By Andrés Martinez Is America great now? The answer in the presidential campaign is a resounding “Hell no!” And, surprisingly, there seems to be bipartisan consensus on this misguided assessment. (Spoiler alert: America still rocks.) On the Republican side, the ostensibly self-financed frontrunner is raising money selling “Make America Great Again” caps. For Donald Trump, America’s former […]
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By Ted Gaines If you think Cam Newton, quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, suffered a crushing defeat on the football field during super Bowl 50, then you haven’t heard about the other beating he is about to take from the California tax man. Newton’ s“loser’s” share for the championship game is $51,000. According to CPA […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 14, 2016, Deseret News. If a citizenry’s willingness to voluntarily give of its resources to charity is an indication of national character, the United States is doing well, indeed. Study after study shows Americans give generously. That was curtailed only slightly by the Great Recession, but it […]
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By Dave Jinkens President Duane Wallace and the board of directors of the South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce held an all-day strategic and legislative planning session on Feb. 6 at the Best Western Station House Inn. The board of directors held an extensive discussion of goals it wished to set for the organization and the […]
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By Forrest Whitman, High Country News A pre-school teacher buddy of mine thinks Donald Trump ought to be scolded for being such a potty-mouth. She thinks no politician in history has uttered such deliberately shocking phrases. This was after Trump said that Hillary “is a loser and should be schlonged.” She might be right about […]
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By Joe Mathews California teachers, you should be showing your students more movies. And not for babysitting purposes. As our state considers new frameworks for how history and social science are taught, now is the time to incorporate that signature California art—film— into classes at every grade level. Movies should be placed at the center […]
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To the community, A group of family members and friends of Agi Gaura hosted a Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment in her memory on Feb. 15. Gaura, a longtime resident of South Lake Tahoe, passed away several months ago and her former co-workers from Harrah’s-Harveys casinos wanted to honor her memory by […]
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By John Rosemond, Tribune News Service A 4-year-old boy informed his preschool teacher – a friend of mine – that he’d broken his iPad. “Oh!” my friend said. “What a shame. Did you drop it?” “No,” the boy said, very matter-of-factly. “I got mad that my mom wanted me to share it with my sister, so […]
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By Larry Weitzman I have read hundreds of legal arguments in my life, maybe thousands, but on Feb. 5 I read one of the most specious and poorly supported “legal arguments ever” and it was from our newly appointed interim County Counsel Michael Ciccozzi. It was as if he were arguing before the Supreme Court […]
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By Joanne Marchetta At Lake Tahoe, we know our natural resources are one of our most valuable assets, and that’s why we have worked for decades to conserve and restore them. The natural wonders of the Jewel of the Sierra and the opportunities they afford are why we live here, and why millions of visitors […]
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