Hugh Jackson's "Damned Pundit" column in Las Vegas CityLife --
- Remains of the day -- Flotsam and jetsam (that you need to know!) from the political thing. 11-6-08
- Work much? Well, you're still a pathetic slacker who doesn't deserve a tax break -- just ask a conservative. 10-30-08
- Marketing failure -- It's not the conservative Republicans' "brand" that has fallen out of favor, it's their results. 10-23-08
- Putting people first -- On the sixth anniversary of Congress giving Bush a blank check to invade Iraq, time to point some fingers -- in an unlikely direction. 10-09-08
- A thriving dimocracy -- it's head in the sand and heels dug in, the U.S. holds another dumb election. 9-25-08
- What do Sarah Palin and Chrissy Mazzeo have in common? They both inspire all-important Nevada voting blocs composed of ignorant fools and full-on bumpkins. 9-11-08
- Change we can believe in? The West's evolving political landscape could decide the presidency. 8-29-08
- Jim Gibbons wants to be a cowboy when he grows up -- In the meantime, he still hasn't shown he deserves a tax break. 8-14-08
- Nevada's stealth congressman -- Can Jon Porter trick voters into thinking he's a harmless dullard yet again? 7-31-08
- John McCain was a prisoner of war? — Oh, well in that case, we should probably let him be president. 7-17-08
- John Ensign's big head — As our prettiest senator raises his Washington profile, he becomes more and more out of touch with Nevada. 7-3-08
- Democrats' 2008 strategy: Cowering in silent fear — If Democrats woke up one day in political control of the state, would it even matter? 6-19-08
- Stay the course — Just because the nation's worst governor is humiliated and disgraced, now is not the time for him to cut and run. 6-5-08
- Can't beat 'em — In another proud Nevada moment, the entire state declares itself powerless before the awesome might of the nation's wickedest governor. 5-22-08
- Allow me to respond — An open letter to Frank Fahrenkopf, president and CEO of the American Gambling, er, Gaming Association. 5-8-08
- Congressional candidate assures voters he's harmless — Democrat surrenders to GOP spin early in hopes of not offending anyone. 4-24-08
- Gambling addicts: Our forgotten heroes — Even in tough economic times, problem and pathological gamblers step up to the plate and do their part. 4-10-08
- And hey, let's be careful out there — Local authorities on pace to shatter single-year record for killing the citizenry. 3-27-08
- March of the minoritarians — Needlepoint, gardening, Wii -- whatever it is, won't someone please find Sheldon Adelson a new hobby? 3-13-08
- It's the Culinary, stupid — Las Vegas better hope the union's tarnished political profile doesn't diminish its economic clout. 2-28-08
- Psst, Mormons ... it's not about you — The fall of Willard Milton Romney. 2-14-08
- Economic depressant — With everyone stressing the need for a stimulus, Nevada goes in another direction. 1-31-08
- Not exactly what they had in mind — Can Nevada's Democratic Party survive Nevada's Democratic caucus? 1-17-08
- Local Republicans for dummies — A reference for the rest of us (2008 version). 01-03-08
- Rooting for the white male — John Edwards is a progressive and he's not apologizing for it. 12-20-07
- The 'socialized medicine' myth — Are conservatives deliberately lying, or just stupid? 12-06-07
- An ugly win — Did Nevada save Clinton and kill its caucus? 11-22-07
- Reid robs rubes — Nevada's senior senator coddles Big Mining and shortchanges his state. 11-08-07
- Not a Western thing — Presidential candidates have discovered people in Nevada are eerily similar to people in the rest of the country. 10-25-07
Freelance 2008 Democratic Convention coverage
- It's not really about Obama (CityLife) -- Can we spend at least a few moments on one of the best political speeches in the modern era
- Energy policy makes strange bedfellows (Guardian) -- Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has become an advocate for renewable energy, and the Democrats' improbably ally.
- Three's a crowd (CityLife)-- Going off message with the Clintons
- Nevada's State of Nerves (Guardian) -- After backing Clinton in the state's caucus, Nevada's delegates anxious to unite behind Obama.
- How the West might be won (Guardian) -- Issues such as gay marriage and gun control are losing traction in states like Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado.
