NEWS THAT AIN’T NEWS. YET. By the time you read this, I will be the worse for wear. On Monday and Tuesday this week, the Nevada State AFL-CIO met to endorse primary election candidates. The biggest fireworks were expected between Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls Christina Giunchigliani and Steve Sisolak, both Clark County commissioners. Northern Nevada unions have not … [Read more...]
Family Bonds That Enslave Us
Intriguing that the word “family” comes from the Latin word familia referring to “a household of slaves or servants.” It is a decidedly NOT sentimental way to think of your relatives. But, oddly enough, it’s the perfect metaphor. Whether we are born into family bonds or we choose them, the heartbeat of healthy family is the constancy and faithfulness in said bonds. These are … [Read more...]
Chaos vs. ‘Cool’
During President Obama’s eight years in office, his colleagues and the adoring Press Corps often labelled him as “cool”. Now, during the Trump presidency, the mainstream media’s favorite phrase in describing the Trump White House is “chaotic”. In actuality, the man at the center of this supposed chaos has accomplished more for the country in a little over a year than the … [Read more...]
Census Should Ask About Citizenship
Ignorance is not bliss. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have sued in an effort to block the 2020 Census from asking about citizenship status, claiming the question will prompt illegal immigrants to not respond and thus result in an undercount of population. That, they say, could result in the loss of congressional representation and federal funding for states, … [Read more...]
Live Well and Free
Sigismund Schlomo Freud was born on May 6, 1856. And then he changed western civilization as we knew it. Not to mention that, because of Sigmund Freud, I have a job. Sigmund Freud was a social savant. He’s somewhere in the top three of “change agents” of the last 150 years. Because of his ideas, our culture is quintessentially “psychologized.” It is through the lens of … [Read more...]
Round Ball Recollections
With university basketball season coming to a close on Monday of this week and the upcoming NBA playoffs coming up on the horizon, many old round ball memories come to mind. I recall a famous basketball game of decades ago. It was in the late ‘40s during a Reno City League contest. In those days of yore, the Nevada State Journal’s Sports Page devoted a lot of ink to goings … [Read more...]
Customers Should Be Able to Shop for Electricity
Question 3 on the 2016 General Election ballot — the Energy Choice Initiative — passed by an overwhelming 72.4 percent to 27.6 percent. The measure failed in only one county, White Pine, but by only four votes. Because the measure would amend the state Constitution it is back on the ballot this fall for final voter approval, but this time around a coalition headed by the … [Read more...]
Marked for Life for Making a Phone Call
Noah Christiansen has been given a life sentence for making a phone call. The McQueen High student committed a treasonous crime during last month’s national school walkout for gun control: He called his congresscritter. Arturo Garzon <arturo.garzon@mail.house.gov> answered the phone at Republican Mark Amodei’s south Reno office. Mr. Christiansen said something along … [Read more...]