By Stuart Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee They go by several different names: Crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, yabbies, mudbugs. Whatever you call them, there are about 220 million of these crustaceans bathing in Lake Tahoe, where they apparently are adding to the algae growth that clouds North America’s largest alpine lake. Some scientists want to reduce these numbers, […]
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By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times In this pivotal election year, fellow citizens, I give you a chilling vision of two Americas. One America is the swing states, the dozen or so states that don’t fall into the Democratic or Republican camps and will ultimately decide the presidential election. Those unhappy states — they know […]
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By Kenneth Lieberthal and Michael O’Hanlon, Las Vegas Sun Drones, kill lists, computer viruses and administration leaks are all the rage in the current political debate. They indeed merit serious scrutiny at a time when the rules of war, and technologies available for war, are changing fast. That said, these issues are not the foreign policy […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 6, 2012, Reno Gazette-Journal. What does it take to host the Olympics? Money is the first requirement, of course. And the old real estate rule about “location, location, location” would certainly apply, too. Near the top of the list, however, would be patience … a heckuva lot […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Bumper stickers with a prospective tourism tagline for the state were passed out at last week’s meeting of the Nevada Tourism Commission. They read, “Nevada: California’s Man Cave.” Don’t worry, it’s a joke. No one is seriously considering that line. The bumper stickers were sent to the state […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee Common Cause and other, similarly inclined reform groups have for decades advocated limits on campaign contributions as a cure for the corrupting influence of special interest money. The Watergate scandal begat limits on presidential and congressional campaign contributions four decades ago and more recently, they found their way into California’s […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Two of the state’s largest slot machine manufacturers received Nevada’s first interactive gaming licenses in June. Regulators could license three more suppliers this month. Another 30-plus casino operators and gaming equipment providers have interactive license applications on file with the Gaming Control Board. If all goes as planned, gaming […]
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What would the founding fathers of the Unites States think today of the country they helped form in 1776? What will people 236 years from now say about 2012? If only there were crystal balls or time machines to answer those questions. While we are on the eve of celebrating the birth of this country, […]
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By John M. Simpson, Special to the Sacramento Bee What do autonomous cars driven by robots like those Google is developing have to do with your privacy? If the answer is nothing, then why won’t Google and the author of a bill to allow them on California highways accept an amendment requiring that the new […]
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By Maria Panaritis, Philadelphia Inquirer It was shocking enough to hear this week that median American family wealth in 2010 had plunged to 1992 levels. But imagine this equally alarming detail that didn’t get headlines: Generation Xers — those who hit the workforce in the late 1980s and early 1990s — got more scorched than […]
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