Fundraising is one of the most distasteful things about politics. Sometimes, you have to say things so out of character, they can surprise even the people who know you.
Steve Sebelius
It’s always a kick when left and right come together to question the power of the federal government.
During the 2013 Legislature’s debate over a bill to require background checks for almost all private-party gun sales, there were plenty of what-ifs.
There were plenty who were disappointed recently when the U.S. Supreme Court decided California’s Proposition 8 gay-marriage case without really rendering an opinion.
Now that Nevada’s Legislature has ended 13 years of ignoring a voter-approved constitutional mandate to provide medical marijuana to sick people, everything’s fine. Right?
In Washington, there is no tomorrow or yesterday, only today, right now, this exact moment.
Sen. Harry Reid isn’t asking for anything unreasonable.
In the critically neglected 1996 action film “Executive Decision,” hero Kurt Russell finally confronts the terrorist leader who has taken over a 747 bound for Washington, D.C., and loaded with nerve gas. “Who are you?” the terrorist demands.
Erin Bilbray thinks Rep. Joe Heck is trying to have things both ways when it comes to immigration reform.
I’m not a traffic engineer, or a city planner, or a social scientist. I’m but a simple driver on the roads of Las Vegas.
Will Rogers once said the vice president had the best job in the country. “All he has to do is get up every day and say, ‘How is the president?’ ”
Rep. Joe Heck can sure draw a crowd. The Republican congressman packed the house at the monthly breakfast meeting of Hispanics in Politics this week, and there wasn’t much question why: People wanted to hear about immigration reform.
If there’s a worse way to supplement Clark County police budgets than the More Cops sales tax approach, we’d be hard-pressed to find it.
Retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly is an unlikely gun grabber.