By Paul Begala, Newsweek As the poet predicted, the center cannot hold. But it’s not because both the right and left are tearing at it equally. In an age in which journalism and punditry are terrorized by the demands of false equivalency, it is time to speak a simple truth: conservatives are to blame. It […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The state budget that the Legislature will enact this week will assume that half of its deficit will be covered by voter approval of new income and sales taxes next November. However, it’s looking steadily less like a reasonable assumption and increasingly like just another in a long string of […]
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To the community, In Mayor Claire Fortier’s June message to the community, she spoke of a trip to Monterey and Livermore sponsored by TahoeChamber.org. The mayor’s purpose of sending the message was to cheer the good things those cities have done to rebuild Monterey and Livermore. The mayor spoke warmly about Livermore’s rerouting a main […]
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Publisher’s note: The following letter was submitted to Lake Tahoe News by the author. Dear Mayor [Claire] Fortier and Council Members: I am writing on behalf of Michael McKeen and business and property owners in South Lake Tahoe who oppose in its present form the project and the application by the Tahoe Transportation District for […]
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To the community, The Zawadisha Fund would like to thank the following local businesses for their generous donations and participation in She Is Beautiful Lake Tahoe fundraiser: BioSpirit Day Spa, Bliss Skin Care Studio, Elevate Wellness, Gaia-Licious, LauraNidra Yoga, and Mountain Yoga. Together they raised $1058, which will fund self-defense and HIV/AIDS prevention workshops for […]
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By Jon Ralston, Las Vegas Sun During his Carson City heyday, Harvey Whittemore was the King of the Overreach. Mostly on behalf of the gaming industry, superlobbyist Whittemore tried to get jury verdicts against casinos retroactively annulled, pushed for a special art tax break for Steve Wynn and even persuaded a Senate committee chairman to […]
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By Norma Santiago Memories of the Angora Fire and its aftermath can renew feelings of pain, despair and loss. There are some of us who, with each anniversary, take time to reflect on the events of that day. Some look at the rebuilt homes, neighbors settled in, and new landscape with gratitude, but long for […]
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By Lincoln Brown A study from the University of Tennessee which was cited in Reuters indicates that despite what New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg may think, limiting people’s options on food, even junk food, does not help them to lose weight. So if the Great Twinkie Prohibition of 2012 is not going to be successful […]
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By Cal Thomas On Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the battleship USS Missouri at the end of ceremonies marking the unconditional surrender of Japan and the formal end of World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur spoke for a world weary of war and hoping for peace: “Let us pray that peace be now restored to the […]
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Sierra Front Interagency Fire Dispatch Center is asking citizens to stay out of the area where the Preacher Mine Fire recently burned in Douglas County. Curious citizens and off-road vehicle operators have been utilizing the roadways and backcountry area where the fire burned, and this has caused problems for the fire mop-up crews still operating […]
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