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Muth: Uber, Lyft FBI background checks worthy of discussion even for free-marketers

I supported legalizing “ride-sharing” in Nevada during last year’s legislative session despite concerns raised about safety and insurance. My position was that if a private citizen wishes to join a private ride-sharing club like Uber or Lyft and freely assumes all the risks associated with using the service, that’s their choice.

Viewpoint: Responsible gun owners support background checks

Like many kids raised in rural Nevada, as soon as my brother and I were old enough, my father taught us how to handle firearms. We got our junior memberships to the NRA and passed the NRA Hunter Safety Program as soon as we were old enough, a rite of passage as common as getting a driver’s license. Growing up in Hawthorne, everybody I knew owned guns and I could hardly wait to go plinking with a .22 when the time came. Guns represented a common thread among us, we marked the beginning and end of duck season and deer season just as we waited for the start of football or basketball, and respect for the Second Amendment was woven into the fabric of my childhood.

Donald Trump: Unprincipled Populist

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign rhetoric is, by most accounts, “populist,” but that’s a broad description. Trump takes his “populism” from a particular historical tradition — one with a baleful history in American politics.

Election 2016: Think three’s a crowd? Try 2,000

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson is a “fringe candidate.” I’m not sure what definition of “fringe” Trump is using. Johnson is a former governor, elected twice as a Republican in a Democrat-leaning state. Trump’s main presidential qualification seems to be his legendary skill at trolling his opponents on Twitter.

Beatty chamber hacked

The Beatty Chamber of Commerce has fallen victim to one of the sneakiest internet scams out there—the “stranded traveler scam.”

Editorial: Editing the Bill of Rights

It didn’t generate much buzz, but it should have. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has come out against the free speech protections enshrined in the First Amendment.

Myers: History and its power to protect us

In 1964 Nevada marked its centennial. I was 15 and decided I would live to 115 so that I would be able to celebrate the Nevada bicentennial. I did, indeed, celebrate the U.S. bicentennial, spending the day in Virginia City where the U.S. centennial had been marked in 1876 (on the wrong day, granted, but we always do that).

Knapp: Unicorns, mermaids, politicians, and ‘free’

Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler wants telephone companies to make robocall-blocking technology available to their customers. And he wants them to do so “at no charge.”

Veterans Report: Veterans (Easter) Seal the deal

There are many major and minor veterans organizations locally and nationally that provide thousands of hours of pro-bono service and invest millions of dollars in time and treasure to help veterans and their families. Groups such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and so many more have been collectively helping veterans for hundreds of years.

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