Opinion Columns

The proponents of an appellate court in Nevada will surely face one criticism above all others if the plan makes the 2014 ballot: Didn’t the voters just say no to this idea?

Well, there they go again.

Nevada: First in the West!

Casino magnate Steve Wynn called me Friday to lodge his objections to my column on the tip-pooling policy he implemented at his eponymous hotel in 2006.

You’d think state law was clear on its face.

There’s a classic scene in the gone-too-soon HBO series “Deadwood,” when an exhausted Wild Bill Hickok tries to dissuade his good friend from helping to find a job for the increasingly restless gunfighter. “Can you let me go to hell the way I want to?” Hickock pleads.

Now we have a number, at least.

The last time U.S. Sen. Harry Reid spoke to the Nevada Legislature, he talked about banning legal prostitution. The Legislature promptly ignored him.

When it comes to anti-heroes, Rep. Frank Underwood, D-S.C., is about as anti as you can get.

The real question about former Clark County Commissioner Chip Maxfield’s recently ended job at the defunct Clean Water Coalition is not why he was paid a salary or consulting fees for years after the agency lost its reason to exist.