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Unless
otherwise noted, columns originate in the Daily
Sparks, Nev., Tribune.
As of Sept. '06, they again appear semi-regularly in the Comstock Chronicle.
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Recent
BARBWIRE Media Hits The
Dean of Reno Bloggers could very well be Andrew Barbano, self-described
"fighter of public demons," who started putting his "Barbwire"
columns online in 1996 and now runs 10
sites. "Our
long national nightmare is over." BARBANO:
Nevada's newly-hiked minimum wage is nowhere near enough Oregon State U. minimum wage deflator Time
to bring back NAGPAC? |
Freedom
from fear: The greatest gift
SPARKS TRIBUNE 12-24-2006
Idiocracies
and Skullduggeries of the Season
SPARKS
TRIBUNE 12-17-2006
The
Barbwire Strikes Back
Gomorrah South shall not besmirch the honor of the
Tribune
Special
web edition 12-15-2006
Good
works and bad guys
SPARKS TRIBUNE 12-10-2006
One
town, two worlds
How the landed gentry defend exploitation
by changing the subject to the weather
SPARKS
TRIBUNE 12-3-2006
Children
of the corn
SPARKS TRIBUNE 11-26-2006
A
tale of two people: A Thanksgiving gift
Special web edition 11-22-2006
Eating
the seed corn: What do we do now?
SPARKS
TRIBUNE 11-19-2006
Fear,
guilt, money and racism
SPARKS
TRIBUNE 11-12-2006
The
wages of Raggio — Payback time
Special
web edition 11-6-2006
Enough,
already
Sen. Maurice Washington's outright lying to the Sparks Tribune is the extremely,
ultimatest, worst best damnedest very dead last freakin' straw!
SPARKS
TRIBUNE 11-5-2006
The
Lady in the Red Dress
The Barbwire's classic Nevada Day column written in 1983
SPARKS
TRIBUNE 10-29-2006
Stiffed
on the Strip
Las Vegas CityLife
10-27-2006
Reasons
for not voting early and not voting at all
Plus: Response to a reader regarding ballot questions
Jim Gibbons v. Dina Titus on cutting Nevada retirement benefits
10-22-2006
Rock
and Roll
10-8-2006
Fred
Flintstone for governor
10-1-2006
Right
and Wrong vs. Legal and Illegal
9-24-2006
Secret
nuclear sparks
9-17-2006
Abreast
of the news
New
obscene photo evidence
9-10-2006
Labor
Day 2006: Already Gone
The American Devolution
9-3-2006
Scoops,
dupes, shucks and jukes
8-27-2006
GOD,
GADZOOKS! — Getting medieval in the sanctuary
8-20-2006
Washoe
County voters turned away at polls
PLUS:
K-Mart taxes groceries
(Illegal in these parts)
Special web edition for the Ides of August
8-15-2006
Updated
with dispatches from the trenches 8-17-2006
Roll
Over and Play Dead
TWO
MORE NEVADANS FALL ON THE SANDS OF ARABY
8-13-2006
Superannuated
Street Stories
8-6-2006
Porno
and Politics: Same thing, only different
7-30-2006
Sicko:
workers, renters and kids
7-23-2006
Oddities
and Outrages
7-16-2006
Three
of a kind against the house
7-9-2006
How
to live forever: Harry Reynolds, 1957-2006
Updated with a memorial by Christiane Brown 8-5-2006
7-2-2006
Where
were you in '52?
6-25-2006
Intolerance,
self-taught
6-18-2006
Red,
White and Screwed, Part Deux
6-11-2006
Red,
White and Screwed
6-4-2006
The
cure for what ails you
5-21-2006
Puff
pieces and prescription pillage
5-14-2006
Girly
men, battlebots and a chance to save a kid
5-7-2006
Tar
and Feathers
4-30-2006
TURNING
PURPLE AT THE GAS PUMP ON OUR ONE DAY OF GREEN CELEBRATION
Boycotting water on Earth Day
4-23-2006
POSTMORTEM
ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS JESPERSEN V. HARRAH'S LIPSTICK LAWSUIT:
Barbwire by Barbano: Humpty
Dumpty justice, plus commentary
by Jespersen attorney Jenny Pizer.
As
always, monitor NevadaLabor.com for the latest updates.
4-16-2006
Migrating
conservatism
Immigration
is no problem at all
4-9-2006
Fatal
conservatism
State stinginess brings back ghosts
of depredations past
4-2-2006
March
of the Naked Cowboys
3-26-2006
Dens
of Iniquity and Inequity
3-19-2006
Brittle
Bones of the Busted Boom
3-12-2006
Donut
hole death spirals
3-5-2006
We
don't need no stinking wages!
Nevada
Supreme Court prevailing wage decision may backfire
Special Internet
Edition 3-4-2006
Bubbling
Discontent
Fast turnover and fast cars:
Classified dangers for the real estate bubble
Plus a visit from
Bill Harrah, Merle Brennan and Enzo Ferrari
2-26-2006
You're
worth $100k dead
2-19-2006,
updated 3-5-2006
You
say potato, I say potatoe
2-12-2006
State
of the Onion
2-5-2006
Take
my wife, please
1-29-2006
Negativity
is never having to say you're sorry
1-22-2006
Welfare
are us
1-15-2006
Canadian
Club Med
1-8-2006
Of
floods and cows
1-1-2006
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Columnists
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Highton
Travus
T. Hipp
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Andrew Barbano is a Reno-based member of Communications Workers of America Local 9413, the union of Mark Twain. A 38-year Nevadan, he is a writer, media maven and editor/producer of websites and radio and television programs. Barbwire by Barbano has originated in the Daily Sparks (Nev.) Tribune since 1988.
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