Last week, this newspaper performed a true public service with the front page story entitled “Renown Health is a powerhouse in Northern Nevada. Is that a problem?” The answer of course is not only yes, but hell yes! Was the article comprehensive and hard-hitting? Alas, no. Written by one of my old friend Jon Ralston’s journalists, Tabitha Mueller of the Nevada … [Read more...]
Dear Abby: Longtime friendship entails frequent visits from couple
DEAR ABBY: My husband is an outdoor enthusiast and has a group of guys he goes hunting with every year. One of them has started coming out west to vacation at our house twice a year and now has followed us to our warm-weather winter home. When he stays at our place, we fix all the meals and he uses our washer, dryer and detergent for several loads of laundry each time. He’s … [Read more...]
Astro Advice
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get in sync with your thoughts on the 27th, 28th and 29th. Map out your course. Don’t share information prematurely; make sure your results are satisfactory first. Romance and self-improvement are favored. Take care of pending problems with institutions, bureaucracy or medical issues on the 30th. Concentrate on your health and emotional welfare before … [Read more...]
Earthquakes and 2×4’s
This week, the PBS News Hour reported on the again increasing rate of child poverty in the biggest, fattest, most badass country the world has ever known. Child poverty dropped to record lows, as did the disparity between racial groups, thanks to Biden’s 2021 legislation. Like many good things, it’s been allowed to die. Children and families will die as a result. The … [Read more...]
The ‘Pride of Atlanta’
Atlanta is no doubt a good and modern city. Fine people call it home. Sadly for them, however, the city’s reputation has taken it on the chin lately because its most famous resident, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, has become the No. 1 joke in the land. After nine weeks of salacious testimony, Judge Scott McAfee last week boiled down Ms. Willis’ conduct to … [Read more...]
Rape means never having to say you’re sorry.
Such is the attitude of American malehood’s favorite band, T-Rump and the Supremes. It’s hard to choose the most ludicrously lewd among the too live crew of all those ammotextuals. You know them, the true believers who rule that anything non-existent in 1789 is unconstitutional. Thus presages the demise of Social Security, Medicare and U.S. Air Force. MAGA moonhowlers are … [Read more...]
The moving target for who gets hammered for being ‘insensitive’
In the completely subjective war of words in modern American culture, it’s interesting to note who gets clubbed for being “insensitive” and who gets a pass. Consider Patrick Boylan, a regent for NSHE – the Nevada System of Higher Education. I don’t know Mr. Boyland, so please don’t mistake this essay as a complete endorsement of him. All I really know about him is … [Read more...]
Be careful what you wish for
“The world is in an uproar. The danger zone is everywhere.”— Ray Charles 1961 With McConnell and Czar T-Rump’s madcap judges afflicting and infecting the land, moonhowler corporate America is pulling out all the stops to take advantage while they can. As usual, the prime target is people’s paychecks. One Confederate blackrobe in Texas just stepped back from the razor … [Read more...]