In the July issue of Imprimis, an outreach publication of Michigan’s free-market-oriented Hillsdale College, Edward J. Erler, professor of political science at California State San Bernardino, challenges the prevailing wisdom that the 14th Amendment bestows “birthright citizenship” on the newborn child of any illegal alien who can manage to avoid deportation long enough to give birth — usually in a taxpayer-funded hospital.
Since this space is frequently devoted to bemoaning government secrecy and closed-door meetings, I would be remiss, nay, derelict if I failed to offer a tip o’ the hat in recognition of the fact the Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection has chosen to throw open its doors and let the public see just how they go about selecting judges to fill mid-term vacancies.
Let us review the very recent activities of the two major candidates for president.
During the 2006-07 school year, 218 Clark County public schools showed “adequate progress” under federal No Child Left Behind standards. In 2007-08, the number of schools showing “adequate yearly progress” dropped by 32, to 186.
If you go all the way back to the very first press conference, The Second City turned out to be a promise unfulfilled.
One after another, cars flowed in a colorful stream westward on Fifth Street. But even before I saw them, I could hear them. The deep, throaty rumble of V-8 engines, mingled with the less robust yet satisfying sound of four- and six-cylinder vehicles with tuned exhaust systems. Sounds from the past; sounds from the 1940s, ’50s, ’60s and a touch of the 1970s, too.
Looking for a way to spark up your cooking while adding healthier choices into your diet? Try mesquite!
Nevada’s State Railroad Museum in Carson City brings to life the colorful era of railroading that helped shape the Silver State. The railroads once knitted together the fabric of civilization covering settled places across vast distances in Nevada. The museum preserves and restores vintage locomotives, self-powered rail cars and varied rolling stock from 19th century railroads in Nevada, especially the Virginia and Truckee Railroad.
In high summer, head for the higher altitudes of Cerca Country and the fairs, festivals and other fun offered there. Take your pick of these.
Of all things to know about the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, two facts outweigh all others. First, it’s a much better point to access the Grand Canyon in summer than the better-known South Rim. And second, despite the aforesaid advantage, only 10 percent of the five million people, who visit Grand Canyon National Park in a year, set foot on the North Rim. That allows much more elbow room to those of us who do.
David Marlon was running a local drug-rehabilitation program when he realized that a large proportion of the population that needed help wasn’t getting it.
Johnny Unitas looked just plain silly in a San Diego Chargers helmet. Joe Namath, likewise, pathetic as a Los Angeles Rams quarterback. I felt a kind of humiliation for both of them.
He squints into the distance and spits out his words like they were coated in something foul tasting, his steady glare just as hard on the eyes as the sun that beats down from above.
Casino operators in Macau aren’t expecting much of a revenue bump from the Beijing Summer Olympic Games, which begin Aug. 8. Wall Street thinks the numbers may even dip.
His wife is deceased, he just underwent back surgery and now William Lancaster is told he owes $170,000 on a reverse mortgage for a home that’s worth $130,000 tops.
BUSINESS BALLOT: The presidential nomination conventions are coming up, and local business leaders are already lining up behind the presumptive candidates or taking a close look at who they think would be the best candidate for Nevada’s business community.
For most of last month before realizing his life’s dream, Errol LeBlanc had grown so tense that he became physically ill.
Jessie Walsh’s six-year term on the bench in District Court has been marred by low approval ratings in polls. She now faces three candidates in the upcoming race to retain her Department 10 seat.
Assembly District 7 candidate Anthony D. Snowden was in a convenience store recently and overheard a group of teenage girls talking about plans after high school.
Mike Noland and Ron Taylor can relate to kids who give up on school because they were once dropouts themselves.
Family Court Judge Lisa Kent’s poor scores on judicial performance surveys have spurred four attorneys to challenge her this year.
Nevada primary voters go to the polls Aug. 12 to narrow the field in races for Congress, the state Legislature, local offices and judgeships.
Uncertainty about the impact that a Nevada Supreme Court decision on term limits will have on Clark County’s longest-serving commissioner has loaded the District A race with challengers.
Three political newcomers will have to overcome a well-known Henderson family name to become the township’s next justice of the peace.
