Father to get life for killing son, feeding remains to pigs

A Kansas man will be sentenced to life in prison Monday for the killing of his 7-year-old son, who authorities say was subjected to horrific abuse and was “essentially starved to death” before his remains were found in the family’s pig sty.

Perspectives on work, the sequel: What a way to ‘retire’!

In June, after visiting Zierikzee, a small medieval town in southwest Holland, I wrote “Perspectives on Work: 4,000 miles away and 750 years ago” about seeking meaningfulness in your life’s work. Here’s the link: eliamdur.com/index.php/blog/page/3.

UNLV alumni want new name for Swenson Street to define campus

Joel Laub and Chip Johnson began an effort in 2015 to rename Swenson Street as University Parkway or University Boulevard in order to give the campus more clearly defined boundaries and signal UNLV’s presence to Vegas visitors.

 
Obama tells lawmakers to show ‘courage’ in health-care fight

Former President Barack Obama on Sunday night called on members of Congress show “political courage” and defend the work his administration did to extend health care coverage to 20 millions Americans.

 
Conversion therapy bill was always about banning speech

The stories told by SB201 supporters were horrifying: electrodes on sensitive body parts and ice baths intended to change someone’s sexual orientation. What’s happening behind the scenes at the Legislature, however, shows that those stories are just smoke screens for banning speech that liberals find intolerable.

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