Several weeks ago at a McDonald’s on Eastern and Flamingo, a gross mistake in communication turned from bad to worse when a middle-aged and nicely dressed man went back to the counter to say there was a mistake in his order. Since the girl behind the counter did not speak[...]
My wife and I were driving along minding our own business when we passed a house with a Ku Klux Klan flag waving from a pole in the front yard in St. Cloud, Florida. It was surrounded by a couple dozen American flags planted all over the lawn. The sheer[...]
On 5/19/13, the Las Vegas Sun published a Q&A with Sheriff Doug Gillespie. The heading for the story was, “Sheriff weighs in on pimps, hip-hop, cops and cameras on the Strip, and more.” Anyone who has read my columns (Safe Strip Report, ICARE, etc.) that have been published in the[...]
IRS Tea Party scandal is ‘un-American’ and a ‘travesty,’ lawmakers angrily state Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are vowing to hold people accountable and explore legislative changes to ensure the IRS mends its ways after singling out Tea Party and other conservative groups. By David Grant Capitol Hill[...]
Dear EarthTalk: I heard that a number of beer brewing companies have banded together to support the Clean Water Act. Can you enlighten? — Mitch Jenkins, Cincinnati, OH In April 2013 the non-profit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) brought together two dozen nationally respected craft beer brewers to launch the[...]
Republicans are jumping all over what they see as major scandals in the Obama administration, including Benghazi, the IRS, and checking journalists’ phone records. But some in the GOP are warning against the perception of overreach for partisan purposes. By Brad Knickerbocker Benghazi terrorist attack… IRS and the Tea Party…[...]
Whatever you do, don’t try to pull a fast one on U.S. District Judge Otis Wright. (This article is taken in part from the National Law Journal, dated May 7, 2013.) After describing a massive fraud involving the enforcement of copyrights to pornography, he has referred four lawyers to licensing[...]
I will remind you that only ONE Nevada legislator, Assemblyman Wes Duncan, voted “No” on the Internet tax resolution. I’ll also note that U.S. Sen. Dean Heller opposes this so-called/misnamed “Marketplace Fairness Act.” But Duncan and Heller are far from alone when it comes to national CONSERVATIVE opposition to this[...]
Feeling vindicated by IRS admission, Tea Party hopes to leverage the moment for a resurgence Boston Herald.com Special to the Las Vegas Tribune Is the Tea Party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement’s leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement[...]
Dear EarthTalk: What are the big delivery companies like FedEx and UPS doing to green their truck fleets and operations in general — Mitchell Glaser, Overland Park, KS Package delivery companies like FedEx and UPS have come a long way in a relatively short time regarding sustainability, but they still[...]
Was O.J. Simpson Set Up By His Own Attorney? O.J. More Credible Than Former AttorneyMay 22, 2013
Did the Associated Press blow an Al Qaeda informant’s cover?May 22, 2013Poll: IRS deliberately harassed conservatives, majority believeMay 22, 2013My Point of View: Say Hello To My Little FriendMay 22, 2013
