Constant Californian writes to respond to my piece on the global cooling of 2008:
“What I do know is that we created one of the greatest college savings plans in the country. It was balanced to the penny when I left office.”
In addition to making it easier for coal miners to pollute rivers and streams, allowing more mining in lands adjacent to national parks and implementing rules that weaken the Endangered Species Act, the Bush administration last month gave the National Rifle Association a parting gift by lifting a decades-long ban on concealed weapons in national parks.
Las Vegas police officers served a search warrant at the Seven Hills home of Emmanuel Dozier on Panorama Ridge Drive in Henderson at about 9:30 last Sunday evening.
My new year’s resolutions are like those of most Americans: get to the gym more often, get my cholesterol count down, eat an apple a day.
One thing that’s become obvious, even at elite levels in this country, is that we don’t really believe a man is innocent until proved guilty.
Gov. Jim Gibbons believes Kirk Montero, 60, a station manager for US Airways at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, should be the next executive director of the Nevada Commission on Tourism.
Over the holidays, a spirited debate took place about the U.S. senator Nevadans love to hate: Harry Reid.
We’re only four days into 2009 and already colors look brighter, music sounds sweeter and Tyra Banks seems less full of herself.
White Pine County’s annual Fire and Ice Show on Jan. 17-18 promises winter visitors two nights of fireworks, two days of competitive ice sculpting and opportunities for activities possible only where the snow is deep and the ice is thick. The event earned recognition with its recent listing as one of the Top 100 Events in North America by the American Bus Association for 2008 and 2009.
Here are a few things from news, entertainment, sports and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
People always ask where I get my ideas. My wife thought of this one. Then she begged me for months to make it happen. I’ve rubbed people the wrong way all my life, but never as badly as when I play masseur.
I noticed it first back in my days of parish priesting. See, Christians “meet” a lot. It’s our first response to everything, followed closely by potluck dinners. Christians are clear there is only one way to get to heaven: You gotta bring a covered dish.
Shelby Littlefield, a sophomore at Liberty High School, has been playing sports most of her life. She takes three honors courses, orchestra, journalism and dance classes, plus she plays volleyball in the fall, soccer in the winter and swims in the spring.
Timing is everything in the weather biz, and we lucked out announcing our winter photo contest on the day after an unusual — and vigorous — snowfall.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
Like their hometown of Las Vegas, The Killers have a knack for anything flashy, sudden and over the top.
Today is your last chance to see “Mamma Mia!” and “Stomp Out Loud,” at least where they are now. “Stomp” may reconvene at the Sahara.
Recently, I showed my Sony PlayStation Portable to my friend, Jeff, who’s 38. He never had seen the hand-held game system up close. He gazed in wonder as this 6.7-ounce “toy” played the movie “National Treasure 2” vibrantly on a 4.3-inch screen, then we toured a video game that looks and moves as impressively as any PS 2 game.
Roses, other flowers and vegetables have their Super Bowl winners, too. All of the following winning varieties have been through rigorous two-year tests across the nation and proven themselves champions for 2009. You’ll find these winners at your nursery or garden center.
My brother Craig has a business partner we’ll call Uncle Steve.