The Latest
Jose Canseco and the Twitter Cult of Terrible
Even before the sexual assault accusations, the ballplayer's feed was a catalog of bizarre ramblings. And somehow, we couldn't look away.
May 24th, 2013
Back when he was embarrassing the rest of the American League, Jose Canseco always came off like a pro wrestling villain—vain, brash, utterly cartoonish and possibly managed by Paul Bearer. There was the time he dated Madonna (and later wrote she was obsessed with him); the time he had his own 1-900 number; and the time he rammed his wife’s car. Twice. Read more »
Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
May 21st, 2013
Time you learned a bit about one of this city’s most interesting landmarks, the Las Vegas Moulin Rouge, which both opened and closed in 1955. It was central to the civil rights movement in this town, and was owned by the first black woman to hold a Nevada gaming license. Read more »
Real Estate
High-Rises and the Return of Cheap Credit
Get ready for another round of low-down-payment mortgages
May 21st, 2013
Yet another sign the real estate market is on the rebound: Even high-rise condos—the sector most brutally clobbered by the Great Recession—are looking attractive to lenders today. Read more »
Comrade Grumpy's Peeve of the Week
Taxicab Blues
May 21st, 2013
There are times when I have to take a taxicab. And sometimes, just every so often, Steve Wynn is there. Read more »
The Week
Will Reform Outlast the Reformers?
James Guthrie may have been ahead of his time
May 21st, 2013
Washington, D.C., and Nevada have a few things in common: We both like to talk about budgets, we’re both home to dysfunctional representative bodies, we both asked lightning-rod reformers to turn around floundering school systems, and in both cases the reformers left without finishing the job. Read more »
Generation E
Can a little electricity co-op lead Nevada to the promised land of renewable energy?
May 17th, 2013
In the not-too-distant future, a woman gets home from work in Bakersfield, California. As she walks in her house, she reflexively flicks on a light. Little does she know, the electricity entering the lamp over her head comes from a solar plant in Nevada’s Amargosa Valley via a high-voltage transmission line owned by Valley Electric Association (VEA), a nonprofit co-op based in Pahrump. Read more »
The Deal
A Guide to Vegas' Off-the-Menu Specials
May 15th, 2013
There’s something about off-the-menu specials that gets people fired up—maybe it’s the sneaky pleasure of knowing a secret. Or maybe it’s just that they’re usually a good deal. Read more »
Politics
The Two Faces of the Legislature
Is there some Jekyll to its Hyde?
May 15th, 2013
The notion that the state Legislature has more than one personality makes sense, since it has 63 members. But as a body, the Legislature never ceases to be depressing. Except when it’s exhilarating. Read more »
Going for Broke
Loss Angeles
Big-money Dodgers, Angels striking out on the field, at the window
May 15th, 2013
Usually, $358.5 million goes a pretty long way—even in a place as overly pricey (and overly vain) as the greater Los Angeles area. But within the friendly confines of two stadiums affectionately known as the “Big A” and Chavez Ravine, all $358.5 million buys you is a heaping dose of underachievement. And despair. And mockery—lots and lots of mockery. Read more »
Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
May 15th, 2013
Time for another installment of Helldorado Days, Las Vegas’ longest-running civic event. This one’s big: a daily carnival, the Whiskerino beard contest Friday, a parade Saturday and professional rodeo stars doing their thing daily. The fun happens in and around Downtown. Read more »
