By Rob Schlegel Publisher So Bob Mueller has spoken and most of us should just read the book. The movie version wasn’t a box office best seller. As comedian Samantha B said, it was like watching depressed paint dry. For the most part, this magazine has refrained from discussing Donald Trump. We’ll make an exception […]
This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow
Corporations that love us, then kick us
Pride is celebrated across the nation, mostly around June, but here in Las Vegas, it’ll be with a night parade on Saturday, Oct. 11 and a festival on Sunday, Oct. 12. While the celebration of pride is about “coming out” and being proud enough to tell the world about one’s sexual orientation, over the years […]
As We See It: Locally, we can force change
Our July editorial will be a wrap-up of a lot of short issues. The Modern World As you can see from this issue, we are carrying a new comic, The Modern World by Tom Tomorrow. It’s actually drawn and written by Dan Perkins, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated cartoonist, and in past years, has appeared in local, […]
As We See It: Legislators let us down; Counties, cities must act
Missed opportiunities. In Nevada, we finally elected a Democrat as governor and had a Democrat majority in both the Assembly and the State Senate. I suppose we should be thankful for the scraps we were given but why, oh why, didn’t they do more? Thinking about the Legislature reminds me of when I was a […]
Rosen presser: “Members of the LGBTQ community are still not fully protected by the laws of the United States”
The proposed Equality Act got a shot in the arm April 23, when U.S. Sen. Jackie Rosen held a press conference at The Center. John Waldron, The Center’s executive director, opened the presser by explaining over half of the country has no explicit statewide laws protecting LGBTQ Americans from discrimination in housing, employment and public […]
As We See It: Nevada grows on the backs of low income wage earners
For this month’s column, I’m going to plagiarize much of it from Hugh Jackson, editor of the Nevada Current. This is an online, daily newspaper and if you’re not reading it, you’re missing some of the best reporting done in Nevada. I’ll try to keep direct quotes from Mr. Jackson within quotation marks. While we […]
Q&A: Nelson Araujo on the new job
The Spectrum caught up with Nelson Araujo, who is the state director for Sen. Jacky Rosen. We wanted to know how he was doing in his new job and what political insights he had for us. First of all, congratulations on your new job as state director for Sen. Jacky Rosen. Can you tell us […]
As We See It: The Mueller Report, Michael Jackson, redemption, minimum wage and other notes
Here’s what I’ve been told I must write about: Kelvin Atkinson, the Mueller Report, Michael Jackson, the minimum wage, sick leave and positive things about The Center. A few of you have even asked how the new Spectrum is doing. We’ll start with the easy one, The Mueller Report While many Democrats and many registered […]
Brian Knudson hopes to be first openly gay Councilman
A primary election for City of Las Vegas open council positions will be held Tuesday, April 2. Brian Knudsen hopes to be the first openly gay person elected to local office in Southern Nevada. Knudsen is running for City Council Ward 1. Over the past 15 years, Knudsen has built a record working for LGBTQ […]