Depending on your perspective, the Oath Keepers are either strident defenders of liberty or dangerous peddlers of paranoia. In the age of town halls, talk radio and tea parties, middle ground of opinion is hard to find. … Launched in March by Las Vegan Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers bills itself as a nonpartisan group of current and retired law enforcement and military personnel who vow to fulfill their oaths to the Constitution.
Single-use medication vials used on more than one patient.
Michael Goudeau surveyed the line stretched Saturday afternoon around the building at the Southern Nevada Health District.
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Oh, to be so young, so righteous, so willing to tell everyone else how to behave, so quick to high dudgeon.
If Harry Reid decides to use the Senate’s “reconciliation” process to ram health care legislation through his chamber and crush a filibuster, then he’ll have to reconcile something else: his astounding hypocrisy.
The wisest remark at Wednesday’s local government summit came from former assemblywoman and current Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani.
In a Sunday column some months back, I complained about Nevada’s dreadful state song, “Home Means Nevada.”
The Nevada Youth Legislature — high school students appointed by state senators to represent the 21 Senate districts in Nevada — wants to see the top age for compulsory school attendance in the state reduced from 18 to 16.
Clark County commissioners voted last week to stop picking up and caring for unwanted pet Mojave Desert tortoises as of the end of the year.
Joseph is hosting a sleepover. Joseph is 7. My youngest son.
Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
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.
In this economy, those lucky enough to have a desk are probably chained to it. With more stress going around — and less time to work on reducing it — we asked a variety of experts for their most helpful tips.
The theme of the Nevada Garden Clubs’ annual fall flower show and sale is “An October Odyssey.” It will run from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Nevada Garden Club Center in Lorenzi Park, 3333 W. Washington Ave. It’s a free event, so bring the whole family and come on down.
The Epicurean Charitable Foundation had its eighth annual scholarship fundraiser Oct. 9 at the M Resort.
Question: Why do sports games cheat? I mean, here you are in “NBA 2K10,” playing as the L.A. Lakers, and you’re killing, say, the Sacramento Kings in the third quarter. And you should be. You’re a better team.
At some point this season, “30 Rock’s” Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) will have to lose NBC as part of a Nigerian e-mail scam. Or trade it for some magic beans.
It’s funny how the nasty things life throws at us sometimes come with an unexpected upside.
The last week in October remains special for Nevadans as they observe 145 years of statehood in various ways. Official celebration of the state’s birthday centers annually in Carson City, but other cities in Nevada plan special events as well.
MAKE SURE YOU’RE CONNECTED: Local political and community leaders discuss how they gained stature and influence. Working in a campaign, joining a professional group or taking a chamber of commerce leadership course can lead to elbow-rubbing with senators or CEOs, they say.
Bruce Hoover sells a foreign-made home-improvement product that usually costs $3,000 or more.
