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The latest installment
appears at the top of the list.
Links to archives and special reports appear at bottom.
Unless
otherwise noted, columns originate in the Daily
Sparks, Nev., Tribune
The
economic cure-all of mad cows
(Expanded
from 12-28-2003 Tribune; also edited for the 1-1-2004 Comstock Chronicle)
A
toxic Christmas present for America
The bitter fruitcake of
needless war
(Expanded
from 12-21-2003 Tribune; also edited for the 12-25 Comstock Chronicle)
Swallowing
what the cyclops feeds us
(Expanded
from 12-14-2003 Tribune; also edited for the 12-18 Comstock Chronicle)
Reagan,
Roosevelt, Reid, Redford and the jockocracy
(Expanded
from 12-7-2003 Tribune; also edited for the 12-11 Comstock Chronicle)
NevadaLabor.com
Exclusive
500
Reno Hilton employees fear pink slips Dec. 1
Toxic tales of no glory and
no guts
(Expanded from 11-30-2003
Tribune; also edited for the 12-4 Comstock Chronicle)
Concrete
blondes and unintended consequences
Conservative
lawsuit may return Right-to-Work-For-Less to the voters
Expanded from 11-23-2003
Tribune; also appeared in the 11-27 Comstock Chronicle
An edited version appeared in Las
Vegas CityLife, 12-11-2003
Dropping
the hammer and fumbling the ball
Criminalizing work and criminal
cable TV rates
Alliance
for Workers Rights forms ex-Sundowner network
(11-16-2003 Tribune;
edited for the 11-20 Comstock Chronicle)
Saturday
Night at the Apocalypse Saloon
Some
guys you should avoid like the plague (11-9-2003)
and
11-13-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Fighting
words, monopoly games and brothel roulette (11-2-2003)
and
11-6-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Signs
from God at city hall
(10-26-2003)
and
10-30-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Listen
to the madman on the streetcorner (10-19-2003)
and
10-23-2003 Comstock Chronicle
California
gives itself a boob job (10-12-2003)
An
updated version appeared in the 10-16-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Drop
kick me, Jesus, to Sparks City Hall (10-5-2003)
An
updated version appeared in the 10-9-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Mahatmas,
money grubbers and muscleheads (9-28-2003)
Michael
Moore: shocking Wesley Clark Iraq revelation
Arnold Schwarzenegger outed
An
updated version appeared in the 10-2-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Them
what's got shall get, them what's not shall lose (9-21-2003)
An
updated version appeared in the 9-25-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Tales
of two Johnnies and the Joneses (9-14-2003)
An
updated version appeared in the 9-18-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Talking
Treason — Ashcroft in Nevada (9-7-2003)
An
updated version appeared in the 9-11-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Burning
Bush on Labor Day (8-31-2003)
An
updated version appeared in the 9-4-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Slipping
on oil and walking on water (8-24-2003)
An
updated version appeared in the 8-28-2003 Comstock Chronicle
If
you sell cheap, you are cheap (8-17-2003)
An
updated version appeared in the 8-21-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Cynicism
is never having to say you're sorry (8-10-2003)
An
updated version appeared in the 8-14-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Coming
of Age in the High Desert Outback of the American Dream
Special to Las Vegas
CityLife 8-7-2003
Libel
and warmongering — that's entertainment (8-3-2003)
Twisted tales of allegations and allegators
An
updated version appeared in the 8-7-2003 Comstock Chronicle
The
high desert teenager matures just a little
An updated version appeared in the 7-31-2003 Comstock
Chronicle
Gov.
Dudley Do-Right and the Pelican Brief
also
published in the 7-24-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Mad
as hell? Aim your fire a little higher
also
published in the 7-17-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Tombstone
Epitaph: Don't Blame Me
also published in the 7-10-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Bragging
rights and budgetary bugging (6-29-2003)
also published in the 7-3-2003 Comstock Chronicle
The
politics of wearing scrambled eggs
also published in the 6-26-2003 Comstock Chronicle
Legislature
swoons on the muggy Ides of June
also published in the 6-19-2003
Comstock Chronicle
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Remembering Don and Liz Dondero Links to obits, info about Don's star-strewn book, his WWII exploits, the PBS program "The Making of the Misfits," tributes to Don and Liz, coverage of their going-away party and lots and lots of (what else?) Dondero photos. Adios
to Dondero and some political careers Dondero
— Nevada's Photographic Memory Blast
from the past
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Immemorial Day: The hazards of jingo-patriotism and Olyaphrodisia
Hell freezes over on the Ides of May
Gambling
industry continues to cook the books
Special to KUNR fm-88.7 / NPR,
12 May 2003
Messages from the piano player in the cat house (5-11-2003)
Legislative Petting Zoo — Some animals are more equal than others
Wife-beating, Dubya, Dudley & Dixie Chicks
Legislative
zoology: Hungry wolves and haughty hogs
Special to Las Vegas
CityLife 4-24-2003
The Baghdad buffet becomes Carson City chaos
Fight the juice and get washed out with the tide
Petty empires, war and peace, life and death
Cesar Chavez, duct tape and cable bandidos (3-30-2003)
EXPOSED! The problem with your cable TV is me
When elephants kill rhinos, who will answer?
Mucking with monopolists, mugwumps & mavericks
Astroturf, Lord Vader's sling and Sam Shad's shoes
Guy Richardson — Little Giant Among the Stars (2-23-2003)
The dogs of war in the sands of Iraq and Nevada
Minor
victories with Harry Potter and Uncle Scrooge
Barbano vs. the Gambling-Industrial
Complex — Don't Let Casinos Off the Hook
Special to the Las Vegas Review-Journal 2-7-2003
Sammy
Davis, Jr. — HNIC
From the Las Vegas CityLife
Black History Month edition 2-6-2003
Dudley
Do-Right, Joe Neal, chopped liver and the elephant in the living room
Web Special EXTRA Edition 2-3-2003
Logrolling,
air raids and dirty deeds done dirt cheap
Next to nothing from Gov. Dudley
Do-Right and his limo-dudes
Special to Las Vegas
CityLife 1-30-2003
Bus
busting and taxy dancing with Gov. Dudley Do-Right
Gambling
industry offers only token taxes and
cosmetic participation
1-20-2003
Web Extra
Dudley
Do-Right, Will Rogers and the silence of the cows
War stories your grandfather never told you
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