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by Geoff Schumacher
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 at 8:47 PM
I'm not one to get worked up about public employee salaries. I don't begrudge anybody taking home a good wage. The new Clark County School District superintendent, Dwight Jones, is going to receive $358,000 per year in total compensation. This...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 at 9:51 PM
I enjoy perusing Parade magazine on Sunday mornings. There's always a little something of interest in there. But today's issue includes an article headlined, "Start the year right with . . . Back-to-School Breakfasts," by celebrity chef...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Plenty of people on the left and right have complained that President Obama's stimulus packagel hasn't done as much good for the Nevada economy as many had hoped. But you gotta believe the residents of Silver Peak are feeling pretty good about it...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Monday, Jul. 05, 2010 at 5:58 PM
It's become the conventional wisdom for people to say that newspapers are dying. That's the common understanding whether you work in the industry or have only a fleeting interest in the subject. The only problem: As with a lot of conventional...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Monday, May. 17, 2010 at 11:21 PM
Asked to list the great pop vocalists of the past 50 years, most would mention names such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Freddie Mercury. But break down the discussion by musical genre, and a wider diversity of names...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Tuesday, May. 04, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Stan Lee often is described as a "comic book legend." The honorific is no exaggeration. Over a long career with Marvel Comics, Lee co-created Spider-Man, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Iron Man and many...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Monday, Apr. 12, 2010 at 11:43 PM
I’ve always liked late-night talk shows. Johnny, Dave, Jay, Conan — all funny, entertaining stuff. But over the past few years — OK, the past decade — I’ve had trouble staying awake to watch them. Age is not...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 at 4:11 PM
What a sad turn of events. About a week ago, I posted an item here encouraging Las Vegans to visit the wonderful Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary this spring. Then, just a few days later, the sanctuary experienced a fire that killed 180 birds and a dog....
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by Geoff Schumacher
Sunday, Mar. 14, 2010 at 6:00 PM
One of my favorite places in the Las Vegas Valley is the Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary. The eight-acre sanctuary, located at 8103 Racel St. in northwest Las Vegas, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Gilcrease is a fun place to take kids but...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 at 10:48 AM
John Chachas, a Wall Street investment banker, has decided to run for Harry Reid's U.S. Senate seat. This is goofy but at least it's good for Nevada's economy. At this point, short of a high-level nuclear waste dump, we'll take whatever we can get....
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by Geoff Schumacher
Wednesday, Feb. 03, 2010 at 4:10 PM
Those who are certain Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will lose in November apparently are short on perspective, or possess an overabundance of wishful thinking.
Sure, Reid is behind in the polls right now. No question about that. But a lot can...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman's announcement today that he will not run for governor is no doubt disappointing to many Las Vegans who believe he may be the only politician with the stomach to tackle the enormous issues facing the state. But at the...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 at 8:55 AM
The U.S. Senate passed its health care reform bill this morning. How did I learn this? I received e-mail blasts from a variety of sources. They flooded into my BlackBerry as I was getting ready for work.
What's interesting, I think, is that each of...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Wednesday, Dec. 02, 2009 at 7:38 AM
Since last night's blog post on the Afghanistan surge, I have been using Twitter to post short items about the president's speech and the analysis that has followed. Here are some of those tweets:
- Agree or not with Obama's Afghan surge, this much...
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by Geoff Schumacher
Tuesday, Dec. 01, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Anyone who tells you he is absolutely certain about what to do in Afghanistan is a fool. Afghanistan is difficult. It has been difficult for decades, centuries even. There is no surefire way forward. Any course you take is a crapshoot.
President...
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