Progress comes only incrementally. No one is perfect. Don’t insist on perfection at risk of undoing the incrementally good. Inclusiveness is better than judgmental polarization. Tolerance of disagreement is a good thing.
One of those lovely surprises hidden away in the desert, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge invites exploration during the cooler months. The refuge includes 30 warm water springs and seeps along a geological fault, creating an oasis of wetlands, vegetation-lined creeks, and reservoirs surrounded by forbidding desert and stark hills. Helping to maintain the diversity of life on the desert, the refuge protects two dozen unique plant and animal species found nowhere else.
Nevada Opera Theatre celebrated the holiday in style with a luncheon and program Dec. 14 at Maggiano’s Little Italy in the Fashion Show mall.
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Kids often rustle potential careers such as ballerina or crime scene investigator through their dreamy heads a million times as they grow into adulthood.
I drag myself down to the Las Vegas Review-Journal and confront my mailbox. I do this every two to four months, but only because Patsy calls me. And e-mails me. Again and again. Finally, she calls my work. And finally, I show up.
How, someone occasionally will ask, can I give an “A” rating to both a gourmet room and a diner? Easy: It means that they both are excellent at doing what they do. The most successful restaurants are those whose managers and staff are focused, pay attention to the details and are intent on doing the best they can each and every day.
While I was attending Northern Arizona University, one of my professors arranged a field trip to some oddly named experimental city in the desert. Prof gushed about a place called Arcosanti, where people lived in a close-knit community, used natural resources and didn’t need cars.
Blessed with mostly-open winter roads and long-handled underwear, travelers in Cerca Country can find plenty to do even in January. See if any of these events warm your interest.
What did we learn from the damage to plants caused by the recent snows?
One. That’s how many humans with Y chromosomes show up onscreen in “The Women.” Up until the last 30 or 40 seconds, that number was zero.
Though CD sales continue to circle the drain like bespoiled bathwater, the touring industry remained strong in ’08. Madonna staged a mammoth two-night stand at the MGM Grand in November that grossed more than $8 million, while ‘tween favs Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers packed the venue a combined five times.
High praise: 2008 was the best year for video games, ever. As such, when game reviewers name their favorite games of 2008, they will make good cases — probably for the epics, “Grand Theft Auto IV,” “LittleBigPlanet,” “Rock Band 2” and “Fallout 3.”
If you haven’t been to Long Beach, Calif., in a few years, you will be surprised how much things have changed. For decades, Long Beach was a Navy town and catered to the appetites and interests of Navy men in their 20s. Amusement options surrounding its waterfront may have been appropriate for that clientele, but they weren’t exactly family fare.
Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming week (some dates are tentative):
No one on the Strip is happier to see 2008 end more than Sheldon Adelson. The past 12 months have not been the best of times for the 75-year-old billionaire chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
2008 IN REVIEW: The Business Press looks back at the news that made the now-ending year. An insider’s look at MGM Mirage’s CityCenter project tops the biggest-stories list.
Christmas might have come and gone, but some enticing presents still are under the tree in the form of five basketball tournaments that continue Monday.