Before I start commenting on the election results, I would like to take a moment to show my respect to my friend Josh Kunis, who is mourning the death of his mother who died two weeks ago. I just found out today and want to express my condolences to Josh and members of his family for their loss.                                                ***** I also want to send my condolences to the Greenspun family for the death of the matriarch of the Greenspun family, Barbara Greenspun, who died on June 1st at age 88. Anything I can say about Barbara Greenspun I am sure has already been said by all others who knew her and by those who had the opportunity to write in the daily paper or appear on a daily radio talk show.                            ...

Politicians and mainstream media moguls must think that the public is brainless or maybe mentally damaged because they keep funneling a bunch of crap and lies that they expect the public to swallow and quietly accept as gospel. First, there are those stupid polls that they run in any old way and give out their version of the results they want everyone to believe without question. I hope that the voters of today are more mentally awake than they were in my day when we believed anything the politicians fed us and the mainstream media helped to create reality. Today the Internet and computers keep us all on our toes and what we don't learn on one site we learn on another. One poll can be giving us a false result, but we get the true result on a different site. Read the Las Vegas Tribune...

It may be a little late for many, but as I said before, that is the problem with weekly newspapers that cannot afford the famous “Hold the Presses” even if they wanted to, under any circumstances. Last week, while this newspaper was in production ready to go to press, we learned of the death of our friend Reverend Jesse Scott, and we were not able to publish it. Reverend Jesse Scott was a civil rights activist and past president of the NAACP in California and Nevada operating from Las Vegas for many years and was an assistant pastor at the Second Baptist Church of Las Vegas. Rev. Jesse Scott died on Monday, May 10, at the age of 90. He was one of 10 children and spent his early years in Louisiana. He relocated to Las Vegas from Los Angeles, where he worked as a field director with...

One of the most frustrating things about a weekly publication is not being able to touch on some issues that deserve being in print because others are, among other things, of greater dateline sensitivity. No, I'm not thinking about putting out a daily newspaper, but I want people to understand why some issues of even major concern may appear to have been ignored or treated as though they were of less importance than others. I know that the issue of immigration is a topic that is on everyone's mind and one on which our readers are expecting – and perhaps are even anxious – to know our position, even though we have exposed our points of view on that subject in many prior editions.   Perhaps people are waiting for the few endorsements that this newspaper is planning to publish the...

The other day I had the pleasure of speaking with Retired Captain Dan Berry, who is running for Sheriff of Clark County; I was very surprised to hear the actual voice of Captain Berry himself at the other end of the telephone line and not the usual and infamous voice mail that everyone nowadays uses for their secretary, especially those who cannot afford a real live secretary. It was also refreshing to chat with a man who is always straightforward and sincere in all he says. Dan has occupied a special place in my heart for all he has done and still does for the community, regardless of the social or economic standing of the person he is helping. I have never been able to understand why people bother with the hassle of carrying cell phones (sometimes two of them) with them if they are...

Democrat versus Republican, this versus that, and other contests abound in the mainstream news, or what is determined by some corporate heads to pass for news. But the real contest is seldom or never mentioned. It is the Government versus The People. And that is the real contest that is being waged at this very time. The Government wants to control every breath we take, and the Democrats are waging a war on us that will give the government that very control. The Democrats are being helped by their minions in the media. The liberals control the media and the talking heads and keyboard pounders that can't or are afraid to speak for themselves. And we get slanted reports from the dum-dums. The Democrats have bombarded us here at the Tribune with emails telling us lies, and expect us to print them with no corroboration. Oh, sometimes we get the same lie from two different sources in the Democratic Party, but that doesn't make it true. We need facts. Like the fact that Reid the Younger...

If it weren't for the determination of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the persistence of Sheriff Joe Arpaio regarding the immigration crisis in Arizona, the federal government would still be seated on their behind and neglecting their duties. The Arizona law, scheduled to take effect July 29, makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. It states that an officer engaged in a lawful stop, detention or arrest shall, when practicable, ask about a person's legal status when reasonable suspicion exists that the person is in the U.S. Illegally. We all need to remember that if you are caught in Mexico without documentation they are not going to give you the opportunity to breathe and you are sent directly to sleep on the stone bed (cama de piedra), unless you come up with a good amount of dollar bills. Many consider the law racially motivated. In my opinion this is very far from the truth. If I make an illegal U-turn or left turn and a police officer stops me, does that give me the...

So, the Department of Justice and several other organizations have filed a lawsuit against the new Arizona's immigration law to take effect in just a couple of weeks. Appearing on CBS Face the Nation, Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement officer, said he understands Arizona's frustration over the problem of illegal immigration. “We have an immigration policy that takes into account a whole variety of things, international relations, national security concerns. And it is the responsibility of the federal government, as opposed to states doing it on a patchwork basis, to decide exactly what our policy should be with regard to immigration. And it was on that basis that we filed a lawsuit.” It is, indeed, the federal government's responsibility, but since federal agents are sitting on their behind and ignoring the frustration of individual states' residents, those states need to take proper action. It is also true that a whole variety of...

