In all the second-guessing and navel gazing over the Faraday Future flop, no one is bringing up the real reason that the deal should never have been made in the first place. Yes, it was an ill-conceived idea for gullible Nevada lawmakers in a special session in 2015 on blind faith alone to agree to dole out $215 million in tax abatements and credits to entice Faraday Future … [Read more...]
Rules for lovers who text
All thriving couples attend to the equation of “separateness and connectedness.” Meaning, thriving love relationships require both a nurtured connectedness AND a healthy separateness. For most people in committed relationships, the bulk of healthy separateness is built in: We go to work. We cast ourselves headlong into our vocation. Our job. Additionally, men and women … [Read more...]
Repeal ObamaCare and let states handle health insurance
The bad news for those who live in Clark, Carson City and Nye counties is that companies offering ObamaCare-compliant health insurance policies have requested 38 percent premium increases in 2018. The good news for those in the rest of Nevada is that their ObamaCare premiums will not be going up because there are no companies offering such policies. In pulling out of those … [Read more...]
OK girls, meet your Gravitas
What follows is the companion to my June 14 column. I mean, what’s good for the gander is good for the goose, right? A lucky woman meets Gravitas. A smart woman welcomes and nurtures his friendship. And even smarter woman courts him, woos him, desires him, falls in love with him. Takes the plunge and marries him. Lets him move in. Who is Gravitas? Oh my … Gravitas (the … [Read more...]
Democrats doubly wrong in effort to gag free speech
Democrats keep pounding on a solution in search of a problem. In January of 2010 the Supreme Court held that it is unconstitutional to prohibit political campaign spending by corporations and unions. In the case of Citizens United v. FEC the court struck down a law under which the Federal Election Commission barred the airing of a movie produced by Citizens United that was … [Read more...]
Nevada right to join sanctuary city fight
Earlier this month Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt joined with nine other attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief challenging a federal judge’s decision in April to block a President Trump executive order that would deny some federal funding for sanctuary cities. The judge sided with Santa Clara County, the city of San Francisco and other jurisdictions … [Read more...]
This 4th of July let’s celebrate human dignity
My brother, who has worked in retail longer than a person should, has a saying about the weird and sometimes cruel things he’s seen people do and say in his store. He passes little judgment. He only shrugs and says: “People are people”. Indeed they are. But unlike my brother, I can’t shrug everything off, especially when it takes our culture in a bad direction. Consider … [Read more...]
Vulgarity Won’t Make America Great
It occurs to me that “vulgarity” is the antonym of “nobility.” Nobility, when found in a human being, is a sublime state. Nobility inspires. It has to do with character, goodness, virtue, magnanimity, honor, decency and integrity. It is a rare quality advanced not merely to friends, but also to our detractors, critics, and antagonists. Noble warriors even hold nobility for … [Read more...]