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Politically correct mumbo-jumbo in our schools

Do you fret about whether you’re raising your child correctly? Not to worry. Even if you’re deeply involved in your children’s lives and happy with their social development, you have an eager partner in rearing your offspring: the Clark County School District.

Stormy weather

Say what you want about organized labor in modern America, at least the unions are always there for the little guy who’s just looking for honest work.

Paving the way for conflicts

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Jones ordered the County Commission to reconsider bids for a Las Vegas Beltway project — and then Commissioners Tom Collins and Steve Sisolak said they won’t participate.

Enough is enough, Harry

This newspaper traces its roots to before Las Vegas was Las Vegas.

Mercy elevates humanity above terrorists

On Aug. 20, Kenny MacAskill, cabinet secretary for justice, announced the nation of Scotland’s release on humanitarian grounds of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi. To date, Megrahi is the sole person convicted of a dire act of terrorism — the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of a commercial airplane which crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

Of fired bureaucrats and cockroaches

Sometimes the irresistible force of the press slams into an immovable object — public employee job security.

His monument stands all around us

The most revealing moment in Edward “Ted” Kennedy’s political life came Nov. 4, 1979, just three days before he would officially launch his challenge to a sitting president of his own party, Jimmy Carter. In a televised interview, CBS News correspondent Roger Mudd asked the already stout Massachusetts senator a “giveaway” question, a question about as tough as a quiz show host trying to help break the ice with a nervous contestant by asking, “What color is grass?”

Chicken Little and Democrats

My little southern state of Arkansas is politically reflective of the nation only in an exaggerated and negative way.

Bookmark

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.

Reality show explores the hard bodies of Hard Rock’s Rehab

Say what you will about reality shows, and I’ve said plenty — even before some rocket scientist let a maniac with an assault conviction, reportedly involving his then-girlfriend, onto a dating show a few months before he’d be charged with murdering the very next woman he’d get involved with. (I’m no great fan of the show’s star, Megan Hauserman, but that seems a bit lax.)

OUTDOOR BRIEFS

PLENTY OF OPTIONS

Money Opens Doors

When Terry Hernandez started a local, gay-oriented social group, there were some casinos he couldn’t even pay to host its weekly cocktail party.

OUT THERE

HIKES

Adults need to learn to soothe their anxieties

No, in fact, there are not lots of ways to eat a Hershey’s chocolate kiss. There is only one way. If you eat it some other way, something is wrong with you.

THE WATER COOLER

Here are a few things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.

Cerca Calendar

As blazing summer mellows into fall, festivals and fun prevail in Cerca Country. See which event appeals to you.

Learn how to use edible flowers in cooking

Many flowers you are now growing for ornamental value can bring lively flavors, colors and textures to your food as well as add a touch of elegance. They’ll also improve your dietary needs. Learn from Springs Preserve’s Cyndi Dixon and Star Nursery’s Frank Rauscher which flowers lend themselves to your dining and how to use them in recipes. The program is at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd. Call 822-7786 to reserve your seat.

Virginia City celebrates 50 years of camel races

Virginia City continues to celebrate its birth 150 years ago in the hills overlooking Washoe Valley between Reno and Carson City. As a year filled with many observances winds down, Virginia City still offers special events in upcoming weeks such as the 50th Annual Virginia City Camel Races, Sept. 11-13, and the first round-trip excursions in 70 years of the Virginia & Truckee Railway between Virginia City and Carson City. The V&T Railfest trains began running Aug. 15, continuing on Saturdays trough Nevada Day, Oct. 31.

Patients give doctors exams, grades on Internet

Dr. Michael Gunter doesn’t make a habit of haunting the ever-increasing universe of Web sites on which patients rate their health care providers.

New not always better when it comes to ‘Madden’

The question I hear the most from readers is, “Do I have to buy the new ‘Madden’ football game?” These readers still are playing last year’s “Madden,” and they like it, and they don’t want to spend $60 for the new one.

Adventures along the San Juan

Only about 15,000 people live in the entire 7,933 square miles that is San Juan County, Utah. That leaves a lot of room for the rest of us to go adventuring there, and the opportunities are many.

Performers have high hopes for show space

There are many causes in this world, and Las Vegas entertainers raise money for lots of them. Everything from Family Promise, sheltering homeless families here in town, to earthquake victims in L’Aquila, Italy.

HARDLY HIRING

Clinton Tell hurries through Planet Hollywood Resort with résumé in hand, hoping this day will be different from the others. Tell is an unemployed warehouseman in his late 30s. He is attending a job fair for a chance to be one of 800 hired by the Strip resort for the November opening of its 1,201-room PH Towers.

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