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...]
Presidents and courts should not overturn laws
The Supreme Court in June agreed to decide whether the Trump administration lawfully canceled a program created by executive fiat by President Obama in 2012 that protected immigrants brought into the country illegally as children — popularly dubbed Dreamers — from deportation and be provided work permits. Prior to that, such persons were subject to deportation by law. The … [Read more...]
Casting doubt on the climate doomsayers
The apocalypse is nigh. It must be so. It is in all the papers. Why even a 16-year-old Swedish scold lectured the delegates to the United Nations recently: “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words and yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass … [Read more...]
Denial of Second Amendment Rights Warrants a Jury Trial
Earlier this month, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled a person charged with misdemeanor domestic battery is entitled to a trial by jury, because the state Legislature in 2017 enacted a law saying someone convicted of such a crime could have their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms denied. In keeping with a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court decision, our state’s high court had … [Read more...]
Hip-Hopping Mad Over Molesters and Mad Kings
What’s the difference between rapper Kanye West, President Donaldov, defrocked movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and serially defrocked NFL player Antonio Brown? Nothing. They are all the same guy who lusts for power over people and needs serious psychiatric care. Trump is America’s second mad king. George III of England, “the king who lost America,” was certifiably nuts but … [Read more...]
Trump Appeals Court Nominee Looks Right for the Job
This past Friday President Trump nominated former Nevada Solicitor General Lawrence VanDyke to a seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which handles cases for nine Western states and territories in the Pacific. As solicitor general, VanDyke served in the office of then-Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt. He also served as solicitor general in Montana and Texas. … [Read more...]