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“those people (criminals) have rights”…say the police
- July 11, 2018
Another drama day at the doctor’s office: this doctor, after seeing me four previous times, tells me “You look familiar — have I seen you before?” I felt like telling the doctor that she probably saw my photograph on the wall of the post office, but then I remembered that post offices no longer post the photos of the most wanted on its walls because the criminals have rights and it is not fair to[…]

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Who really is Calvin Leslie?
- July 11, 2018
The name “Families of the Wrongfully Convicted Research Center” sounds very touching and very noble, but many wonder if the intentions of the man who claims to be the head of that organization in Las Vegas are truly touching and noble. He also claims to be a fighter for the Las Vegas homeless people and represents an organization known as C&L Management LLC with a logo that reads “We are here to serve and accommodate[…]

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Travel ban about national security, not religious bias
- July 5, 2018
Many of the news articles and opinion pieces penned about the Supreme Court ruling upholding President Trump’s so-called travel ban totally ignored a key word that was at the core of the 5-4 ruling — the verb “to vet,” which appears 32 times in the syllabus, opinion, concurrences and dissents. The travel ban was not about banning Muslims from entry, but was about restricting travel and immigration from nations that fail to or, due to unrest, cannot adequately document whether individuals[…]

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Free speech includes the right to be silent
- July 4, 2018
The right to free speech includes the right to not be compelled to speak. That includes not being required to pay dues to a union whose political view might be different from yours, not being required to advertise abortion availability at your faith-based pregnancy counseling service, not being required to use your cake baking talent to create a special cake or your flowing arranging expertise for a gay wedding. All of these have come down from a closely divided U.S. Supreme[…]

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Judicial bias depends on the party involved
- July 4, 2018
Bias, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Earlier this year a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision by Reno federal Judge Robert Clive Jones involving water rights in the Walker River Basin and ordered him removed from the case, saying he was biased against the federal government’s attorneys. “We reluctantly conclude that reassignment is appropriate here because we believe (1) that Judge Jones would have substantial difficulty putting out[…]

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No thieves will spoil my holiday

July 6, 2018

I hope this column will serve as an eye-opener for people having their offices and other businesses in the neighborhood of 10th Street close to Charleston. Everything that shines in that neighborhood is not gold. This past weekend was a very emotionally agitating one for all of us here at the office. We were burglarized not once, but twice in two consecutive days. Those who broke into the office cleaned us out of everything; they did not take my underwear, however,[…]

Editorials · On a Personal Note

Does anyone really think “Safety first” any more?

July 6, 2018

Careless “celebrating” on the 4th of July can cause pain and suffering. The 4th of July — more meaningfully called Independence Day because it is the anniversary of the publication of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain in 1776 — is the day that represents the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation. It is extremely significant and of importance to all. The occasion always seems to call for celebrating with fireworks — along with[…]

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Editorials · Our Point of View

Ward 3 suffers under Councilman Bob Coffin

July 5, 2018

Last Wednesday while many Las Vegas residents were reading the Las Vegas Tribune, a group of downtown business owners were meeting with the Ward 3 Councilman in a small office on 7th Street, which most likely was donated to the Councilman to meet with business owners in his ward. One would think that such a meeting would be to help the councilman get to know what his constituents want and need through their open doors, and get to show the councilman[…]

Editorials · My Point of View

Me — a gangster? I wish I had the nerve/manhood to be a gangster

July 5, 2018

During most of my life it has been my opinion that bragging is not such a good “quality” in anyone; bragging could not only put people in difficult situations sometimes, but embarrassing situations as well. My modus operandi has always been the same: I do not brag; people never know when I have money or when I don’t have a dime in my pocket— which is almost always. Just a few weeks ago I experienced it to the[…]

Editorials · Our Point of View

Breeding shows; so does ignorance. Thank you, Sarah Huckabee Sanders

July 1, 2018

On November 8, 2016 Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States of America against the wishes and the taste of many socialist American Democrats. On January 20, 2017 president-elect Donald Trump was sworn in and took the Oath of the presidency of this great nation against the wishes and the taste of the socialist American Democrats that were still numb and in disbelief of the election results. How dare a real American with a democratic mentality[…]

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Watch out for Brandon Sattler, may be a local scamer

June 29, 2018

When Lou Toomin is looking for some one to have lunch with he always come to me because he knows that I feel sorry for him and even if I do not order anything to eat I have an ice cream or a glass of ice tea. No one wants to be bother with Lou Toomin because he is “loosing it” according to former friends and associates, he “is senile” and a pain the neck according to another allege[…]

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The “Immigration Problem,” with a new twist

June 28, 2018

I wrote this editorial on June 25, 2014, and at the time we thought the situation was drastic. At the time Barack Obama was president. Now, some of the socialists spread all over the country want to accuse and blame President Donald Trump for whatever they want to complain about, including terrorizing children. We have people like California Representative Maxine Waters instigating the masses to violence. As recently as last Saturday Waters told a group of people at a[…]