Category: Opinion

Letter to the editor: What a day!

by mlnbbm | Aug 16, 2021 | Letters to the Editor, Opinion | 2

Saturday’s 6th Annual Basque Fry was truly one for the ages. A record-breaking, sellout crowd of...

The Loneliest road in America

by Dennis Cassinelli | Aug 12, 2021 | Columns, Dennis Cassinelli-Historian, Opinion | 0

By Dennis Cassinelli The Loneliest road in America In July 1986, Life Magazine declared...

Sherman R. Frederick Commentary — Oh, how I get journalistic whiplash

by mlnbbm | Mar 9, 2021 | Columns, Opinion, Top Stories | 0

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...

When the AG is a player, not a ref

by mlnbbm | Nov 6, 2020 | Columns, Opinion | 0

Sherman 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. ...

Our fearless leader

by mlnbbm | May 31, 2020 | Columns, News, Opinion, Top Stories | 0

By Sherman R. Frederick A funny thing happened to Nevada’s Gov. Steve Sisolak on his way to a...

Nonsense rules invite disobedience

by mlnbbm | May 17, 2020 | News, Opinion | 0

Sherman R. Frederick/Battle Born MediaI have a burr under my saddle about the newest COVID-19...

Grand Canyon takes a break from the crowds

by mlnbbm | May 4, 2020 | Guest Columnist, Opinion | 0

Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff/Writers on the Range Usually, I work as an educator at the bottom of...

Thinking about our ‘inalienable’ rights

by mlnbbm | Apr 4, 2020 | Columns, Opinion | 0

By Sherman R. FrederickBattle Born MediaWhile we all do our time under house arrest (you can call...

Voters don’t need to be protected from free speech

by Special to the MLN | Mar 19, 2020 | Editorials, Top Stories | 0

Democrats 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...

Patience, not panic

by Barbara Ellestad | Mar 16, 2020 | Editorials, Top Stories | 0

We’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...

LTE-Rapson

by Special to the MLN | Mar 12, 2020 | Letters to the Editor, Top Stories | 0

No 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...