December, 1997 issue
An Overdue Candid look At Nevada’s Dominant Industry
By Ralph Heller, Npri Senior Consulting Editor Americans love recreational activities and according to The Economist about 177 million of us in 1995 participated in or watched baseball, football, hockey,...
Nevadan Sees through the Smoke and Mirrors: The Chemical Weapons Convention
By Robert C. Tauber It was a pathetic sight watching Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Secretary of Defense William Cohen defend the need for ratification of the Chemical...
Protecting Our Land and Our National Sovereignty
The United Nations involvement in settling an environmental dispute raises growing concerns over who is really in control of our land. Adapted from a Study Published by the Competitive Enterprise...
A Beginner’s Guide to the Politics of Power
by Jason H. Barret and John Dobra, Ph.D. An overview of the deregulation of electrical utilities which examines the effects such a change will have on Nevada. Choice is...
A Question of Liberty
By Jason Barrett, NPRI Executive Director The most basic and inalienable human right is self defense. All people, regardless of race, creed or gender, stand in general agreement on...
An Experienced Hunter Has Some Special Advice for Westerners
By Vance Haug On a frosty September morning just before dawn three bowhunters silently slipped through a dense pinyon-juniper jungle and crested the ridge that divided public Bureau of...
NPRI RADIO COMMENTARIES
Something very rare for Nevada is about to take place.In two Reno neighborhoods, private schools are set to open this fall. Wingfield Springs Community School will likely have 20 to...
Washington Report
Washington Watch: Important Nevada congressional votes in late May. Back to June Index
An Option for Nevada:Charitable Choice
By D. Dowd Muska, NPRI Research Analyst The nation’s welfare bureaucracy wastes billions of dollars. Estimates vary, but there is little doubt that massive sums allocated to assist the...