But the State Wants Another Pound of Flesh There was a time, in the golden age of common sense, when a man settled his dues with society by serving his time, and once he’d done so, he was handed his walking papers and sent on his way, free to pursue whatever meager prospects awaited him.…

Water, Wealth, & Wisdom The fine folk of Amargosa Valley have spoken, and they ain’t whispering no more. With voices hoarse from repeating common sense to an indifferent government, they gathered again to plead their case: keep the mines out and the water in. For those unacquainted with the latest chapter in the eternal saga…

Jebediah Slocum was born in Illinois of decent stock, but somewhere along the way, something in him soured. At twenty-six, he shot a man over a dispute best forgotten and fled westward, where men of his temperament often found their calling. By the time he reached the Sierra Nevada range, he had a reputation trailing…

Justice, Nevada-Style In the fair and just hamlet of Incline Village, where the pine trees whisper secrets and good folks sip their morning coffee in peace, the long arm of the law has seen fit to scoop up two wayward fellows who forgot that their past misdeeds did not come with an expiration date. The…

It appears that some folks have got it in their heads that Nevada’s schools, with all their fine reputation, lack precisely one thing: a student trustee to warm a chair and nod thoughtfully at county school board meetings. Yes, State Senator Angela Taylor and Assemblymember Duy Nguyen have hatched AB 316, a scheme to install…

There’s a certain kind of silence in Nevada’s wide-open country—the kind a man welcomes when he’s watching the sun sink behind a range of stubborn hills and the kind that makes him check his revolver twice when trouble comes knocking. But there’s another silence, more insidious and less welcome—the silence of a state government when…

A Hot Day, A Hotter Bill, More Nonsense Well, folks, it appears the barons of NV Energy have cooked up yet another reason to lighten your pockets, blaming none other than the weather itself. Yes, dear reader, because the good people of Nevada had to endure a few sweltering days last year, NV Energy now…

And Also, Bed Sheets It has come to the attention of certain enterprising members of Congress that a frightful menace lurks in the digital ether, whispering nefarious secrets into the ear of the Chinese government. This ominous specter, known as DeepSeek, is an artificial intelligence platform born in the far-off land of China—a place already…

The Nevada Legislature, in its infinite wisdom and boundless energy for busywork, has taken up the noble cause of solving problems that expired when the state itself was much more than a dusty waypoint for weary prospectors. Assemblyman Reuben D’Silva, a gentleman untroubled by the practical affairs of governance, has taken it upon himself to…

Samuel Clemens—better known as Mark Twain– stood on the boardwalk of Virginia City. On a brisk morning, with the sun barely peeking over the horizon, Twain found himself in a rather peculiar situation. A heated argument with a cantankerous fellow had escalated to the point where a duel seemed imminent. Twain, not keen on the…