Before going into the subject I want to discuss this week, I want to thank some friends who remembered me on my B-Day. Receiving a phone call from my friend of many years, Liz Gini, brought an incredible happiness to my life. Liz and I have been friends for many, many years, and I love her dearly. A card and a phone call from my dear friend, Ileana, from Florida, reminded me that I could be hard-headed, but never forgotten. By the way, Ileana is celebrating her birthday on July 7; maybe this is the reason we are both so hard-headed – we both were born under the sign of Cancer. Happy Birthday Ili; I love you very much. A call from Virginia Hill, a friend for more than 30 years, is always a happy thing. She always calls me the night before to be the first to wish me a happy day. Something that really touched my heart, deeply, was a hand-made card from two good friends, guests of the State of Nevada from High Desert Correctional Facility, Paul Recktenwald and Osvaldo Lopez. Osvaldo...

It wasn't that long ago that I made a comment to a police officer with aspirations to become sheriff that every police officer in Las Vegas should be subjected to psychological evaluation and random drug testing, because so many of them have become infamously “trigger happy,” and steroids are common among police officers all across the nation. That person became irritated and expressed the opinion that every police officer should protect his own life before anything else. Gee, that is important because every human being should protect his own life, but aren't they - police officers - supposed to also be concerned for the lives of members of the community they were sworn to protect and serve? It is scary that you cannot have rules for your own home. I, for example, do not open the doors of my home to just anyone who happens to pass by and decides to visit. If they don't call ahead of time and announce a visit, I would never open the door. It is a shame that I need to change my...

After reading endless articles about government funding shortfalls at all levels, it suddenly hit me that there is one untapped activity which has never been taxed. Taxing alcohol and cigarettes and pornography are popular sin taxes. Sure they punish bad behavior, but they're so 20th-century. Hotel taxes are always easy to impose and increase because the people being taxed don't live in the state or locality where the tax is imposed. Airport departure or arrival taxes are common in other countries for this reason, plus they only impact the wealthier citizens, since poor people can't afford to travel by plane.

BEHIND THE MIKE Failure Is the Process by Which Great Leaders Succeed By Michael A. Aun Las Vegas Tribune (This is the second of a three part series on leadership). Great leaders love to fail. They understand that failure is the process by which we succeed. They know that a certain number of failures must accompany every success. The baseball hitter that's hitting .333 is failing two out of every three times he travels to the plate. He earns over a million bucks a year. Yet the guy who's hitting .250 only earns a fraction of that. The difference between them is only one more hit in every twenty times at bat! As management guru Tom Peters puts it, people have got to learn to fail faster in order to keep up in the changing business world. Great leaders aren't concerned about what others think about them. If leadership boiled down to someone taking a poll and deciding on what the majority thought at that very instant in time, then Mr. Gallup would be our president. Successful leaders...

  0   “There oughta be a law!” was an old-time adage that was used normally in conjunction with some government intrusion into our lives. There are too many laws. There are so many laws that they cannot be enforced to any degree of success. If I were to buy a hamburger at a fast-food restaurant, and take the burger outside to eat it, and take the pickles off it and throw them in the garbage can, I could be arrested for “defacing a hamburger.” A little over the top, don't you think? Trespassing is illegal. If someone comes on your property, uninvited, you can have the police come out and kill them. Well, not really. But you can have the police come out and read the trespass act to them, force them to leave, and if they return, you can have them arrested. They go to jail. However, if a criminal from another country ensconces himself on American soil, and threatens the private citizens, as well as the public personnel who are hired to protect Americans,...

In 2009 President Obama told corporations bailed out by taxpayers to not hold conventions in Las Vegas. Then recently he counseled Americans to not visit Vegas and “blow a bunch of cash.” During his recent all taxpayer expense paid campaign trip to Las Vegas, Obama unveiled the new election strategy for his party's uphill battle. Exhausted from taking over so many American industries, democrats have languidly reintroduced their favorite two words: blame Bush. The strategy is designed to convince voters to look back at the Democrat's latest rendition of history rather than looking at their current legislative record. Democrats are not running on their record, they are running from it. Further perpetuating the non-bill-reading, town hall-canceling, constituent-ignoring display of arrogance they are continuing the radical transformation of American society. Considering the sheer size and number of “comprehensive” bills passed during this session of Congress,...

I first met John Wooden when we shared a platform in southern California while speaking to an auto club conference. If there was a more humble and honorable man on this earth, I have not yet met him. Those were the two words that jumped out at me when we chatted. “Talent is God-given,” Wooden would say. “Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” John Wooden epitomized the word “Coach.” He was known to say that “A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.” It was so remarkable how much he was able to get out of his athletes. He defined ability as “Poor man's wealth.” “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out,” he told the crowd in Los Angeles that day we met. “There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.” John Wooden died on June 4, 2010....