Last year, Secretary of State Ross Miller and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto turned Nevada’s recall petition process upside down. The Democrats looked at the Nevada Constitution, along with nearly four decades of election law, and discovered what so many others before them had apparently overlooked.
Republicans offer sound reasons for opposing organized labor’s “card check” initiative. But that George W. McGovern agrees with them is one they should show the decency not to deploy.
I’ve written dozens of editorials for this newspaper warning that we all pay dearly when governments conduct the public’s business in private, and that restrictions on access to government records invariably protect wrongdoers and put law-abiding citizens at risk.
When the evil in the fog of the left’s blogosphere seeped into mainstream commentary, effectively discounting the message of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, it taught political Internet tricksters a lesson.
In speaking with my mother (who attended school during the 1980s and 1970s) about her scholastic experiences, I’ve come to realize that with a different generation comes a different drive and need for education. Physical labor is no longer America’s respectable means of income; we live in a schizophrenic country with technology being our new economic fixation. Even in the last decade, I can recall with amazement the innovations I’ve come to see in terms of technology and the convenience these innovations have brought. That point aside, the market is in high demand, and requires advanced education to supplement its constant growth. People go where they smell money, and this specific market definitely reeks of capital.
We are a self-absorbed lot. Nothing that has been or ever will be can possibly match the superlative moment in which we live right here and now.
I enjoy observing, admiring and encouraging artistic creativity in others. I enjoy cultivating creativity in myself.
Flowering annuals have been part of landscapes for centuries because of their ability to produce an abundance of color for a sustained period of time. Vibrant pinks of petunias, shimmering reds of zinnias and glowing yellows of marigolds match up to the most colorful tulips. They provide more color than just about any other flower. Annual flowers are what people will remember about your landscape long after their visit.
It has love and war, “7th Heaven”-style religion and “Gossip Girl”-style scheming, and the mother of all intimidating actors in Ian McShane.
She wears a camouflage bush hat and displays an adventurous spirit, but Leigh Featherstone’s educational videos stop just short of National Geographic quality.
To Northwest Career and Technical Academy teacher Mary Abbott, the clacking of keyboards sounds like music. And Abbott heard an entire symphony Feb. 21, when she was an instructor at the Southern Nevada Writing Project’s second annual High School Writing Fair.
Not all baseball games are created equal. Each year, it’s a guess as to which baseball game franchise is going to totally reinvent itself — improving some bits, but devaluing others too much — and which game will stick to the tried and true system it relied on the year before.
Here are a few things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
The Michael Jackson news from London echoed in Las Vegas, but not just with the obvious speculation.
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.
Weathered remains of yesteryear dot Highway 165 to the old mining town of Nelson. The pavement continues through rugged Eldorado Canyon to a superb overlook above the Colorado River where steamboats used to dock at Nelson’s Landing. This 18-mile highway through history lies just 10 miles south of Railroad Pass on U.S. 93, within minutes of Las Vegas but a world away from urban bustle.
Las Vegas doesn’t have to lie to impress anyone. Yet a surprising number of “facts” about our town continue to resonate across pop culture and the Internet with no basis in reality. Let’s straighten seven of them out…
The Junior League of Las Vegas had its sixth annual gala, called Paint the Town Red, in the Tower Ballroom at Bellagio on March 7.
Forget dumping billions into busted banks or crashing car companies. It’s time for America to invest in Elvis.
MISSING ON THE LINKS: Golf courses nationwide feel today’s pain, as a years-long greens-building binge runs smack into a dwindling base of golfers. As operators strive to survive, locals could increasingly find themselves welcome on once-private courses, and they’ll also enjoy more value for their golfing dollar, industry watchers predict.
Staying home could make you a better worker and save your company money at the same time.
A hobby that began in college turned into a 20-year career for Richard Johnson.