Opinion Columns

Local think tank throws a Hail Mary

We’d all be better off if a Carson City judge sided with a conservative think tank and allowed a lawsuit over the separation-of-powers clause to proceed.

Can’t we end the Republican-on-Republican violence?

January 10, 2012 - 2:14 am

Long way to go

January 8, 2012 - 2:14 am

You need a recess to make recess appointments

January 6, 2012 - 2:04 am

Let’s get a few things straight.

Caucus politicking part of bigger drama

January 4, 2012 - 2:02 am

For all the pride Iowa takes in its first-in-the-nation caucus, for all the attention the state’s voters get from candidates, for all of the column inches and broadcast hours consumed by reporting stories before, during and after voting, the impact is almost entirely rhetorical.

Plenty of lessons learned during an interesting 2011

December 18, 2011 - 2:03 am

Usually, odd-numbered years aren’t that great for political news. But 2011 proved to be an exception in some very big ways.

Con law seminar makes you appreciate the Constitution

December 16, 2011 - 2:00 am

For many people, sitting in a room with a professor of constitutional law — even a noted one, a Harvard graduate — to listen to a lecture about recent cases is a definition of torture prohibited by the Geneva Conventions.

Breeden bids politics goodbye for family

December 14, 2011 - 2:04 am

Compromise is a dirty word — if you’re losing

December 13, 2011 - 1:59 am

It’s not surprising that the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee thinks the way to end gridlock in Washington is to elect more Democrats. Surely, Republicans think winning back the Senate and the White House is the key to progress.

Where does this end?

December 11, 2011 - 2:03 am

There are two, and only two, possibilities surrounding U.S. Senate Republicans’ decision to filibuster the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

GOP may have big primary fight, too

December 9, 2011 - 2:02 am

As it turns out, apparently I had a clue all along

December 6, 2011 - 2:00 am

Suddenly, I don’t feel so clueless.

Flipping hypocrisy

December 4, 2011 - 2:02 am

Finding hypocrisy in politics is about as difficult as finding drunks in a bar, so detailing each and every double-standard could fill the entire newspaper. But sometimes, one stands out enough to deserve a little extra scrutiny.

It’s long past time to stop ignoring the constitution

December 2, 2011 - 2:04 am

Mo Denis is an unlikely candidate for tyrant.

To avoid accidents, teach kids physics

November 30, 2011 - 2:02 am