• May the Fourth Be With You

    Star Wars Day is an unofficial holiday in May celebrating Star Wars. The line “May the Force be with you,” is spoken several times in the films by members of the rebel alliance, who are the good guys, before they embark on a mission against the evil Empire. May 4th is considered a holiday by…

  • Local Horse Wins Kentucky Derby

    A horse owned by Steve and Carolyn Coburn of Topaz Lake has won 140th Kentucky Derby. California Chrome, based at Los Alamitos racetrack in Los Angeles, was the early 5-2 favorite for the race. Coburn, who co-owns the horse with Perry Martin bred an $8,000 mare to a $2,500 stallion to win the world’s most…

  • Nevada Congressman Calls for Investigation into Bundy Militia

    Nevada Congressman Steven Horsford says out-of-state militia groups have established an armed presence that is scaring people in his district caught in the middle of a feud between a rancher and the federal government. He made the claims in a letter to Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie asking his office to investigate. Horsford say armed…

  • One Pissed Off Politician

    Last Tuesday, I posted on Facebook, “I asked Assemblywoman Michele Fiore AD 4 if she has changed her position on Cliven Bundy’s supposed ‘racial’ comments. Earlier she posted “I strongly disagree with Cliven Bundy’s comments about slavery,” before the full video of his statement was released, thus distancing herself from him. My question has been…

  • Nevada’s Tangled Web of Wildlife and Land Management

    Another battle over land use in Nevada appears to be on the horizon. This time it doesn’t involve the desert tortoise – but rather a chicken-sized game bird the federal government wants to place on the endangered species list. The long-term survival of greater sage-grouse that lives in sagebrush throughout much of Northern and central…

  • The Attack on Truth

    Last week radio and television show host Glenn Beck blasted Southern Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy after a video aired showing the cattleman making ‘bigoted’ and ‘racial’ statements about ‘the Negro.’ It was later learned the video was six-days old and released in time to deflect attention from a complaint filed against Senator Harry Reid by…

  • Yurok Tribe to Reintroduce Sacred Condor

    Yurok Tribal Elders signed a memorandum of understanding last month with state and federal agencies and a condor conservation group, allowing for test releases to if the Redwood Coast can support the birds. Seven sites are under consideration on Redwood National and State Parks and private land within about 50 miles of each other, primarily…

  • The Unsustainability of Agenda 21

    “Think Globally, Act Locally” isn’t just a slogan. It is a one-line manifesto for environmental purists, pushing Agenda 21 and it’s one of the greatest threats to U.S. freedom. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development created Agenda 21 as a mixture of socialism extreme environmentalism and anti-capitalism. The…

  • Linking the Bundy Tape to Another Reid Ethics Violation

    It took six-days for the national press to release the video showing Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy ‘testifying’ about whether ‘the Negro’ or ‘Mexican people’ are any happier because of government subsidies. There is a reason the complicit media held that tape as long as it did. They are protecting the Democratic Party – which should…

  • Federal Overreach from Sea to Shining Sea

    The recent uproar over armed Bureau of Land Management agents descending on small ranch operation in Southern Nevada is shedding light on the fact that 40 agencies, including some not typically associated with law enforcement, have armed divisions. Agencies like the Library of Congress and Federal Reserve Board now employ armed officers. Flashback to 2008,…