I’ve oft stated that America is far more interested in butt control than gun control. Fortunately, those issues are now taking care of themselves. An increasing number of people are losing weight quickly by having their asses shot off. Two down, two to go. God hisself apparently bans all birth control because millennia of twisted old white guys have talked to God and found … [Read more...]
Politics does not reward the shy
A ray of hope for aggrieved renters has appeared. It’s paper-thin and almost a prayer, but it’s better than despair, an emotion I’ve often witnessed in more than 40 years of working on this. Renters in Nevada have few rights and if they try to take advantage of our weak laws, they can be evicted for no reason at all. We play by Old Man Trump’s rules (apologies to Woody … [Read more...]
A liberal case for a new, brutal death penalty
After a half-century in Nevada, I have finally become convinced of the value of the death penalty. By the standards of Adolf Schicklgruber, Pol Pot or Joseph Stalin, 200,000 deaths is minor league. But those bastards are dead and immune from justice. The assassins of 200,000 with many more in the pipeline are very much alive, filthy rich and killing more people all over … [Read more...]
50 years in Nevada: Trying to outlive them all
I got paroled from the Hotel California 50 years ago this Saturday. It was kinda ordained in the stars if not myself. My erstwhile fiancé took me to a lecture at a little church near Fresno State in late 1968. The speaker was a tall, silver-haired educator, elegant in a full length sweater dress. She spoke of electric auras, astral projections and all things spiritual … [Read more...]
Guns, gouging and guts: once upon a time in the west
The gun lobby’s worst nightmare just came true when the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that families of the Sandy Hook murder victims can sue the manufacturer, the wholesaler and seller of the Bushmaster machine gun (I’ll call it what it is, dammit!) used in the attack. The ruling allows a workaround of the “Runaway Jury” Law passed in 2005 exempting profiteers from all … [Read more...]
Guv keynotes César XVII: 17-year overnight success
The one day in my entire checkered career that I felt like stripping naked and dancing in the rain, it didn’t rain. The Tribune staff was quite relieved when I informed them. Driving to the paper a few days ago, my phone rang. Like any law-abiding citizen, I parked to retrieve the message. My representative Lindsy Judd had done what no one else ever has: She got a Nevada … [Read more...]
Judge not lest ye be judged — or misjudged
Charlie Springer is dead. The former Nevada attorney general, chief justice and Democratic national committeeman, died one day short of his 91st birthday on Feb. 19. You may read a very long family-paid obituary from last Sunday’s Reno Gazette-Journal linked to this column at NevadaLabor.com/ My memories of Charlie are personal. In his later years, he was my frequent … [Read more...]
Even in Sparks, God works in mysterious ways
The hand of God stopped me from becoming bi-partisan last Saturday evening after I spent the day wallpapering the world with fair and balanced announcements. The local Democratic Party hosted its annual crab feed at the City of Sparks Community Center. Meanwhile, the Washoe Republican Party produced its annual Lincoln (mea maxima culpa) Day Dinner at Reno’s Atlantis … [Read more...]