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Noone Column: Yesterday and today in the Appeal newsroom
We had some good news and some bad news last week at the Nevada Appeal.
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05/20/2012 12:42am
Still haunted by high school hijinks
If you're like me, you never did or said anything hurtful or stupid during your stellar high school career 40 or 50 years ago. That's why I was so shocked when I read that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney harassed a prep school...
  05/20/2012 12:19am
Unrecognized heroes in our own community
Carson City, like its sister cities throughout the country, is made up of many unique men and women. We don't often get a chance to recognize them and thank them for their gifts to our quality of life. We should honor them more; they deserve it.
  05/19/2012 5:06am
Candidates who speak with forked tongues
The voting public generally believes that all politicians lie, but few politicians go as far as Nevada Assemblyman Scott Hammond, R-Las Vegas, in justifying that belief.
  05/18/2012 12:50am
Curious about intellectually spurious types
Dr. Paslov, I would like to take you seriously but to do so would affront your intelligence.
  05/17/2012 4:00am
Learn to share the road
Several years ago I read a study that correlated the number of bicyclists on a city's streets with the number of bicycle-automobile accidents.

The results were surprising.
  05/17/2012 3:57am
Janice Ayres: Political football at Yucca Mountain
Well, I see that Yucca Mountain is the newest political football for the upcoming presidential election. Two Republican federal court judges are now leaning toward a decision that President Barack Obama had no right to cease proceedings to make Yucca...
  05/14/2012 10:11pm
Seattle ‘Occupiers' should be ashamed
I usually come up with column ideas during my quarterly family visits to Seattle, and my most recent visit earlier this month was no exception.
  05/17/2012 4:06am
The best restaurant find of the week
With just 15 minutes to go until lunch is served, the large commercial kitchen crackles with energy. Chefs, sous-chefs and servers scurry here and there, some in aprons and others in traditional chef's jackets. Mouthwatering aromas swirl through...
  05/14/2012 4:01pm
The hidden gas tax
A “funny” thing happened to me on the way to work the other day. It occurred to me that I had just unknowingly paid the new “gas tax.” What irked me was that this wasn't the first time in 2012 that I had paid this dirty,...
  05/13/2012 5:08am
What are America's pet owners thinking about?
If you didn't think American civilization was in trouble already, this ought to worry you: Americans are hiring psychics to communicate with their pets.
  05/13/2012 1:24am
Victims die off, but we mustn't forget
Holocaust survivors are dying off. With them may go the memory of one of the most evil periods in 20th century history. It is important for our future survival for us to remember. Although man's capacity to inflict evil appears limitless, we must...
  05/12/2012 12:49am
Ron Paulbarians are at GOP's gate
The Nevada Republican Party convention this month was pretty much like every other GOP convention: Floor arguments over obscure Robert's Rules of Order, bylaws and credentials. Lots of proverbial sound and fury signifying nothing. Only this year,...
  05/11/2012 12:35am
Thomas Column: Stampes plane is height of aerobatic performance
In the April 20 edition of the Nevada Appeal, Teri Vance wrote a captivating article about Don Peterson and his grandson, Donavan. Both are on their way to another adventure of the kind in which Don Peterson is thoroughly experienced.
  05/10/2012 1:16am
Important ways to make Mom happy
In what has been a particularly mean political season, it's refreshing to find something we can all agree on: Mother's Day. On Sunday, we will honor our mothers with cards and gifts, brunches and flowers. We will serve them breakfast in bed...
  05/09/2012 1:18am
WASHINGTON WATCH: Social Security: Fear-mongering
There are some new reports on the health of the Social Security and Medicare trust Funds and I want to warn retirees to be wary of politicians who would use these reports as political cover for radical change that would put seniors at risk while...
  05/08/2012 1:23am
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