Sure, we all know to watch the lovely sways of the Bellagio fountains or see the “eruption” of the Mirage volcano before capping the night at the Fremont Street Experience downtown. But in addition to these well-known tourist spots in…
My wife and I spent Memorial Week in Las Vegas. That’s right. Sin City, though I don’t suppose Las Vegas city fathers and mothers much like this old designation. They’ve tried to make the place more “family friendly.” This by…
That time of year is nearly upon us when the masses (of the poker-playing variety) descend on Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker. The cash games and smaller tournaments kick off at the Rio on Tuesday, while other…
People-watching at McCarron International Airport in Las Vegas can be a fascinating exercise. Those who just touched down on the tarmac have a certain bright-eyed optimism before they depart into Sin City, while most of those heading to the departing…
Washington President Donald Trump and casino mogul Steve Wynn have been bitter competitors who have bad-mouthed each other, sued each other and poached each other’s top employees in a decades-long faceoff as they jostled to be top dog in the…
Welcome to my new column for The American Spectator examining poker and gambling both from the regulatory and recreational angles. I have been involved in the poker industry for more than a decade as a player and writer, becoming hooked on…
Satan. The Devil. The lion seeking whom he may devour. The thief who comes to only to steal and kill and destroy. The crafty serpent. Satan, the fallen, the arch-enemy of God. In these evil days, why is no one…
Las Vegas Walk past the water flowing over marble walls, cone-shaped sculptures and various eateries in The Park between the New York-New York and Monte Carlo casino hotels and you’ll reach T-Mobile Arena, which on a recent June day was…
Las Vegas Beer bottles, discarded torn clothing and other debris dot the landscape at the corner of Russell Road and Dean Martin Drive. In the distance, to the northeast, the Strip looms — a pyramid, a castle, a faux Empire…