Oath Keepers pledges to prevent dictatorship in United States

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.


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Thousands wait hours for vaccine

Michael Goudeau surveyed the line stretched Saturday afternoon around the building at the Southern Nevada Health District.
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Three wars at once?

For those Norwegians to give Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize was just awful.

Reid, champion of the filibuster, might nuke it

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.

Local autonomy

The wisest remark at Wednesday’s local government summit came from former assemblywoman and current Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani.

Nevada Day assignment

In a Sunday column some months back, I complained about Nevada’s dreadful state song, “Home Means Nevada.”

‘They’re going to be a distraction’

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.

The Water Cooler

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

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BOOKMARK

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Mastering the Wheel

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.

Get ready for annual fall flower show and sale

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.

Basketball games have pros, cons

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.

Sisters’ bond is no mystery

It’s funny how the nasty things life throws at us sometimes come with an unexpected upside.

OUTDOOR BRIEFS

STILL UNDETECTED

Beatty Days draws visitors for three days of fun and games

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.

COMING IN THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PRESS

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.

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