Dear Abby: Gay man wishes he had straight male friends
DEAR ABBY: I am a 47-year-old gay man. I’m well-educated, but there’s something I can’t figure out. Why do straight guys NOT want to be friends? I never hit on them, I enjoy a lot of the same pastimes like games, working on cars, etc. I want to be transparent, but when I tell them upfront, they disappear. Sometimes it gets back to me that they thought I was asking them on a … [Read more...]
Frederick Column: New thinking required on American gun violence
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive The shootout in downtown Sacramento that left six dead and scores wounded once again underlines the irrefutable fact that one-trick-pony progressives who blame guns first for everything do not have a common-sense answer to American violence. Look, with each episode over the years of mass violence, legislators have enacted … [Read more...]
April 6, 2022
Sherman Commentary: Words get in the way for our untethered president
There’s a garden-variety gaff and then there’s a worldclass blunder. Addressing a crowd in Reno and telling them that it’s good to be in Bakersfield is a gaff. Calling for regime change in a nuclear-armed Russia in front of an enthusiastic NATO crowd is a blunder. Unforced mistakes of substantial consequence have become a trademark for President Joe Biden. As a … [Read more...]
Memorial to fallen Navy crew members rededicated
Antisubmarine helicopter crashed west of Sand Mountain in 1978 By Steve RansonNevada News Group On a cool, early spring day east of Fallon, a Navy helicopter hovered over the barren desert conducting a routine combat search and rescue exercise. According to the National Weather Service records, the temperature hovered slightly above 50 degrees with overcast skies … [Read more...]
March 28: Sparks city council meeting highlights
The following are highlights from the March 28, 2022, Sparks City Council Meeting. Announcements/Presentations The City Council recognized the appointees to the new Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board: Roberto Castillo, Elvira Diaz, Jarell Green, Rose Meza, A’Keia Sanders, Michael Scherzer, and T Tran. The Board’s meeting schedule will be announced and posted once … [Read more...]
State ends employee COVID testing, rolls back fees for unvaccinated
By Tabitha MuellerThe Nevada Independent Following a move from daily to weekly reporting of COVID-19 data, state officials are lifting a requirement that unvaccinated employees undergo weekly COVID-19 tests, while also eliminating a planned monthly surcharge for state workers who have not received a COVID vaccine. A memo sent to state workers Tuesday announcing the end … [Read more...]