They form a line across her adolescent and adult history, waiting their turn to love her. A guy in every port. A dapper dude in every office. Whichever way she turns, stands another man in love with her. Some are clunkers. But, a few have potential and, from time to time, she lets one stay for a while. She enjoys being loved. She bathes in the love. She sits like a queen, … [Read more...]

Sparks can be the first community in the United States to fully embody the netherworlds of “A Clockwork Orange” and “Bladerunner.” The Nugget Casino plans a huge amphitheatre where the Silver Club used to stand. Despite more than a full page of gaga boosterism in Sunday’s Incredible Shrinking Reno Gazette-Journal (nobody reads national news anymore, right?), expensive … [Read more...]

While Gov. Steve Sisolak has promised no new taxes in his proposed budget for the next two years, he also plans to light the fuse on a huge tax bomb in the future. In his State of the State speech in Carson City before lawmakers he casually tossed out that state public employees “should be empowered to bargain collectively in the years ahead.” Since 1969 local government … [Read more...]

There was a plethora of news last week, with the most important being speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi disinviting President Trump from the house chambers to give the State Of The Union message. This Presidented action could possibly be the result of Trumps pulling Nancy’s military plane trip to the Mid- East out from under her. This tit for tat has been going on since … [Read more...]

Never, not once, in my career have I ever told a couple to get married. Or to stay married. Or to get a divorce. Ever. And I never will. That part of the equation is none of my business. On the other hand, I do sometimes observe aloud to a couple that their reluctance to make a definitive commitment – to choose each other in words and constant deeds – might be exactly what’s … [Read more...]

“How will labor come back? In a strike. It’ll start with one plant. One plant. And they strike. And there’ll be guys across the street at a second plant, and they see it, and they think ‘Hmm, maybe we can do that.’ And they win. Then somebody in Idaho does it, the same thing, independently. That’s not romanticism, that’s a fact.” -- Ed Sadlowski, United Steelworkers … [Read more...]

A tax by any other name is still a tax. In his State of the State speech this past week newly minted Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak promised to spend more money without any new taxes. He emphasized this by repeating, “Let me say that again. This balanced budget does not contain any new taxes.” Depends on how you define “tax” and “new tax.” One definition of tax is: a … [Read more...]

ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINEE. Last week saw the hearings by the Senate Judicial Committee of proposed A.G. Barr. For the most part the hearings were primarily civil when compared to the hearings of Supreme Court Judge Kavanaugh. Except for the man-hating femme Senator from Hawaii most on the left seemed to approve of Barr’s performance. Most of the Democrats were concerned … [Read more...]