Music demonstrates the sadness and hope of a Holocaust survivor
By Steve Ranson Special to the Tribune The heart-piercing tone rippled throughout the room, reflective of a man who spent his youth in Nazi concentration camps and as a household slave on a German’s officer’s farm. From despair to his desire to be free, the composition “My Name is Mitka” reveals the hardship of survival in 1940s Germany. “I find it more poignant … [Read more...]
State Champion
Clark County commissioners open to gun restrictions on Strip
By Ryan Tarinelli Associated Press CARSON CITY — Some Clark County commissioners have voiced general support for considering firearm restrictions on the Las Vegas Strip if Nevada lawmakers give them the power to create stricter gun laws. The county would be given such power under an omnibus gun bill moving through the Democrat-controlled Legislature despite widespread … [Read more...]
Silver and Blue Game
March 6, 2019
February 20, 2019
How’s Your Faith Working?
Religion invites us to have faith. Thus, for most people, the idea of faith is a choice. We can have faith or not have faith. From this perspective, there are people of faith and people without faith. It’s all pretty simple and clear cut. But, if you pull the word “faith” out of its traditional religious confines and place it in a wider, existential view, it’s no longer an … [Read more...]