The Calamity That Wasn’t
It was refreshing to see not only that the West Wendover Needs Assessment be revised but also the apology for the original screw up. That it took have a year…
Social Darwinism For The Nice Guys
Over the past three or four years we have been seeing first hand and hearing second hand how nice it is to shop as the Christmas season draws to its…
We Know Better
Granted there is not much out here in the Great Basin but what we have we should be able keep. Las Vegas wants our water, environmentalists want to keep us…
Elaine Reed Passes At 64
Elaine Reed Born 11/16/49 at age 64 passed away peacefully on December 4, 2013 at 12:40 pm in Las Vegas Sunrise Hospital. The most thing she loved in life was…
Short Thanks
A couple of some years ago we began to receive anonymous Hanukkah presents. The first we thought was a one off. But the next year another came. And the next…
The American Optimism of Thanksgiving
The holiday the best explains the American experience is Thanksgiving. While it may have begun as a harvest festival like Oktoberfest it has taken on a whole new meaning stuck…
The Kindness of Neighbors
While there are worse things than having a loved one far from home in danger, it is not pleasant. Nights are either rendered sleepless because the time difference demands one…
Khayes iz sheyn
It is our privilege in this newspaper to meet people of courage and to let our readers meet them too. Fawn Neaman and her family are such people and while…
The Last Halloweeen
For the first time in over a quarter of a century we will not have a child go trick-or-treating. Our youngest now a man of 13 said he was too…