There is no meaningful definition of a human, interpersonal relationship that does not include accountability. If what I want is a meaningful, interdependent, mutually beneficial communion with you, then that must include a more or less perpetual willingness on my part to account when an accounting is called for. It is my obligation. I owe you that. It is good and right for you … [Read more...]
Court Case Is About Free Speech Not Abortion
This past week the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case — NIFLA v. Becerra — that could answer the question of whether forcing speech on certain professionals is a violation of the free speech clause of the First Amendment. NIFLA is the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, which gives legal advice to pro-life pregnancy centers, and Becerra is Xavier … [Read more...]
Muss vs. the Nun
Motivation, just as it is in other real life experiences, is of paramount importance in sports endeavors. Whether that motivation comes from an emotional coach or a placid disciple of God makes little difference. This was amply apparent in Nevada’s last basketball game in the Sweet 16. The Pack’s one point loss to Loyola seemed more influenced by a Higher Power than what … [Read more...]
From the Den of Iniquity to the Holy of Holies
CHARLEY SHEEN FOR PRESIDENT. Now that we’ve got a real-life libertine in the White House, it’s time for CBS to bring back “Two-and-a-Half Men.” (Hey, if “Dallas” and “Roseanne” can revive killed-off characters, anything goes.) Donald Trump is nothing if not a mush of father fixations trying to prove worthiness to an abusive dad. Charley Sheen’s actual dad, Martin, played a … [Read more...]
Warriors and Punks
The mother intercepts her 10-year-old son’s poem. She is concerned, and brings it to me. My first reaction to it is to notice the boy’s brilliance. The poem is magnificent. Several stanzas of terrific rhyme, meter, and depth of thought. I admire this boy already. “But, why the violence,” she implores. “I didn’t raise him this way. Why doesn’t he write poetry about … [Read more...]
Big News Events
A week ago Sunday was a cornucopia for sports fans as three major events took place at the same time. The three events were: The Warriors Basketball game, Roger Federer competing in tennis and Tiger Woods playing his best golf in years. It would have been nice to have had a trio of television sets, but the channel-changer did yeoman service. The most nail-biting of the … [Read more...]
Trump Administration Settles Suit Over Habitat Rules
The Trump administration has settled a lawsuit filed by Nevada and 19 other states over Obama administration rules that sweepingly redefined what constituted critical habitat for endangered species and has agreed to rewrite those rules. The suit, filed in November 2016 against various federal land agencies, accused the federal bureaucrats of essentially rewriting the … [Read more...]
What’s Harder: Finding a Doctor or Stormy Daniels?
It’s easier to find Stormy Daniels movies than doctors in Reno. I just tried both. What did I expect in a town where the UNR basketball coach’s wife can pose naked for a local magazine and nobody notices but me? (Barbwire Feb. 7) Perhaps it’s better to be divorced from reality. The clerks with whom I spoke at several local “adult” shops did not know Stormy Daniels or why … [Read more...]