Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 7/30/2007 2:40:07 PM
As a creature of newstalk radio, the Reasonable Reporter couldn’t help but observe that the YouTube debate was talk radio, with faces. Great product, repackaged, like the Green Day version of the Bobby Fuller hit “I Fought the Law.” It sounds convincingly new, and it’s cool for the next [...]
Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 7/23/2007 2:57:06 PM
Something is peculiar when lobbyists make predictions about a coming crisis, wherein Nevada citizens will have to, uh — trust lobbyists.
But this is what some of them are saying, as the bell tolls for Nevada’s most senior state legislators, a large and powerful group now facing term limits. The rap [...]
Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 7/16/2007 11:23:36 AM
Chris Dodd’s khaki slacks are frayed at the hems, as if he’s worn them repeatedly with shoes that allow them to drag on the ground. They’re neatly frayed, if such thing is possible, not ragged, and there are no hanging threads. All the same, it’s a distraction. Is it charmingly unpretentious? Or [...]
Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 7/10/2007 2:46:02 PM
Conservatives complain frequently about media bias. The news offers a liberal view of the world. Reporters tell stories reflecting their own left-leaning predispositions. Republicans and other right-of-center players are characterized by the media as stupid, evil, or comically unsophisticated.
It’s time for a closer look at the relationship between the [...]
Originally Published on NevadaNewsmakers.com, 7/2/2007 2:45:13 PM
Hello 911? Please hurry! I’m late for a party at Brookings!
The line of taxi cabs for hire at Union Station in the nation’s capital stretches the length of a city block. Each car has a plastic bubble on the roof with the name of the company that owns it. Above the [...]
