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 the … [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...]
Trump wins Dem debate
The Seven Democrat Dwarfs were on full display at their debate last week. The event turned out to be raucous, tumultuous, and chaotic. Even the moderators were flabbergasted at the constant over-shouting and disregard for the time limits. Once again, the candidates showed their true colors. It is impossible for anyone to take them seriously as standard bearers for their … [Read more...]
Post marital dating rules
He meets her in a swirl of passion, limerence, best intentions, human hope and perhaps a wee small dram of beverage alcohol. The relationship takes off like a rocket on Fourth of July, where it explodes and crackles in brilliant colors beneath the firmament of their hearts. A week later he meets her little girl, too. Age five. The man is not a father, and certainly not the … [Read more...]
Swamp dwellers
Several of the most famous Swamp Dwellers in Washington reared their heads last week when an impeachment inquiry was launched by Speaker Pelosi. They would be Pelosi herself, Adam Schiff and Chuck Schumer. All three called for the impeachment of President Trump based on a Whistleblower complaint. That complaint was mostly “hear say” rather than firsthand knowledge by the … [Read more...]
Déjà vu all over again: Bernie turns 2020 into 1968
Bernie Sanders’ heart attack may have turned 2020 into 1968. His campaign just sent out an e stating “Bernie is in good health and is in good spirits,” adding “The fact of the matter is he’s coming out of this healthier and stronger.” God, I hope so. But questions about a candidate’s health can be fatal. Ten-term Congressman Walter Baring, D-Nev., kept his 1972 St. Mary’s … [Read more...]