July, August 1996 issue
Book Review: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
Book Review Where We've Been and Where We're Going "One consequence of deregulation during the Reagan Administration was the blurring of sizing formulas adopted in the 1940’s by the...
Under the Silver Dome: Voter Security: A Right Precariously Balanced
Under the Silver Dome Voter Security: A Right Precariously Balanced by Nannette Moffett mericans want their ballots to be secure, secret and anonymous. How difficult should it be to vote?...
Nevada Forecast: Potential Impacts of the Global Warming Treaty
Nevada Forecast Potential Impacts of the Global Warming Treaty by Erica Olsen ax and regulatory structures were considered as mechanisms to control the emission of greenhouse gases at the 1995...
Rural Wrap: State Plans to Boost Phone Rates, Taxes in One Swoop
Rural Wrap State Plans to Boost Phone Rates, Taxes in One Swoop By Dan Steninger everal weeks ago I received a news release from the Nevada Public Service Commission, though...
Cover Story: Dragon’s Teeth
Cover Story Dragon's Teeth Cadmus walked down the furrow, planting the teeth, and scarce had he done so when clods began to move aside and spear-points rise above them. Helmets...
Twelve Years of Education Reform: The Dismal Track Record
Twelve Years of Education Reform: The Dismal Track Record The fate of public education reform efforts in Nevada over the past 12 years bears out this judgment, as those who...
Rural Wrap: Secret Use of Tax Dollars to Lobby for Tax Increases
Rural Wrap Secret Use of Tax Dollars to Lobby for Tax Increases By Dan Steninger ell, well, well. All the biennial hoopla over how "good government" activists are working to...
Cover Story: Hillary-Care for Kids Through the Backdoor
Cover Story Hillary-Care for Kids Through the Backdoor by Erica Olsen illary Health Care is coming to Nevada by way of a new federal program smilingly called KidCare —...
Power and Privilege: A Fight from the Beginning: Nevada’s Right to Work Law
Power and Privilege A Fight from the Beginning: Nevada's Right to Work Law by Larry Litchfield his is a call to arms. If ever we needed a Nevada Citizen’s Committee...