“In the U.S., picnics, instead of street protests, won the day.”
"The organizers of the first Labor Day were interested in creating an event that brought different types of workers together to meet each other...
Another dolphin born in captivity. That’s entertainment?
Word of a new arrival “making a splash” at the Mirage Hotel’s dolphin exhibit beamed from TV screens and on social media Wednesday, as...
Great Basin Water Network misrepresents proposed legislation
In a recent op-ed submitted by the Great Basin Water Network (GBWN) regarding draft federal legislation, Kyle Roerink, GBWN executive director, misconstrues the plain...
Delegation must not carry SNWA’s water for Las Vegas pipeline
Officials at the Southern Nevada Water Authority want the state’s congressional delegation to do their dirty work for them.A legislative proposal that serves as...
Wayne Allyn Root’s very special day
If memory serves, I've only written about Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Wayne Allyn Root once, just prior to last year's election when Root was...
Next recession likely to hit Nevadans especially hard, whenever it starts
"If all the world’s economists were laid end to end," George Bernard Shaw is said to have quipped, "they'd never reach a conclusion."Conflicting headlines...
Rural Nevada, like rural America, is hurting, and Trump won’t fix that
Donald Trump lost Clark and Washoe counties in 2016. But in rural Nevada, he got 97,423 votes, to Hillary Clinton’s 39,654.That wasn’t enough for...
Public lands: It’s who we are as Nevadans
My earliest memory in life, and of Nevada, lives in the Lehman Caves of Great Basin National Park. I remember being led by my...
‘Explosive’ price of gold won’t mean much for Nevada
Since last year the price of gold has increased 25 percent, from $1,200 to $1,500. Market watchers are saying things like gold is a...
They should’ve banned assault weapons while they were at it
Gov. Steve Sisolak and legislative Democrats take pride, and rightly so, in the gun safety agenda they enacted this year.In February, Sisolak signed into...