Watching the three network news outlets and their cable subsidiaries, one has to imagine that there must be a central clearinghouse for the news they report. Doing some rapid channel surfing between the five outlets, it is amazing how often the exact topic is being universally discussed. On CNN (the Clinton News Network) almost all their breaking news concerns the Stormy … [Read more...]
Let the Voters Decide on Sanctuary Cities Petition
Sometimes it seems the argument boils down to: Those darned voters just aren’t smart enough to figure it out. That notion was never stated but seemed to linger in the background this past week at the Nevada Supreme Court during arguments about whether an initiative petition should be allowed to appear on the ballot, if enough signatures can be gathered. The Prevent … [Read more...]
Beer and Music and Rendering Unto Caesar
"Every rose has its thorn, Just like every night has its dawn, Just like every cowboy, sings his sad, sad song, Every rose has its thorn" - Salvey and Walden, Poison GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE. Nevada retro rock band Angry Inch Mob hosted an all-day jam last Saturday at the Sparks Lounge in honor of their lost lead guitarist, Mark Anderson. The longtime Sparks resident died of … [Read more...]
If You Want to Change Your Life Change Your Questions
Sometimes answers just appear. They drop in our lap. A passing conversation, a magazine article, a novel, beholding nature, a confrontation with art, a scene in a popular film, a sermon – sometimes when we least expect it, we get an answer to a question we have never asked, as if the universe was playing a game of cosmic Jeopardy with us. We experience a brand new reality – an … [Read more...]
That Old Gang
That old gang of mine is disappearing at an ever-increasing rate. Case in point was last Thursday’s retirement Roast and Toast to Ty Cobb. The event marked the end of Ty’s tenure as Director of Northern Nevada Network. That position kept a long career in both military and public service. Ty is best known for the time he spent as Special Aid to President Ronald Reagan. … [Read more...]
Why Education Spending Should Be Cut
Teachers are walking out of classrooms in Colorado and Arizona, demanding higher salaries and more education funding. Lawmakers are rushing to meet their demands. Here in Nevada all the candidates for governor are kowtowing to the demand for more education funding. Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt has declared, “We must continue to move forward, not backward, in … [Read more...]
Stormy Weather: Poll Dancing for Fun & Prophet
Responding to political polls is my version of working a phone sex hotline. They can’t see who I am so they have to believe what I tell them. Reminds me of the ultimate Internet cartoon from The New Yorker, a golden retriever typing at a keyboard and captioned “on the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” Woof woof. To some pollsters, I’m a young, vivacious Latina. … [Read more...]
Washington at Work
Last week was a typical example of how Washington works these days. A victim of the long knives was Trump’s pick for the position of head of the Veterans Administration. According to whistle-blowers, the President’s personal physician was accused of passing out dope, which garnered him the nick-name of “Candy Man”, drinking while on duty and smashing up a government vehicle. … [Read more...]