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Thomas Mitchell

@thomasmnv

Former newspaper editor who occasionally blogs at https://xitter.gq/t.co/naIHXvK1Nh

 Las Vegas
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Book review: ‘Family Money’ is a tightly woven tale of lies, reluctant heroics and satisfying plot twists 4thst8.wordpress.com/2023/04…
Book review: ‘Family Money’ is a tightly woven tale of lies, reluctant heroics and satisfying...

Book review: ‘Family Money’ is a tightly woven tale of lies, reluctant heroics and satisfying...

On the opening page of Austin, Texas, resident Chad Zunker’s 2022 novel “Family Money,” protagonist Alex Mahan’s beloved father-in-law, Joe Dobson, is abducted off the stree…

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Florida man convicted for trying to convince Hillary backers to vote on the Internet instead of at the polls in 2016 4thst8.wordpress.com/2023/04…
Florida man convicted for trying to convince Hillary backers to vote on the Internet instead of at...

Florida man convicted for trying to convince Hillary backers to vote on the Internet instead of at...

New York state federal prosecutors convinced a jury on Friday to convict West Palm Beach, Fla., online prankster Douglass Mackey, known online as “Ricky Vaughn,” of Conspiracy Against Rights for po…

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Let the public see what their public servants are up to 4thst8.wordpress.com/2023/03…

Let the public see what their public servants are up to

This is Sunshine Week, March 12-18. The annual observation was created by the American Society of News (formerly Newspaper) Editors to spotlight the importance of public access to government inform…

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‘Lessons in Chemistry’ distills a unique plot and powerful characters 4thst8.wordpress.com/2023/02…
‘Lessons in Chemistry’ distills a unique plot and powerful characters

‘Lessons in Chemistry’ distills a unique plot and powerful characters

Make no mistake, “Lessons in Chemistry” is not a chick book. Yes, California-born Bonnie Garmus is the author and her main character is female, but the tale is hardly one of frills and …

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Judge thumbs her nose at the clear language of the Nevada Constitution 4thst8.wordpress.com/2023/01…
Judge thumbs her nose at the clear language of the Nevada Constitution

Judge thumbs her nose at the clear language of the Nevada Constitution

Here we go again. A Clark County judge has ruled that government employees may also serve in the state Legislature, even though the Nevada Constitution clearly states in the Separation of Powers Cl…

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Lest we forget during this holiday season what the stakes were one Christmas that changed history 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/12…
Lest we forget during this holiday season what the stakes were one Christmas that changed history

Lest we forget during this holiday season what the stakes were one Christmas that changed history

“THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the lov…

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Christmas traditions: Santa, gifts, newspapers 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/12…
Christmas traditions: Santa, gifts, newspapers

Christmas traditions: Santa, gifts, newspapers

Yes, ’tis the uniquely American season for mistletoe and holly, tinsel and toys, Santas and sleighs, carols and crèches, good cheer and anachronistic poetic contractions. ‘Twas a time w…

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Christmas in Las Vegas or Henderson or wherever, what a kick youtube.com/watch?v=6pPCGCRg… 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/12…
Christmas in Las Vegas by Richard Cheese

Christmas in Las Vegas by Richard Cheese

Taken at the Green Valley Ranch Las Vegas on 11/11/2011

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Happy birthday, Bill of Rights 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/12…

Happy birthday, Bill of Rights

Several years ago I penned this for the Review-Journal. On this day in 1791 the Bill of Rights were ratified by three-fourths of the states. At the insistence of the Anti-Federalists led by Thomas …

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Louise Penny’s latest mystery, ‘A World of Curiosities,’ weaves an intricate plot leading to a satisfying confrontational ending 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/12…
Louise Penny’s latest mystery, ‘A World of Curiosities,’ weaves an intricate plot leading to a...

Louise Penny’s latest mystery, ‘A World of Curiosities,’ weaves an intricate plot leading to a...

In her 18th novel featuring the ever thoughtful and, yes, cunning Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec, prize-winning Canadian author Louise Penny delves into the past — both fict…

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On this day in 1941 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/12…
On this day in 1941

On this day in 1941

“At a time in their lives when their days and nights should have been filled with innocent adventure, love, and the lessons of the workaday world, they were fighting in the most primitive condition…

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Trump advocates lawlessness, while claiming laws were broken 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/12…
Trump advocates lawlessness, while claiming laws were broken

Trump advocates lawlessness, while claiming laws were broken

After Twitter released internal memos that showed how corporate execs decided to suppress on Twitter discussion of a New York Post news story about the content of Hunter Biden’s laptop, forme…

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This ain’t my first rodeo 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/11…
This ain’t my first rodeo

This ain’t my first rodeo

Trevor Brazile ropes and ties a calf in 8 seconds in 2009. When National Finals Rodeo returns to Las Vegas this Thursday, I won’t be in the press box as I have in years past feeling the dirt …

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The real meaning of Thanksgiving 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/11…
The real meaning of Thanksgiving

The real meaning of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is rich in traditions. The turkey. The dressing. The pumpkin pie. The family assembled in prayerful reverence in remembrance of the plight of the early settlers of this country — much …

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The real meaning of Thanksgiving 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/11…
Connelly weaves another fascinating detective tale 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/11…

Connelly weaves another fascinating detective tale

Michael Connelly’s latest book has just come out and, of course, it already is atop the bestseller lists. In “Desert Star” Connelly rejoins Los Angeles Police Department detective Renée Ballard and…

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Judge reminds Biden that just a pen and a phone aren’t adequate 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/11…
Judge reminds Biden that just a pen and a phone aren’t adequate

Judge reminds Biden that just a pen and a phone aren’t adequate

It is nice to have a federal judge with a grasp of history and humor. In Texas on Thursday U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in debt …

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A state divided 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/11…
A state divided

A state divided

Welcome to Nevada and California East, otherwise known as Clark County. The election results as of Wednesday morning show a state divided. There is Democrat blue Clark County and Republican red the…

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Elect representatives, not leaders 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/11…
Elect representatives, not leaders

Elect representatives, not leaders

A recent AP story lede states: “SALEM, Ore. (AP) — As complaints about elections, many of them unfounded, pile up around the country, investigators tasked with dealing with them find themselv…

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How Nevada became the 36th star on the U.S. flag 4thst8.wordpress.com/2022/10…
How Nevada became the 36th star on the U.S. flag

How Nevada became the 36th star on the U.S. flag

36-star U.S. flag Today Nevadans celebrate Nevada Day. On this day in 1864 Nevada became a state. Not only was Nevada “Battle Born,” as the flag proclaims, it was battle bred and born after a remar…

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