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One Man's Stroke at 33 Was Only the Beginning of a Nightmarish Slog Through the Health-Care Systemnew
For years building his career was Sabin Orr's first priority. He didn't think much about his health. Other than recreational drinking and a fondness for steaks and burgers, he was a healthy, normal 33-year-old. Until the day he wasn't.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
12-04-2009 |
Science
As More Companies Shoot for LEED Certification, More Ask What it Really Meansnew
An environmentally friendly casino has to be a contradiction in terms. Giant buildings that welcome and encourage the extravagant, wasteful behavior of thousands of guests at the same time hardly seem like a recipe for saving Mother Earth. But on the Strip, even sustainability can be made into a virtue, provided the example is sufficiently large.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
09-24-2009 |
Housing & Development
Parolees Looking for a Second Chance are Finding it More Difficult Than Evernew
With recidivism rates in the state hovering around 67 percent and the attendant costs of continuing to house prisoners, their success or failure at finding jobs, at re-entering society, becomes more than just a concern for bleeding hearts.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
09-10-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Yes, We Can -- But Maybe Laternew
The massive grassroots machine Barack Obama's campaign built in 2008 was thought to be the Republicans' worst nightmare. But post-election, the results have been decidedly mixed.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
04-02-2009 |
Politics
One Man's Unlikely Quest to Transform the Vegas Stripnew
Architect Nir Buras' vision for remaking Vegas' most famous street is both breathtakingly audacious and yet at the same time rudimentary.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
02-19-2009 |
Housing & Development
Las Vegas' Other Museum May Be All Dressed Up With Nothing to Shownew
Construction on Nevada's most ambitious museum should finish on schedule this spring. But there’s just one little problem: There’s no money left to actually put in the exhibits and pay the personnel to run it.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
01-29-2009 |
Art
Ron Paul Supporters Look to Shake Up Nevada GOP from the Insidenew
Most Republicans across the state seem to think that the GOP, rather than getting caught in the compromised waters of centrism, of keeping up against the Democrats, needs to tack right and return to limited government.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
12-04-2008 |
Politics
Election '08: OK, So Now What?new
This word, change, which we've fussed about and assumed to know its meaning, is still enigmatic. What kind of change are we talking about? What form will it take? Will it last? How receptive is our politics to change?
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
11-10-2008 |
Commentary
New Doc on PBS Sheds Light on our Looming Water Crisisnew
Jim Thebaut's new documentary takes on the water crisis in the American Southwest, in particular on the oft-overlooked Indian reservations.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
10-03-2008 |
TV
'Appaloos' is Nothing if Not Laid-Back -- Really Laid-Backnew
The themes throughout are familiar: the bonds between men, the desire for domesticity in the arms of a good woman versus the desire to remain free, most of all the challenge of establishing justice in places where the rule of law is more hope than hard fact. Too bad Harris is content to casually put these ideas on display rather than to put them through their paces.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
10-03-2008 |
Reviews
What We Demand from Our Movie Heroes Says as Much About Us as Themnew
As the villains move closer toward the state of amoral blank slates -- less monsters and more unknowable black holes of pure negativity -- they have opened the ground for heroes to step more squarely into the chasm the bad guys have left behind. That shift is why, of late, the heroes actually have the better roles; why, fittingly, Batman remains a more compelling character than the starkly one-dimensional Joker.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
08-01-2008 |
Movies
Warwick Stone is the Hard Rock's King of Collectorsnew
Walking through one room on the sixth floor of the Hard Rock Hotel is a crash course in half a century of popular music. Stone is the man responsible for all this music memorabilia.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
05-16-2008 |
Music
Lee Siegel vs. The Internetnew
Self-expression, Siegel argues, is not art. One's take on Against the Machine may depend on how one comes down on that claim.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
02-21-2008 |
Nonfiction
