The U.S. had jus’ fired a missile into Iraq that evening as a preëmptive strike and now the nation was at war on two fronts, Afghanistan was the other. As Jeff and I sat in the lunchroom of our workplace we discussed the implication and ramifications of a drawn out conflict in the Middle East. Somehow we…

We had jus’ been told we were heading into combat, a first for many of us. We were whooping it up, yelling things like, “Let’s go kill us some commie bastards.” As the day grew longer and our departure delayed time and again, we grew restless. But our bravado never wavered as we continued to wait, gear packed…

New questions about IRS director of Exempt Organization Lois Lerner and the attitude she’s taken in the past about conservative and Christian groups are being asked. The Blaze reports, as head of the Enforcement Office at the Federal Election Commission, she had a hand in questioning the Christian Coalition during the 1990s, and again in 2003 as transcripts show her agency was…

We were on our way to the gas station to fill up my truck’s tank, when I looked over to my left and noticed an attractive woman puckering her red lips and blowing kisses at me. I smiled back and did my best not to look her way again. When I rolled into the parking…

1997 In a dream late last night, As I slept in my easy chair, Beautiful, filled with light, The scent of pine in the air. I talked with the Son of God, In this dream, in my sleep, He schooled me about the sod, An’ the promise he did keep. He said he loves the…

“‘Local News Stories’ is so boring,” she said to me as she perused my Facebook notes. “What,” I responded, feeling defensive, “It’s simple and direct.” “Yeah,” but it’s boring, boring, boring,” she added. “Then what should I call it?” I asked. She snorted, “How do I know? You’re the one with all the ideas.” I…

1995 Your tenderness has touched me Touched me in a way unimagined Unimagined and lost in a memory A memory I hold in my heart. My heart is full for you For you are like no other No other I will need again Need again to seek no other.

The El Cortez hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas,  built-in 1941 and remodeled in 1952, is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The El Cortez is one of the oldest original buildings still standing on Fremont. The National Register says when it opened more than 70 years ago it was one of the largest and…

From: Kelly Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:42 AM To: Tom; John Cc: Dan; Ross; Monica Subject: Old Stories on Morning News? Hi Tom, As you know, I’m up early and monitor Reno’s Morning News to get a first glimpse of the day’s latest stories…so imagine my surprise when both yesterday and today I heard…

The President is finding himself hit by multiple scandals including the deadly attack in Libya, the IRS targeting of tea party, patriot and religious groups and the seizure of Associated Press phone records in a leak investigation. Obama advisers cast the trio of controversies as an inevitable part of life in the White House. But there is a fourth…