“The chief justice has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.” -- President Andrew Jackson By Andrew Barbano Why, Lord, why oh why did the only two presidents named Andrew have to be such freedom-loving racists? President Donaldovitch’s favorite predecessor ignored any executive branch duty he didn’t like. Which goes a long way toward explaining why Trump is so often … [Read more...]
Meeting ‘cowboys’ at the Reno Rodeo
By Harry Spencer Of all the events canceled by COVID-19 the one that I miss the most is the annual Reno Rodeo, Reno’s original Special Event. As a director emeritus of the rodeo association, I still remember the professional bronc busters who attended during Reno’s golden era. In addition to the pros, I recall the numerous film wranglers who I encountered over the … [Read more...]
Don’t let fear and anger convert us to Germany 1933
Andrew Barbano How does it feel to get a taste of martial law? Reno did last weekend. Czar Donaldov is threatening a military takeover in the name of quashing them their uppity black folk. Don’t they know how good they’ve got it here? Not really. The son and grandson of Italian immigrant farm workers, I grew up on the mixed race west side of Fresno, Calif. I remain in … [Read more...]
Letter from gods of alpha males & alpha mails
Andrew Barbano/Sparks Tribune “L’état, c’est moi” (“I am the state”) - Attributed to Louis XIV, King of France, not long before his date with the guillotine. You know it’s gonna be a bad day when it’s both Monday and you find a letter from the IRS in your mailbox. Could it possibly get worse?Yep.As I opened it, I tried to look on the bright side. Maybe it was a … [Read more...]
Make Dolores Feemster’s light shine brightly
Andrew Barbano/Sparks Tribune Columnist History and chaos come together at next Tuesday’s closed meeting of the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees.In geologic or astrophysical time, it won’t matter much. For the oppressed, it matters a bunch.After deciding not to vote when they had four of seven votes in favor or re-naming the new Sutro Street technical school for … [Read more...]
What’s next, naked shopping?
Sherman R. Frederick/Battle Born Media, Sparks, Nevada Our governor and his public health advisors like to say they make all pandemic decisions based on science.That’s a fib, of course. What the scientific community doesn't know about COVID-19 far exceeds what it does know, which is exhibited by the wildly varying advice we’ve been given on how to protect yourself from … [Read more...]
Could a socialist be the Democratic nominee for president?
To their eternal ignominy Nevada Democratic caucus voters have helped jump start the presidential candidacy of self-identified democratic-socialist Bernie Sanders, a man who could not have voted for himself if he lived here because he is not a registered Democrat. The Vermont independent senator won 47 percent of the state’s equivalent delegates, picking up strong … [Read more...]
Trump’s Blackrobes: Humpty Dumpty Homotextuals
“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master. That’s all.” -- Lewis Carroll Last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine presented required reading for every civics, law, social … [Read more...]