Read MoreThe phone rang. This wasn’t a call I expected.
“Nolan, there’s an open seat tomorrow night in the game,” the voice said. “You want to come?”
“The game,” I asked? “You mean — THE GAME?”
“Yeah.”
“Deal me in!”
Read MoreBring up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and reactions typically vary from indifference to fanaticism — with little territory in between.
Indeed, the chasm of constructive dialogue is currently so narrow, that merely reducing tension in this long-troubled region would be considered a historic success. That’s how low the bar has been set. Stopping all violence is probably next to impossible. Achieving everlasting peace between Jews and Arabs seems like a starry-eyed fantasy.
Read MoreLas Vegas is not known for the arts.
The closest one comes here to a world-class symphony orchestra or a Tony Award-winning musical is a time clock-punching seventy-five-minute show at one of the major casinos on the Vegas Strip. Even though the greater Las Vegas valley is home to more than a million residents, a bona fide home for cultural events and the arts did not exist — until now.
In central Bucharest, just a few days before the Romanian Revolution
Read MoreThis is the final article on the Romanian Revolution series, which focused on events leading up to Ceausescu’s downfall and the things I witnessed.
Read MorePart 4 of a multi-part series on the 1989 Romanian Revolution in Bucharest and the aftermath, including my experiences.
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Read MorePart 3 of a multi-part series on the 1989 Romanian Revolution in Bucharest and the aftermath, including my experiences.
Read MorePart 2 of a multi-part series on the 1989 Romanian Revolution in Bucharest and the aftermath, including my experiences.
Read MorePart 1 of a multi-part series on the 1989 Romanian Revolution in Bucharest and aftermath, including my experiences.
Read MoreThe mainstream media often get things notoriously wrong.
Consider the case of Mark Twain’s “death” being erroneously reported in the (now-defunct) New York Journal daily newspaper in 1897, eliciting his famous quote in response, “the report of my death was an exaggeration.”
It seems mainstream media haven’t learned much over the last 116 years. In recent months, major media have reported poker’s popularity is declining.
Read MoreThe best Italian restaurant in Las Vegas is…
….Olive Garden.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the annual “Readers Choice Awards” released yesterday, Olive Garden was voted as the “Best Italian Restaurant” in Las Vegas.” This appeared in the 2013 edition of the “Best of Las Vegas” section.
Excuse me for a moment.
Bwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Marieta Dalla
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