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2010 list of candidates
by Tribune Staff
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Candidates running for election in Nevada
Reno-Sparks Chamber holds candidates forum Tuesday
by Tribune Staff
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The Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce will hold a candidates forum and reception Tuesday.
Welcome To Election Season
by Nathan Orme
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With this week’s filing period over, we now have the official word on who is running for which offices.
Saving millions
by Ira Hansen
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In May 2008, Gov. Jim Gibbons, preparing wisely for worst case economic conditions, put together a bipartisan team of 14 senior business leaders: seven Democrats and seven Republicans.
Lining their pockets
by Ira Hansen
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“Conflict of interest: The circumstance of a public official whose private financial interests might benefit from his or her official votes or actions.” In the Nevada Assembly, 45 percent of the m...
Cut spending, don’t raise taxes
by Ira Hansen
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Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch. The real root of Nevada’s budget crisis is, paradoxically, the prosperity of the last decade. As the economy, fueled by artifi...
The wild horse mess
by Ira Hansen
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Hard to believe, but here in the Wild West mustangs once made money. But, the old time mustangers were “cruel.” They used motorized vehicles; they would kill the sick and lame ones; they used the g...
New taxes needed?
by Ira Hansen
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Using the “general fund” and ignoring the total spending from all revenue sources is a tool government uses to fool the people.
Gustavson for State Senate
by Ira Hansen
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When my friend and fellow conservative Don Gustavson, Assemblyman from District 32, announced he was seeking the same Senate seat I’m interested in, I had to do some reassessing.
Race and Reality : The hypocrisy of the Democrats
by Ira Hansen
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“Methinks the lady doth protest too much.” Shakespeare’s observation of hollow concern speaks volumes about modern American race relations. Chris Matthews, a liberal Democrat to the core, is the ...
Massachusetts tidal wave: The sinking of Harry Reid
by Ira Hansen
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The stunning upset victory of Republican Scott Brown over Democrat Martha Coakley in ultra-liberal Massachusetts has serious repercussions for far-away Nevada.
WCSD actual spending per student: $13,000 yearly
by Ira Hansen
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The biggest budget item in Nevada is education and the typically held view is, if anything, we need to spend more, not less.
How to change your outlook: Listen to NPR
by Ira Hansen
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Tired of bad news? I listened to National Public Radio, the government subsidized newspeak outlet – and man, my whole perspective changed! The glass is not half empty, it’s half full! Economic news...
A New Year’s review of past environmental predictions
by Ira Hansen
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“The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked on now. At this late date [1968] noth...
Man of the century: Walt Disney
by Ira Hansen
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Walt Disney is known to every person in America, and always in a positive light.
Is there life after death? The evidence
by Ira Hansen
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“I know for sure that there is a life hereafter, and that the ones that has gone before will be there to welcome us when we depart this life.”
Friendly feuding columnists
by Jake Highton
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And do as adversaries do in law—strive mightily but eat and drink as friends.
‘Inherit the wind’ — the evolutionist’s big lie 
by Ira Hansen
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Thanks to “intelligent design,” the effort to show a guiding hand behind biological evolution, the great debate over the origin of life is again front-page news. For me, I reject “intelligent desi...
Death raises question: Is there life after life?
by Ira Hansen
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First, some sad news: Robert “Pat” Patnaude, the highly decorated Sparks war veteran I wrote about on Nov. 8, died on Wednesday. He was 75. When I interviewed Pat he was in poor condition from sev...
Holiday thoughts from our founders
by Ira Hansen
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Scheels All-Sports ran a nice big half page ad last year at this time here in the Tribune, quoting Lincoln extensively about our nation’s obligations to God.