Every Saturday night, and some select dates, about 200 people get to see a world class magic show when “Magique” appears at its Keystone venue, which is located in the Keystone Square Shopping Center at the northwest corner of 4th Street and Keystone Avenue. The spot used to be The Keystone Movie Theater. For the current show, the interior was completely remodeled by the … [Read more...]
The Twitter bird feed
Biggest news for the nation last week was the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk. The man who seems to have the golden touch said he was buying the social media company so that more voices could be heard. As everyone knows, Twitter has been the PR arm of the Democrat party for years. To illustrate how Liberal it was it is interesting to note that of all the Twitter employees … [Read more...]
Washington gets migrants
WASHINGTON HAPPENINGS. Two big news stories in D.C. last week were Biden’s plunging approval ratings and the arrival of the first busloads of illegal immigrants courtesy of Greg Abbot, the Governor of Texas. As to the poll numbers, Biden will soon be as low as V.P. Harris, who sits at 28%. Also in an appearance on TV last week following a speech, Biden proffered his hand to … [Read more...]
Current events
WHAT IS THE END GAME? With Russian troops decimating most of the cities they attack in Ukraine, what is the possibility of Russia occupying those cities once the war is over? Certainly those cities will have to see massive rebuilding before they can offer adequate living quarters. In addition, it is doubtful that the four million Ukrainians who have fled the country will have … [Read more...]
War news
At this writing there were reports that the Russians and Ukrainians were engaged in peace talks in Turkey. This comes as Ukrainian forces are recapturing territory that Russian Troops once held. Also, there was news that other Russian forces were regrouping. Apparently Putin’s month-long war, which decimated much of Ukraine, was not going on schedule. Whatever the outcome of … [Read more...]
Sports broadcasters
At a recent coffee klatch, the subject of sports commentators came up. With the recent passing of John Madden, it seems colorful sports commentators have all but vanished. In the past, one looked forward to hearing Bill Stern, Curt Gowdy, Howard Cosell or Don Meredith describe sporting events. Most of today’s announcers are bland analysts of the games. Locally, two of the … [Read more...]
Kudos to Kerschen
I don’t often do book reviews for a couple of reasons. They are one, if I write an overly Reader’s Digest review I probably kill some sales of the complete tome. Secondly, if I am too laudatory and they disagree I might inhibit others from purchasing a copy. So, in this instance I am going to report on a prestigious award that my grandson, Paul Kerschen, received for his … [Read more...]
Davis Cup comes to town
Big time tennis competition returned to this area for the first time in more than 56 years when a Davis Cup match was held between the United States team and Colombia on March 4th and 5th at the Reno Downtown Events Center. The last time players of this caliber were seen was in 1965 when the Tahoe Racquet Club opened at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe. That event drew the likes … [Read more...]