Assorted older Hugh Jackson commentaries
- Affordable housing: Corporate neighbors and corporate neighborhoods, KNPR, 3-27-06
- TV stations cashing in on democracy, KNPR, 3-7-06
- Fighting terrorism with Gold, KNPR, 2-22-06
- She's got guts, KNPR, 1-27-06
- Ensign's handicap, KNPR, 1-11-06
- Things politicians won't say in 2006, KNPR, 12-30-05
- Ready for School? Military recruiters are, Las Vegas Review-Journal 8-28-05
- No Nevada elections, not this time, on KNPR 7-29-05
- Reid & Ensign: Enough with the love already, Las Vegas Review-Journal 7-6-05
- Video poker drones on KNPR 7-5-05
From deep inside the vault: Minor Heresies
From, oh, 1998 until sometime in 2001, Hugh Jackson, Gleaner proprietor, wrote a column called Minor Heresies, first for something called the Las Vegas Business Press and then for a free weekly with sex ads in the back called Las Vegas CityLife. Most of those columns, like Jackson's career in print journalism, have vanished. A handful, however, somehow managed to escape oblivion:
Always looking on the bright side On Nevada's flirtation with energy deregulation; 6-13-01
Anti-baby Baby Bush Bush's first budget tried to cut programs for women and children, too; 5-24-01
Time to declare war on drug kingpins Drug company kingpins, that is; 5-17-01
Cojones-free scaredy cats on parade Cowardly city, county officials avoid tax debate; 5-10-01
100 days, school days, Doris Day, whatever Corporations shouldn't be treated like people because they aren't; 5-3-01
The world's most grown-up man, and friends Cheney, his 'native' Wyoming and nuclear waste; 4-26-01
Fools rush in Nevada's plan to hand over its power supply to the same crowd that was gouging California; 4-19-01
And how will you be paying for that? Bush and the credit card industry trying to gut bankruptcy laws (wonder how that worked out?); 4-12-01
Rock & Roll is dead Well-deserved hit piece on the Hard Rock, 3-29-01
Teachers like sex too Well, they do, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't pay them more; 3-22-01
Working Dick dead What if Cheney had a conscience? A fantasy piece; 3-16-01
Blown judgment The worst, most politically tawdry Nevada Supreme Court decision that nobody ever talked about; 3-8-01
Universities embrace old profession Whoring for corporate cash on campus; 2-15-01
Full speed ahead Edmund Burke, Frankenstein, Catholics, Gingrich, Florida--it's all here in a deadline-induced ramble; 12-14-00
You mean Bush is still president? Self-explanatory; 6-21-01
Smugsy takes a whackin' The Venerable Reid's big Jim Jeffords coup; 5-31-01
Running on empty Blasting Enron before blasting Enron was cool; 2-1-01
Circuitous, but holistic Why Alan Greenspan should be the nation's repository for nuclear waste and other deadline-driven observations, 1-17-01
Bonus: Pesky colonists at it again Extremely rare Business Press specimen incidentally preserved and accidentally recovered. It's on socially responsible investing; circa February, 1999
A haphazardly collected hit-and-miss inventory of your Gleaner in the news
- Face to Face with Jon Ralston (TV). 6-10-08
- DNC Chairman Governor Dean Announces Blogs Selected For 2008 Democratic National Convention 'State Blogger Corps, DNCC release, 5-14-08
- Nevada Governor wants his mansion back and his wife out, Associated Press, 5-7-08
- Face to Face with Jon Ralston (TV). 5-5-08
- Workhorse or stalking horse?, Las Vegas Sun, 4-20-08
- Ouch! Why this last week made being a Republican rough, Las Vegas Sun, 3-2-08
- Edwards' message: Louder this time, Las Vegas Sun, 1-18-08
- Showdown in Nevada: Unions face off over casino caucus sites, Democracy Now, 1-17-08
- Liberty Watch Hot and Not List, December 2007
- Jon Ralston speaks with a Democratic centrist beleaguered by bloggers but unbowed, 11-2-07
- Erin Neff: Democrats and the blogosphere, 9-27-07
- iPundits, Las Vegas CityLife, 9-23-07
- All quiet on the Western front, Politico, 7-7-07
- Reid once again whips up political world, Las Vegas Sun, 6-15-07
- Reid sets off firestorm with criticism of Pace, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 6-15-07
- Why do I have to pay taxes? Las Vegas CityLife, 4-12-07
- How Netroots Killed the Fox Debate, Politico, 3-13-07
- Democrats pressured to drop Fox News despite compromise, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3-9-07
- Female power at Women's Summit, Las Vegas CityLife, 1-25-07
- Is it 2008 yet?, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 12-25-06
- Presidential politics get new venue, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 12-24-06
- Cheering on Tom, Las Vegas Sun, 12-3-2006
- Best of the Valley, Las Vegas CityLife, 11-16-06
- Best of the City, Las Vegas Life, November, 2006
- As polls how tightening race, Gibbons campaign finally comes to life, Las Vegas Review Journal, 7-28-05
- Gibbons reverses himself, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 7-24-06
- Vice is virtual for the online inclined, Los Angeles Times, 6-18-06
- Liberals log onto clout, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 6-10-06
- Caught in party politics, Las Vegas Sun, 4-29-06
- Political talk, Nevada Newsmakers (video link), 4-10-06
- Goodman: Donors await word on bid, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3-17-06
- Blogging Blue Politics, Las Vegas Weekly, 2-23-06
- Six Questions About Harter, Las Vegas Weekly, 2-2-06
- On the State of the Union, KNPR, 2-1-06
- Blogospheric conditions: The Gleaner and Professional Wingnut Chuck Muth on KNPR, 1-4-06
- Blogs make 2005 a media year to remember, Las Vegas Business Press, 12-30-05
- Gibson not 'lite' on call to serve, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 12-12-05
- What's mine, Reno News and Review, 12-8-05
- Bloggers poised to be player's on state's campaign landscape, Reno Gazette Journal, 11-20-05
- Reid's bold tactic surprises Washington, not Nevada, Reno Gazette Journal, 11-6-05
- Interview on KNPR's State of Nevada (audio link), 10-18-05
- Boss Vegas, Denver Post, 10-16-05
- Reid sees darker side of blog world, LV Review=Journal, 10-10-05
- All the News That's Fit to Click, CityLife 10-7-05
- Democrats have designs on state's GOP stronghold, Reno Gazette-Journal 8-28-05
- It won't be pretty. It might be cutthroat. It'll surely be fun. (Everything You Need To Know About the Next Governor's Race) Las Vegas Weekly 8-18-05
- Knappster, CityLife 7-28-05
- Campaign contributions: Rogers aided Democrats, Las Vegas Review-Journal 7-20-05
- 777/666, CityLife 6-30-05
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