It’s too (suddenly) hot to think deep thoughts, so here’s a round-up of what has caught my eye: New push for expedited solar power plants in NV announced today. This makes me happy. I could write another post on disgraced Republican Senator John Ensign, but it seems more efficient to let the Gleaner do it.…
I was contacted by Magnolia Pictures about this movie, Food Inc, a documentary about the food industry in America. I watched the trailer and I am very interested. Perhaps you are, too. It opens at Village Square on July 3. If the movie is anything like the website and trailer, this movie really follows my…
I’m recovering from a bit of a sinus/chest infection and the medicine-head has got me thinking about mass transit. You see, I got this nifty prescription cough medicine. It works wonders, but it’s so powerful I’m not allowed to drive while taking it (something about a mild narcotic in it). So this has got me…
There’s just so much to get to, let’s dive right in: Support SB397! This bill, brought forward by Sen. Maggie Carlton, would create a fund for environmental clean-up and ban the use of non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags within four years. As many long-time Siren readers know, this is an issue very close to my heart.…
Las Vegas was a flagship city for the World Wildlife Federation’s global Earth Hour event on Saturday, March 28, a symbolic gesture representing the impact of our carbon footprint and the significance of small changes. Thoughts?
This post is brought to you by my best friend Joshua Todd: Rick Warren devotee, 1950’s marriage counselor, and anti-feminist Martha Peace has some words of wisdom for all you gals out there. Don’t know about Martha Peace yet…well check out MotherJones.com. Among many suggestions — like praying for your husband because he must live…
Things I don’t want to completely ignore: The Nevada Women’s Lobby (of which I am a steering committee member) has been working to support ACR5, a bill calling for an interim study on the state of incarcerated women in Nevada. President Obama has started the process to overturn Bush’s misogynistic plot to devalue women’s health…
Forbes has named Las Vegas the most vacant city in America. (Cue: Obvious double-entendre here.) Most vacant apartments, homes and commercial buildings. Was that a tuft of tumbleweeds that just wafted by on the empty streets of Sin City? Hmmm … Isn’t this the way that cities like Detroit start their downward spiral? That’s it,…
The final in my trilogy of outrage is the whole President Obama and Vegas thing. In a town hall meeting in Indiana last week the president made a comment that companies that are getting bailed out by the taxpayers should not be taking trips to Las Vegas. Then all hell broke loose! On the one…
I was watching CNN and Wolf Blitzer asked, “The argument used to be that immigrants took the jobs that Americans didn’t want, but with the downturn in the economy, is that still true?” Cue: Nasty anti-immigrant sentiments from pundits (followed by a nasty little commercial that went something like the South Park episode where everyone…
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