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Exposing the ‘secure our borders’ lie

President Barack Obama said some interesting things in his Jan. 27 State of the Union address. They’re interesting not so much because they’re lies, but because the political class — the kind of people who field lobbyists in Washington and file lawsuits for the ACLU and edit major American newspapers — was so confident that these utterances were lies that it simply ignored what might otherwise have been some earthshaking developments.

The audacity of hypocrisy

A passel of Nevada politicians tripped over each other in the mad dash to chastise President Barack Obama for yet another cheap shot at the presumed profligacy of a Vegas vacation. But did anyone really listen to the content of his “Father Knows Best” lecture?

Obama courts independents

Barack Obama has come up with a political rehabilitation strategy that’s not bad.

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Bad dog food for the Democrats

Just as we saw in the last 21/2 years of the Bush administration, the Obama administration obviously has listened to respond, rather than listening to hear.

If you can’t say something nice

In politics, the old rationalization goes, if everyone’s unhappy, you must be doing something right.

Balanced budget

Proposals to amend the Constitution to require that Congress balance the budget have come and gone for years.

Juice job?

Up till last month, a Henderson ordinance required anyone seeking an ambulance license to have in hand an accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services.

Red ink

The bill for the state’s unfunded pension liabilities could come a lot sooner than anyone expected.

Gays in uniform

The nation’s top defense officials declared Tuesday that it’s time to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, allowing gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history

Put all options on the table

Gov. Jim Gibbons and the Nevada Legislature learned this week that they face an $881.4 million budget deficit. Gibbons will call legislators into special session later this month to figure out how to deal with it.