Our senators from Nevada want you to know that they have snagged pork from Washington to improve our lives in Nevada. I know this because I get their press releases. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto says she’s gotten us a $1.2 million grant – yes, kids, $1.2 million – to train more mental health professionals in Nevada schools. “Investing in our kids’ mental health has … [Read more...]

Long before iPhones and YouTube, I helped the USofA win the war in Southeast Asia. Stationed in Guam, I was given charge of a room full of highly classified material. If people wanted to see the material, I made sure they had proper clearance and the material was returned, safe and sound. When I left the service, I turned over all the classified documents and had it verified … [Read more...]

Some of my best memories growing up were those surrounding little league baseball. I played for the team sponsored by the local Lions Club. My dad was a coach, so I got an up-close glimpse of what that entailed – stowing the gear, scheduling practices, picking up teammates unable to find a ride to the game. I don’t remember my dad ever talking about diversity, equity and … [Read more...]

A lot of water has gone under the bridge since COVID-19 hit the scene in 2020. One of the great regrets of this time will certainly be how we treated the elderly and the sick. In my own experience, I lost a good friend who fell ill during the teeth of the pandemic. A time before the vaccine and a time in which we had more questions about the disease than answers. He … [Read more...]

Americans in our divided state will no doubt argue endlessly about the number of angels that can vote on the head of a pin. But, one thing should unite both the Blue Team and the Red Team: The alleged role of the FBI in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story. This should have us all asking whether athis domestic intelligence agency has, once again, become a clear and present … [Read more...]

With apologies to Art Linkletter (Google him, kids) President Joe Biden says the darndest things. Last week he said this with an absolute straight face: “Like we were doing before I got elected president, inflation at the grocery store is, thank God, beginning to slow.” Now, I know a few rural (as in “real”) Nevada readers of this Battle Born Media newspaper think Joe … [Read more...]