Issue: October 12, 2006

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Defender of liberty
The First Amendment is the most glorious thing about the United States, but it’s not being protected by the journalists who should honor it.
This article was published on 10.12.06
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Tax-funded campaigns
Public officials are getting into a habit of using their offices to campaign against ballot measures.
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Chenoweth killed
Former U.S. Representative Helen Chenowith-Hage of Idaho, widow of a Nevada rancher, died near Tonopah last week.
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Rockin’ mom
Emily Reid, co-owner of the Chocolate Bar, is 7-months pregnant and about to open a new baby store called Rockabye.
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Elect Dean Heller
We can only hope Dean Heller will carry on in Washington as he has carried on as Nevada secretary of state.
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Letters for October 12, 2006
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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A disaster area
Big blazes in Elko County this summer burned some 1.5 million acres—something the Department of Wildlife is calling a “major disaster”
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There are reasons Carter lost twice
President Jimmy Carter wasn’t the president local media seem to remember him as.
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Thoughts on righteous war
Bush thinks he’s doing god’s work. But the way he’s going about it makes you wonder which god?
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Out of the cage
Emerging artist Rocky Batastini doesn’t see why one person shouldn’t master poetry, painting and the triangle chokehold.
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Time share
Dozens of local organizations need volunteer help. Here are three worthy ones.
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Boys gone Wilde
Bruka Theatre’s production of Gross Indecency follows the real-life fall of Oscar Wilde as he is tried and convicted for homosexuality.
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Jack’s back
With The Departed, Martin Scorsese is firing on all cylinders.
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Tight-knit lunatics
Local indie rockers The Touques concoct clever, catchy songs.
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The bloom of love
Eating the food at Lupita’s is like a rocket direct to el sol.
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