WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s ties to Nevada penetrate beyond the high-brow donor class. The latest moment showcasing his connections to the Silver State came during Thursday’s Cabinet meeting. A reporter asked Trump about the release of Russian–American ballerina Ksenia…
When the actress Michele Yeoh accepted the best actress Oscar for her performance in the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once at the age of sixty, she famously quipped, “And ladies, don’t let anybody tell you that you are…
Three cheers for Lauren Bowman Bis and her searing, yet entertaining, video on “voters” in Nevada. Bis — the Public Interest Legal Foundation’s communications director — guilelessly drives through the heavily Democrat deserts of greater Las Vegas. She searches high and low for voters registered with home…
High White Notes: The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism By David Wills (Beatdom Books, 557 pages, $15) On September 28, 1987, the following appeared in the editorial section of the San Francisco Examiner: Joe Biden is gone now —…
Someone who knows that I was a law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles for nearly 20 years, having taught more than 2,000 students, sent me a news item this week about a Loyola Law School graduate. It…
You know you’re getting old when you go out one night and convince all your friends to walk to the other side of town to a wonderful little pub you know, only to find out that it is now a…
More people are set to gamble on Super Bowl LVI than on any of the previous 55 Super Bowls. It is estimated 31.5 million Americans will lay down over $7.6 billion on Sunday’s big game, up 35 percent and 78…
I have very brave friends. One is a diver and feeds sharks in the aquarium. Another one bungee jumps from bridges. And another, the craziest, runs a WhatsApp group for parents at school. I recently wrote to him to see…
Washington — Are you familiar with the work of Professor Simon Gottschalk? I have only become familiar with his work recently, but I commend it to you. He is a professor of sociology with the University of Nevada at Las…
As you look forward to 2019, it’s time to set some goals. I tend to sit down with a clear head at the end of the year and think deeply about what I want to accomplish in the next year,…
