  He had...

  Ron Knecht February 5, 2020
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  Are We Fortunate? We’re Truly Blessed

  In 2002, I won election to the Nevada Assembly.  At our first caucus meeting, Lynn Hettrick, the caucus...

  Ron Knecht January 29, 2020
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  “Housing (or Whatever) Is A Human Right”

  (Ron Knecht) – Recently, Associated Press (AP) published an article the Reno paper ran with the headline,...

  Ron Knecht January 15, 2020
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  Iran, War, History and International Relations

  (Ron Knecht) – I try to be well informed on many public policy matters, but I pretend...

  Ron Knecht January 8, 2020
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  2019 Good News: Thanks, America and Pres. Trump

  There’s much to celebrate from 2019.  Let’s hope for more of the same in 2020. First, this from...

  Ron Knecht January 1, 2020
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  Christmas Through the Years

  When I was seven, I got a cowboy hat and dual-holster gunbelt, plus twin cap pistols for...

  Ron Knecht December 18, 2019