Remember when Vegas was cheap? It can be again, except it’s not Vegas, it’s Reno. There are better reasons to come here than its reputation for quickie divorces might have you believe. For instance, big casinos just like in Vegas but not as pricey and definitely not as raucous. The bed We chose the Tuscany-flavored [...]
Polls: President Obama Ahead of Mitt Romney in Nevada, Even in Colorado
October 26, 2012 | Posted by
Two polls released Thursday of likely voters from two key battleground states show that President Barack Obama has a slight advantage over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Nevada, but that the two men remain tied in Colorado. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll was conducted Tuesday and Wednesday – entirely after Monday’s third and final [...]
Romney Struggling Among Latinos In Key Swing States
October 8, 2012 | Posted by
Florida’s 29 electoral votes will likely be the difference in the tight upcoming presidential election, meaning that Republican hopeful Mitt Romney has some serious ground to make up in the hearts of the key constituency of Latino voters before then. Two new polls show Romney struggling to pick up Latino support in both the Sunshine [...]
Burning Man: More Than a Festival, an Experiment in Community
August 4, 2012 | Posted by
Burning Man is more than a festival; it’s a utopian society that springs up on the cracked terrain of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. The survivalist happening’s 10 principles include radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort and, above all, participation. These 10 hippy commandments lead to a 45,000-strong ‘city’ (the fifth largest in desolate Nevada), where inhibitions are left at [...]
Obama Launches $4 Mil Ad Campaign to Sway Hispanics
June 12, 2012 | Posted by
The battle over Hispanic voters in swing states like Colorado, Nevada and Florida entered a new phase yesterday as President Obama’s supporters launched a $4 million advertising blitz to convince Hispanics that a Mitt Romney presidency would be bad for their interests. The ad campaign is being funded by the the Service Employees International Union [...]
