Jim Rogers' column in the Las Vegas Sun criticizes Nevada for not taxing parents enough to adequately fund education.  In his column, he equates Nevada's low per-pupil funding to child abuse and neglect. Mr. Rogers seems literally to believe that "under-funding" education is equivalent to leaving children naked and starving.

Today the Wall Street Journal editorialized on America's uncompetitive position in the world due to our relatively high corporate tax rate. According to a new Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) study cited by the editors, America has the second-highest corporate tax rate among OECD countries.

George Bush will be remembered as one of America's best presidents ... but not for any good reason.

Jon Ralston's latest column in In Business Las Vegas not only claims that Nevada needs to raise taxes to address its budget shortfall, but that everyone who opposes tax hikes should be ignored. But a one-sided debate is like a one-handed clapping contest, so let's review the facts.

Nevada's higher education regents want almost 10 percent more for their budgets despite the state's revenue shortfall.  What planet are they living on?  Nevada isn't even getting a positive rate of return on its current investment in higher education.  How can the regents justify an even greater investment?

Recently, KNPR public radio 88.9 interviewed Clark County school trustee candidates for seats A and B in separate interviews.  Seats A and B are currently held by Mary-Beth Scow and Ruth Johnson, respectively.  Both incumbents were disqualified from running after Nevada's Supreme Court upheld term limits.  The races are anyone's game. 

Good news returns just in time for school. The Nevada State Board of Education ended the moratorium on approving new charter schools, but there is more to do if we want to improve education.

The latest scuttlebutt in the business world is that Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobile, was seen in tears in his office this morning.  Reportedly he was upset that no one sent him a "Thank You" card for lowering gas prices.

The Reno Gazette-Journal lamented the loss of Reno's innovative wind-power generator manufacturing company Mariah Power by writing, "Lack of available talent and the short-term $1.8 million interest-free loan offered by Youngstown, Ohio, is what caused Mariah Power to move its manufacturing plant out of state."

If your only source for news was ... well, the news, you would think Nevada's budget cuts are literally cutting through to the bone.