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The Flexibility of Statistics and the Real US Jobs Picture

May 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Today on Nevada Newsmakers we had a spirited discussion about the unemployment rate, with a claim that the number of jobs has actually been increasing under President Obama.  (You can see the full panel discussion here – it was much feistier than usual!)  I threw out some rough approximation of stats during the debate (you […]

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Tags: Economy · Media Alert

The Caucuses: Prologue (And Shameless TV Plug)

February 5th, 2012 · 2 Comments

My blogging’s been pretty sparse of late, on account of my involvement with the Washoe County caucuses yesterday.  I’m happy it’s done, and even happier that Washoe County’s caucuses were smooth and successful, even if the turnout was disappointing.  But the overwhelming consensus from caucus goers county-wide was that the planning and organization of this […]

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Tags: Campaign '12 · Media Alert · Republicans

Some Follow Up on Same-Day Caucus Registration

September 30th, 2011 · Comments Off on Some Follow Up on Same-Day Caucus Registration

Yesterday’s post on the same-day caucus registration has been getting a lot of great feedback – thanks to everyone who passed it around.  Also, I’ll be on 99.1 FM Tuesday morning around 7:00 to discuss the topic. Unfortunately, there have also been some responses that aren’t exactly… fully accurate, either because the responder doesn’t understand […]

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Tags: Campaign '12 · Media Alert · Republicans

Punditry!

November 17th, 2010 · Comments Off on Punditry!

I’ll be on the Nevada NewsMakers pundit panel tomorrow – check their website for airtimes and/or streaming video.  Update:  The video of today’s show is up at the link. Also, I’ve updated and expanded my Nevada political blogroll over there to your right.  I’ve included some of the more significant lefty ones – always interesting […]

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Tags: Housekeeping · Media Alert

First Friday Interview

November 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Last night the Young Republicans co-sponsored Reno’s first First Friday event, and local activist and candidate for State Senate (Washoe 4) Todd “Taxpayer” Bailey was on hand with his podcast equipment.  Here’s his cast, with my interview at the begining: First Friday Podcast Thanks, Todd! The next First Friday is – of course – the […]

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Tags: Economy · Foreign Policy · Media Alert · Nevada Politics

Media Alert

May 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Media Alert

I’ll be a small part of an article in the Reno Gazette-Journal this weekend, or so I’m told that’s when it’ll be published.  The piece is about one of my clients who served in Iraq.  Hopefully it’ll remain up on their website until I get back from Alaska!

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Tags: Media Alert