AUGUST 18, 2016 | Vol. 22, ISSUe 27
Tough on plaques Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review. We’ve heard from a few local businesses that they’ve been approached by parties attempting to sell them Best of Northern Nevada plaques—supposedly associated with our readers’ poll, the results of which we published a couple of weeks ago. If you or your business receive a communication from a firm representing itself as being associated with Best of Northern Nevada and attempting to sell you plaques, please disregard it. These companies are not associated with the RN&R or our contest. We don’t sell plaques. We give awards to the winners at our annual Best of Northern Nevada party, the details of which are pending. And if you’ve been approached by one of these outfits, feel free to send us their contact information, especially addresses, so that we can send them cease and desist notices. That said, we can appreciate the desire to purchase something special to commemorate such a prestigious victory. One option: how about one of the original artworks by Best Of artist Jeff Rogers? You know, all those great science fiction-themed illustrations that appeared alongside the results? Pitch Black Printing Co., 1108 California Ave., will host an exhibition of Jeff’s pieces created for the Best Of issue. He’ll also have some prints and pins for sale. The opening reception is Sept. 2, starting at 6 p.m., and it’ll feature music by the Thermites, and food from Nom Eats, winner of best food truck in this year’s poll. (And that’s a well-earned win. Nom Eats is delicious. I’m about the furthest thing from a vegan, and I crave their meatless grub on the regular.) So, don’t spend your money on one of those phony plaques. Buy an original piece by a great local artist instead. Accept no substitutes.
—Brad Bynum bradb@ ne ws r ev i ew . com
Corruption? Despite the ad in Craigslist Philadelphia for seat-fillers, I thought Ms. Clinton made a good appearance/speech/moment. I especially appreciated the specific reference to tuition-free post secondary education. If you think that happened for any reason other than Bernie Sanders’ influence, please don’t upset yourself by reading further. So, tuition free for families under $120,000 or so, that’s a fine thing. But that’s not the end of the story at all, nor even a significant solution. The education industry is as corrupt as its fellow juggernauts. Two examples: I took one introductory Spanish course last fall. I thriftily attended Truckee Meadows Community College, where the textbook mandated three semesters of lessons and cost very close to the amount of the tuition. In addition, the content was airheaded. Not the desired experience and I am sure TMCC is not unique in this situation. But some textbook companies go further: The GED is no longer available as a paper and pencil test. Yes, computer literacy—and the willingness to go forward and never backward—is expected of testtakers now. In an amazing coincidence, two alternatives have sprung up, one sponsored by Glencoe and the other by ETS (and what took them so long to milk this gravy train?). For these new equivalency tests, there are no state reciprocity guarantees, takes yer chances, and here, too, they pay for three tries just to try once. Ah, the humanity! (This information is a year or so old, but I bet it’s still true.) I pick these scabs to say, please participate in life around you. Corruption doesn’t appear overnight. To a great extent it has flourished because there has been a clear path, minus the balances of spoken or written alternate views.
world. There are glaring and irreconcilable differences between our Constitution and Shar’iah law. And Mr. Kahn believes Shari’ah is supreme. So why wasn’t the Quran the prop used by Mr. Khan in his attack on Mr. Trump? Robert R. Kessler las Vegas
The nominee’s intent Re “On the Trump Train” (Let Freedom Ring, July 28): It was my pleasure to serve Nevada on the Republican Platform Committee in Cleveland. With my fellow committeeman, Jesse Law, we tried very hard to bring more of an “open to everyone” type of platform but to no avail. Our fellow committee of freedom lovers seemed to be overthrown by the less informed. Fortunately, our presidential nominee, Donald Trump, gave an open light, open tent speech which opened his arms to everyone (who are legal). His speech and beliefs were what the freedom platform was trying to achieve. Maine state senator and fellow platform member Eric Brakey tried to make various motions and achieved some to further freedom. Our own Nevada Republican Committeewoman and Rules Committeewoman Diana Orrock along with Platform Committeeman Jordan Ross were able to hold off many challenges to those rules by the “Cruz” members. The platform may not be perfect but our nominee’s intent is. Juanita Cox Reno
Diane Campbell Reno
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Apparently I certainly honor Army Captain Humayan Khan, who paid the ultimate price in Iraq. Against terrorists. After pledging to defend our Constitution. That’s why I’m disturbed by the recent appearance of his father, Khizr Khan, at the Democratic National Convention. Mr. Khan angrily waved that same Constitution as he attacked Donald Trump. But does Mr. Khan really honor our Constitution to the same extent as did his heroic son? In a recent Breitbart online article (http://www.breitbart.com/ national-security/2016/08/02/khizr-khan-constitution-sharia/), Paul Sperry, a former Hoover Institute fellow and author, cites several published articles in which Mr. Khan praises and endorses the supremacy of Islamic law, Shari’ah, as based on the Quran. Mr. Khan apparently shares the belief of many other Islamic scholars that “there is no such thing as human rights in the abstract.” They can only be guaranteed through the establishment of Shar’iah’s moral and legal code. Hopefully we all understand what Shari’ah’s moral and legal code says about the rights of women, gays and non-believers in an Islamic Leslie, Eric Marks, Jessica Santina, Todd South, Brendan Trainor, Bruce Van Dyke, Allison Young Our Mission: To publish great newspapers that are successful and enduring. To create a quality work environment that encourages employees to grow professionally while respecting personal welfare. To have a positive impact on our communities and make them better places to live. Editor Brad Bynum News Editor Dennis Myers Special Projects Editor Jeri Chadwell-Singley Arts Editor Kris Vagner Calendar Editor Kelley Lang Contributors Amy Alkon, Kelsey Fitzgerald, Bob Grimm, Anna Hart, Ashley Hennefer, Shelia
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