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John L. Smith

John L. Smith

John L. Smith is a contributing columnist for The Nevada Independent. A Nevada native, he is a longtime Las Vegas journalist and author whose latest book is “Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens: The Endless War over the West’s Public Lands.”

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The Paranoid Style in Nevada Politics

The Paranoid Style in Nevada Politics

Welcome to rural Nevada, where anti-government sentiment runs high and county governments serve as a petri dish for far-right political branding, conspiracy and experimentation.

John L. Smith