Every time I hear these five Christmas songs – I return to my childhood… 1. ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,’ Gene Autry 2. ‘White Christmas,’ Bing Crosby 3. ‘Frosty the Snowman,’ Jimmy Durante 4. ‘It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,’ Andy Williams 5. ‘A Holly Jolly Christmas,’ Burle Ivys What about you? Recount…

I had fretted about my hair cut all day long. I had asked the barber to trim my hair around the ears and neatened up the back of my head and neck. I sat down and he went to work. When he got done though, what I had asked for and gotten were two different…

During a meeting between State Budget Director Julia Teska and the Interim Finance Committee, it’s been learned that even with the state’s entire “rainy day” fund, Nevada will see a budget shortfall of more than $61 million. Following the meeting, Governor Brian Sandoval issued a statement: “The shortfall is caused by actual revenue numbers not…

1978 Everyday it’s back to the same old bench in the locker room, the same locker room, the same locker. This where it begins and ends. All things center here. This is where the workouts get planned, the day discussed. Success is forgotten here. Those who are champions are forgotten and are jus’ another member of the team.…

President Obama pledged to free all remaining inmates and close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center as he campaigned for President in 2008. Many remain concerned that the released prisoners will expose the U.S. to increased terrorist threats. Now Uruguay’s President José Mujica has agreed to accept six Guantanamo Bay prisoners saying about them, “human beings who…

Most people don’t know that for every aviator, sailor or soldier with his index finger on the trigger, there are 10 or more support personnel supplying all their needs for victory. Petty Officer First Class Roland Peachee was going about his duties as a butcher on the dock next to his assigned ship the USS…

Nevada is ranked number three on the HeyLets Self-Promotion Index.  It asked 2,500 Americans who participate in social media to rate the number of posts they typically make on potentially self-promotional topics such as trips to special locations, attendance at memorable events, and work-related good news. Here is the five “Most Braggadocious” U.S. States: #1:  California (77% percent frequently…

The protests in Union Square, Times Square and Grand Central Station started small, but soon grew with the help of “This Stops Today,”  a group affiliated with Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which is overseen by labor boss Andy Stern, its president since 1996.  Stern also sits on the Executive Committee of ‘America Coming Together’…

From a friend via the Internet… God promised at the birth of time, A special friend to give, His time on earth is short, he said, So love him while he lives. It may be six or seven years, Or twelve or then sixteen, But will you, till I call him back, Take care of…

The Republican Party won a large victory on the promise that they’d fight President Obama’s executive overreach – but it seems those promises were nothing more than a ruse to gain votes and power. And jus’ so you know what the hell I’m talking about when I write that the GOP and the Democratic Party…