I get journalistic whiplash writing for Battle Born Media newspapers in rural Nevada and San Francisco. After living in Nevada for most of my life and now spending time — more time than I should, perhaps — in...
Read MoreSherman R. Frederick Battle Born Media When the state’s chief law enforcement officer — the attorney general — wears his politics on his sleeve, it erodes public confidence in his ability to enforce the law. ...
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By Sherman R. Frederick A funny thing happened to Nevada’s Gov. Steve Sisolak on his way to a...
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Sherman R. Frederick/Battle Born MediaI have a burr under my saddle about the newest COVID-19...
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Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff/Writers on the Range Usually, I work as an educator at the bottom of...
Read More By Sherman R. FrederickBattle Born MediaWhile we all do our time under house arrest (you can call...
Read MoreDemocrats never let the inconvenient facts get in the way of their blindly held firm belief that money is the root of all evil and the ultimate bane of democracy. You know, beliefs like the one that the 2010 U.S. Supreme...
Read MoreWe’ve been here before. A sudden crisis. A lot of questions with, sometimes, not enough answers. Where to go? What to do? Who’s in charge? Panic about schools, jobs, travel, loved ones, and medical care. The recent advance of...
Read MoreNo More Local Money to Schools Fellow councilwoman Annie Black has proposed a $260,000 allocation of City of Mesquite general fund money to supplement the Clark County School District’s funding. It has been couched as an...
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Shortly after state health officials confirmed the first presumptive case of the coronavirus —...
Read More A month ago the U.S. House passed on a near party line vote of 224-194 a bill dubbed...
Read MoreAs the only Mesquite councilmember with children in school, Mayor Litman asked me to serve as the city’s representative on the Virgin Valley Community Education Advisory Board (VVCEAB). One of the responsibilities of the board...
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