By Troy Wilde Nevada News Service LAS VEGAS – Child deaths in Clark County dropped 29 percent from 2008 to 2012, according to an annual report by the†Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy. The numbers are down from 311 in 2008 to 222 last year. Tara Phebus, executive director[...]
I just love when people try to make a federal case out of an arbitration, as is the case before the Judicial Discipline Commission of Family Court Judge Steven Jones and his supposed girlfriend, Lisa Willardson. I can understand the resentment several people have against Judge Jones for losing custody[...]
Editorials · On a Personal Note
Ever since the heavy-duty “official” Black Friday more or less came into being in 2005 (there are allusions to it as far back as the ’60s, and some dates in the ’90s are claiming “credit” too), retailers have been vying with each other in ever more enticing ways to lure in more[...]
Editorials · Our Point of View
There is no doubt among the legal community that the new attorneys representing OJ Simpson in his effort to gain a new trial that would clear him of his 2008 conviction have done a good job. Patricia Palm, Osvaldo Fumo and Tom Pitaro displayed a great deal of professionalism and[...]
The popularity of football is at an all-time high. Just look at the ratings for the NFL. Moreover, college football is enjoying unprecedented popularity. I played football as did all of my three sons, but if I had to do it over again I’m not so sure I would. We[...]
Did falling bikini-top ‘emergency’ absolve distracted driver in fatal crash? NY Appeals court says yes. It’s the breast defense! A trial judge got it right in the case of Pelletier V Lahm, by allowing a jury to decide whether a fallen bikini top could constitute an “emergency” absolving a distracted[...]
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. — C. S. Lewis The story was told in Reader’s Digest about when Jim Burke became the head of new products division at Johnson & Johnson. One of his first projects was the development of a children’s chest rub. The product[...]
Under what presently passes for “leadership” in the Republican Assembly caucus, it will again be impossible for the GOP to gain a Republican majority next year; however, the developing conservative uprising in Nevada — “Conservageddon!” — could well result in a new (and desperately needed) conservative majority in the Republican[...]
Was Sharmel Edwards a ‘casualty’ of a war being fought by some members of the LVMPD? Do officers who believe they are fighting a war place less value on the ‘sanctity of human life’? This language was incorporated into the new Use of Force policy at Metro a month after[...]
