This tradition has baffled me for many years. There is nothing patriotic about professional sports, nothing, and now the anthem has become one big controversy. The national anthem is no longer a relevant feature of professional sports and it needs to go. The Star-Spangled Banner started playing at professional sporting events September 5, 1918 during a baseball game in …
Viewers are slamming the 2011 historical drama The Help over a message I never took from the movie. Apparently, Twitter users are asking Netflix to remove The Help from its service because of its “white savior narrative.” I disagree with these viewers and Twitter users, and this movement surprises me. I have seen The Help and the narrative …
Yesterday I thought about the fractured state of America and how it has been this way since the days of Christopher Columbus. Today we see trauma caused by power and greed. A Native American can certainly attest to trauma caused by power and greed. They were already here on this land when an advanced society came in with …
A British headline is calling it Broken America. Yes America might be broken, but has it ever not been? Will we ever learn Nearly 30 years after the Rodney King police beating in Los Angeles California, we see cities across America burn and shatter over yet another white police officer beating and or killing of a black male …
I kept notes for you over the weekend and all I can say is: Oy Vey. The Memorial Day holiday is over, and soon we will be on to a long Fourth of July weekend. Americans did what they do best on Memorial Day weekend. They did what they wanted. What were people thinking We are phasing in …
Hello and Happy Memorial Day Weekend 2020. Memorial Day weekend is about honoring military personnel who died while serving in the armed forces. Observed the last Monday of May, the weekend also kicks off early summer. It is already summer in the Desert Southwest. A heat wave in Northern Nevada starts Monday, and South Lake Tahoe officials told …
Remember the soap opera As the Word Turns? It is now As the Coronavirus Turns: It is our new soap opera. This is our new normal Each day we learn more about it. There is no escaping it. I want it gone too. A man went into a Costco and filmed an encounter he had with a manager …
Nevada gets a big Friday morning quake and we have a new crack in the road. The Nevada Highway Patrol Northern Command snapped the above picture this morning near Mina Nevada. California … ??? Earthquakes … California …??? Move on over Move over California. Nevada is getting ready to take over as reigning earthquake champ. There was a …
It is no secret I am a passionate political observer. A webinar with Senator Jacky Rosen from Nevada remains a highlight of the week. I am a few things. Besides a political advocate and a news reporter, I am a licensed Nevada realtor. That information can be found on the blog’s Real Estate page. Many ingredients to combine I …
Achieving Herd immunity for Covid-19 is a good goal, but it cannot be achieved without a vaccine. Vaccinated people protect the few who are not. Mumps, chicken pox and other infectious diseases are examples of achieved Herd Immunity through vaccination. As an outcome, Herd Immunity is a noun. I have started using Herd Immunity as a verb, as in: To …