I met my birth father when I was 18. We were afforded the next 28 years to piece together a relationship around the void. And, given the scope of the rebuilding project, I thought we did a nice job. I learned bits and pieces about him in, well, bits and pieces. He was a droll, shy and private man, not given to forthcoming. Military service in Korea. His career in finance, … [Read more...]
So This Is Christmas: May We Get What We Deserve
They sold me a dream of Christmas, They sold me a Silent Night, They told me a fairy story, ‘Till I believed in the Israelite, I believed in Father Christmas, I looked to the sky with excited eyes, ‘Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn, And I saw him and through his disguise This column is a throwback to my radio incarnation where music often drove … [Read more...]
Laxalt Reflects on Term as Attorney General
As Adam Laxalt closes out his term as attorney general and transitions the office to his successor in January, he took the time to reflect on what his team has accomplished for Nevada. “My vision for the office was to be more than an office that just represents state agencies and boards and commissions in areas that we thought we wanted to find ways to lead. The title of top … [Read more...]
Beware the PC Police
Currently in America one of the more outrageous symptoms of the left is the PC culture. PC of course stands for Politically Correct and probably reached Zenith under the Obama Administration. During those dark days ”war” was called manmade disaster and the US was accused of overseas contingency operation. Another Obama favorite about doing nothing was called Strategic … [Read more...]
The Stranger Things in a Marriage
Sooner or later, married people will acquire and manifest The Strange Idea. The word “strange” here can mean anything from ideas not useful to ideas absurd, untrue, unfair, or dishonest. I call this phenomenon The Strange Idea because, when I hear it in marital counseling sessions, I tend to narrow my eyebrows, look puzzled, and say, “What a … interesting idea,” because if you … [Read more...]
Melvin and Howard: The Untold Reality Show
Howard Hughes came to Nevada in the 1960s to launder Mafia-owned gambling properties into white collar legitimacy. The agoraphobic industrialist and movie producer had a long and sordid history with organized crime. (See investigative reporter Howard Kohn’s “The Hughes-Nixon-Lansky Connection,” Rolling Stone, 1976.) I bring up the Silver State’s checkered past because Melvin … [Read more...]
Whither Renewable Power After Wind Farm Rejected?
The Bureau of Land Management has rejected a bid by a Swedish firm to construct a mammoth wind turbine project on the Nevada side of the border with California near Searchlight. The Crescent Peak Wind Project was to have covered 32,000 acres of public land with as many as 220 wind turbines standing 400 to 600 feet tall and generating 500 megawatts of power. The proposed site … [Read more...]
First Farewell
The function of television was at its finest last week when it brought the funeral services for President George H.W. Bush to every home in America. The initial event was held at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. The second occurred in Bush’s hometown church in Houston Texas. While the D.C. ceremony reeked of pomp and circumstance along with an impressive military … [Read more...]