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OPINION: Medicare Advantage Is A Safety Net For Seniors

March 8, 2024 11:52 amMarch 8, 2024 11:54 am

The last thing you need when navigating a major health episode is the stress of how much treatment will cost to be able to get your health back. I came face to face with this financial burden while receiving treatment for breast cancer fourteen years ago. My mounting medical expenses...

Taking Nevada’s Public School System From Worst to First In Four Steps

March 1, 2024 2:30 pmMarch 4, 2024 1:19 pm

When Governor Joe Lombardo was declared the election winner over a year ago, he promised all Nevadans that he would fix our failing public schools that have ranked worst-in-the-nation for over a decade. Ineffective school leaders who said the problem was low funding were rewarded billions more dollars in the...

OPINION: Andy Reid Won the Super Bowl, but Lost a Super Opportunity

February 13, 2024 2:04 pmFebruary 14, 2024 11:43 am

The moments that will not linger in the history of Super Bowl LVIII, as interesting as many of them were, include: the exciting finish to a well-played game, the hoopla of the Super Bowl’s first Las Vegas appearance, Usher’s excellent half-time show, and the Taylor Swift phenomena taking over the...

Black History Month and My Father’s Legacy

February 6, 2024 1:20 pmFebruary 7, 2024 12:52 pm

As I reflect on Black History Month and what it means, I cannot help but also reflect on a lesson I learned from my father. He taught me that if I centered my life on service, I would be able to do far greater things than if I lived for...

Nikki Haley’s Campaign: ‘Nevada has not and has never been our focus’

February 5, 2024 7:03 pmFebruary 6, 2024 1:21 pm

One might think that any serious candidate for the 2024 presidential election would have chosen the Nevada GOP caucus in order to receive the needed delegates for the GOP nomination. One might also think that a serious campaign wouldn’t insult swing state voters by openly admitting that a key state,...

OPINION: Washoe County Leadership Has Sunk to a New (and Evil) Low

January 23, 2024 2:51 pmJanuary 23, 2024 2:58 pm

January 16, 2024 was the day Washoe County officials, led by Democratic Commissioner Alexis Hill and County Manager Eric Brown, kicked off the monthly board meeting by inviting a satanic cult who believes there “is only one right way to live one’s life” to lead the opening invocation. Jason Miller...

What In The Hail Satan Is Going On in Washoe County?

January 17, 2024 6:11 pmJanuary 18, 2024 1:09 pm

When I came across this story yesterday after interviewing Kash Patel on the rise of national security threats in the U.S, I thought I had accidentally opened The Babylon Bee, but I quickly discovered that we are in a “trend” that I simply hadn’t caught wind of yet. According to...