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Nevada’s 2014 in Review
The New Year began with word that 75 percent of applicants had failed the Department of Motor Vehicles written test needed for the new driver authorization card. Passed by the 2013 Legislature and signed by Governor Brian Sandoval the law allows illegal’s in Nevada without citizenship status to get the driver authorization cards. Also in…
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Rewarding Bad Behavior with Good Positions
Isaiah 5:20 warns, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” This is exactly what progressives in the U.S. Senate on both side of the aisle continue to do. The latest example is Alissa Starzak,…
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Life Lesson #12
Stop thinking you’re not ready. Nobody ever feels 100-percent prepared when an opportunity arises. Most great occasions in life force us to grow beyond our comfort zones.
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Piñata
They’d jus’ landed at base after a 48-hour medical support mission. But it didn’t matter as the call, “Nine-line, nine-line, nine-line,” came across the squawk-box. In less than four-minutes the helicopter and crew were airborne again. As they reached the hot zone, they learned there was no landing area and would have to hover, taking enemy fire, while lowering Doc…
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It’s Still Censorship — No Matter Who Does It
It’s puzzling how people who have no real life-skills and even less than stellar dubious achievements are able to get ahead in this world. Take for instance the ‘Reverend’ Al Sharpton. He sat down with Sony Pictures head Amy Pascal and now the company says it plans to give him a say in how they…
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My Christmas Haiku to You
Holidays are here. Can you hear the Christmas bells? Jesus is alive!
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A Dog Named ‘Spike’
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s 8-year-old daughter Shiloh appeared on the red carpet for her mom’s new film, ‘Unbroken’ dressed in a suit. She also asks to be called “John.” It seems the child’s request is causing a raging battle on the Internet. Parents are upset over the kid’s self-identification with the ‘opposite sex,’ while…
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Boxing Great Battles Pneumonia
Boxing great Muhammad Ali has pneumonia. The three-time world heavyweight champion, who is also battling Parkinson’s disease, is in stable condition. Ali recently made a surprise appearance at the Nevada Division I state football championships at Damonte Ranch High in Reno, December 6. He and his daughter Rasheda Walsh and sister-in-law Marilyn Williams, were there to watch his grandson Biaggio…
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The Cost of Doing Presidential Business in Nevada
The bill for President Barack Obama’s late November visit to Southern Nevada has finally been tallied up. Aside from bilking federal tax payers, his trip to explain his executive overreach on immigration cost a whopping $171,499.36 to Nevada’s state and local police. Henderson police forked-out $143,685.21 for Obama’s November 21-23 trip. Meanwhile, the Nevada Highway Patrol spent $27,814.15 in…
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Obama’s Year-End Presser
President Barack Obama held his end-of-year press conference before jetting off to Hawaii for a 17-day Christmas vacation. In it he said Sony “made a mistake” cancelling the release of the movie “The Interview,” after a cyber-attack on the company’s computer system by North Korea, and stated the U.S. will respond “proportionately.” Proportionately — in…