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2007
Barbwires

BARBWIRE
by
ANDREW BARBANO

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The 2009 first-place Nevada Press Association award winners
Tony the Tiger & the flaky NFL
Barbwire / 11-30-2008
Deregulation is never having to say you're sorry
Barbwire / 8-3-2008
Nevada: A good place to visit, but do you want to live here?
Barbwire / 6-15-2008

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Barbwire.TV:
15-year overnight success
Daily Sparks Tribune 2-10-2008

The Barbwire's Greatest Hits
Highlights from radio days
mp3 file

Déjà Vu Part Deux:
Tap City Again and Again
Expanded from the 2-7-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Bill Raggio, Governor of Nevada 2011
Expanded from the 1-24-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune

Worthy of your reading
150 Years of 9/11
A historical tour de force by Dennis Myers
Now with a new photo illustration

BLASTS FROM THE PAST
Some of the Barbwire's Greatest Hits

NEW! 1995 Washoe Med Grand Jury Report
Additional columns just uploaded from our archives
Grand Jury report available for the first time on the web
Just in time for the latest nurses' union vote — and victory
Merle Brennan: The Last American Sportsman, 1-7-1996
Updated with vintage photos, restored race cars and a visit from Il Comendatore himself
UPDATED 10-4-2008

Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004
A memoir from Nevada's undercover Reagan-Bush PR man
Slightly updated 6-6-2004 from the 8-2-1992 Daily Sparks Tribune original

History
Labor Day '94: People vs. Corporate Con-Job
A brief history of neo-con PR and the roots of corporate propaganda

Tragedy
Come, follow me: A walk with the grateful dead
A visit to Nevada's first AIDS leper colony
From the 8-19-1988 and 7-10-1994 Daily Sparks Tribune

Did Naval Air Station Fallon bury live animals after a huge fuel spill?
From the 1-19-1990 AND 1-22-1990 Daily Sparks Tribune

Comedy
Theme casinos, Spuds MacKenzie & Brigitte Bardot
The first Barbwire
Originally published in Reno, LV and Sunworld Airlines magazines, August, 1987

Continuing Tragicomedy
Judge Clarence Thomas meets Prof. Kingsfield
Reprinted in the San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Legal Journals, 1991

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em
The reasons behind the failure of Nevada's first non-smoking casino
Barbwire 3-2-1990

2007
Barbwires

BARBWIRE
by
ANDREW BARBANO