Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jun 24, 2018 in Blog, Politics |

Think of the most objectionable person alive. Now, imagine owning a restaurant. Would you serve that person?
Should public figures, including people we despise, always be entitled to normal common courtesies? For example — what if the most offensive human being you can think of suddenly walked into your place of business? Would you serve him/her?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jun 12, 2018 in Blog, Politics |

At the Singapore Summit, Trump got Trumped.
He behaved like a human wrecking ball who mistakenly pulled the wrong lever and knocked down his own house.
Here are my thoughts on Donald Trump’s disastrous attempt at personally conducting foreign diplomacy.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jun 7, 2018 in Blog, General Poker, Movie Reviews |

Doyle Brunson and I went to dinner and talked about movie westerns for more than an hour. Wish you were there? You can be — just watch.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 14, 2018 in Blog, Sports Betting |

Today, the United States Supreme Court struck down a federal law which prohibited most states from allowing legalized gambling on sporting events. Here are my thoughts and predictions.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 8, 2018 in Blog, Movie Reviews |
Brace yourselves. Prepare to be offended. Many of you won’t like this list.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 1, 2018 in Blog, Personal |

What does it mean on social media to click the “like” button? Liking something may not always mean what you think.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 30, 2018 in Blog, Politics |

Politicians are certainly fair game. But what about their families? Are they innocent, or enablers?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 29, 2018 in Blog, Movie Reviews |

Baseball is strange. Unlike football, baseball doesn’t come across particularly well on television. Yet for reasons I can’t explain, baseball is far superior when it comes to being the subject of movies.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 27, 2018 in Blog, Las Vegas, Travel |

Given a national tidal wave of retailer bankruptcies and thousands of store closures, why does the Las Vegas Strip defy all odds and increasingly look like the new Mall of America?
Las Vegas doesn’t need Gamblers Anonymous. We need Shoppers Anonymous.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 22, 2018 in Blog, Personal, Politics |

The terrible costs of war are almost impossible to calculate. However, let me try to give just a little perspective. It took me building a wall in my backyard to understand.
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