By Thomas Sowell The Republican candidates’ circular firing squad now seems to be using machine guns. Whoever the eventual “last man standing” turns out to be, he may not be standing very tall or very steadily on his feet — and he may be a pushover for Barack Obama in the general election, thanks to […]
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By Andy Brooks and Steve Weber On any given Sunday, you never know who will win an NFL game. But if you’ve been to the ‘Stick or many other stadiums this year, you know one thing: Fans’ actions toward the opposing team’s fans will go beyond just emotional or angry to sometimes threatening and even […]
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By William H. Meadows As the Republican presidential nomination process moves on to the states of Nevada and Colorado, a new topic has arisen in a race that has already seen many twists and turns. That issue is the purpose and importance of public lands. In a recent interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal, former Massachusetts […]
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By Priya Guha Around the world, nations are looking for ways to accelerate their recovery from the global recession. While the tactics may be different, the strategy is the same: encourage robust, sustainable growth. In the United Kingdom, a central plank of our plan for growth is a reduction in the corporate tax rate. It […]
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By Ted Gaines As we near the fifth anniversary of the devastating Angora Fire that ravaged the Lake Tahoe area, leaving destruction in its wake, I am baffled by the governor’s decision to put lives and property in even more danger by cutting fire protection funding for the region. The governor’s proposed budget eliminates the […]
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Random Acts of Kindness has been wildly successful because of you. When the idea first percolated last fall we wondered what the reaction would be. Would people embrace it? Would they write in? Would businesses want to be part of it? Within the first hour of asking businesses to contribute a gift, three slots on […]
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By Nancy Graalman After a misplaced display of pique – directed at citizens exercising their public meeting rights instead of at California State Parks staff responsible for an awkward do-over of actions taken last fall – State Park Commissioners approved last Friday a re-packaged resolution that downgrades portions of Washoe Meadows State Park to clear […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth would like to thank Heavenly Mountain Resort for its continued support in our Adopt-A-Day of Nourishment Program. Volunteers from spent their Monday helping Bread & Broth volunteers serve those in need a well balanced nutritious meal to people from the community. The volunteers from our local Kiwanis have been […]
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To the community, As a member of the City Council, I served on three JPA boards (joint powers authority). They were the recreation JPA created by Measure S; the refuse JPA; and the fire-ambulance JPA. Recently, the recreation JPA has been through a meat grinder. It has paid for two elections; one failed, one passed. […]
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By Bill O’Reilly Growing up in Levittown out on Long Island, I remember my father buying pants through the mail. This seemed strange to me. There was a Robert Hall clothing store nearby, and it had pants all over the place. But my dad said he could buy two pair for the price of one […]
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