Las Vegas Sun

July 24, 2008

Columns by Brian Greenspun

The importance of balanced conversation
Sunday, July 13, 2008
WHERE I STAND: Overreaction to blunt remarks serves no good
Beware of open microphones and open mouths. Often there is truth coming through.
New inspiration for holiday
Sunday, July 6, 2008
WHERE I STAND: Two mothers remind Brian Greenspun of Founding Fathers’ values
We need to declare our independence, once again.
Brian Greenspun yields the floor to a friend with an opposing view on economic solutions
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Where I Stand:
My friend Don Gilberg is a consistent and conscientious reader and responder to my Where I Stand columns.
Brian Greenspun reminds lawmakers that talk is cheap
Sunday, June 22, 2008
It is time to do and not just to say.
During the 2003 legislative session, then-Gov. Kenny Guinn and others tried unsuccessfully to divers
Brian Greenspun wants legislators to seize the day
Sunday, June 15, 2008
WHERE I STAND: Special session provides chance to fix tax system
During times of great challenge there are greater opportunities.
Brian Greenspun says it’s time for those who care about the future to take a stand
Sunday, June 1, 2008
WHERE I STAND:
Remember all those stories about what do we do when we reach the crossroads of our future? Well, we are at that point and it is decision time.
Brian Greenspun laments the loss of some of Nevada’s best public officials as a foreseeable result of term limits
Sunday, May 25, 2008
WHERE I STAND:
Tee up the “be careful what you vote for” music because it is time to pay the piper.
Brian Greenspun gives his mom the second-best gift ever
Sunday, May 18, 2008
WHERE I STAND: Second rise of Las Vegas Sun can make her proud
Love is never having to say you’re sorry.
Brian Greenspun has a proposal for a ticket to unite Democrats
Sunday, May 11, 2008
WHERE I STAND: And it doesn’t involve Clinton giving up and going home
I am not a pundit. I am not an expert. I am simply an American who wants what he believes is best for America.
Brian Greenspun knows a leader when he sees one
Sunday, May 4, 2008
WHERE I STAND: Top Nevada business exec could fill vacuum
I decided a few weeks ago that I was no longer going to act like a common scold in this space. The people of Nevada should know by now that I believe we are in desperate need of new leadership at the state level and any other part of government that doesn’t recognize that we are in trouble or, worse, refuses to do anything about it.
Remembering the all-too-human Henri Lewin
Sunday, April 20, 2008
WHERE I STAND:
Henri Lewin passed away last week. Some of the details of his life were published in the myriad obituaries that recounted his time with us and his contributions to society in general and, for Las Vegans, the gaming and entertainment industry, which exists today in Las Vegas because of his vision.
Brian Greenspun lauds man whose name graces school
Sunday, April 13, 2008
WHERE I STAND:
“He arrived in the United States as an immigrant from Mexico with few possessions,” the dedication program for the middle school noted, “but with great ambitions and a strong work ethic.” From there, Eddie Escobedo has lived the American dream.
Some recent news items don’t make much sense
Sunday, April 6, 2008
WHERE I STAND:
Perhaps it is advancing age. I don’t claim to be the hippest Baby Boomer on the block. In fact, I know there is still so much about practically everything there is to know that I still don’t know. And I understand that the challenge of life is to live and learn long enough so that the gap between what we do know and what we don’t becomes small enough to make us feel our time on Earth has not been wasted.
It's time to cast off one legacy of Watergate
Sunday, March 30, 2008
WHERE I STAND:
We have finally gone too far. Actually, we went too far a long time ago in this country. It started with Watergate and it has continued ever since. The “it” is the public’s belief that it is entitled to know anything and everything about a citizen in this country who puts himself or herself up for public service.
Circumstances that, though defeatable, test America’s resolve
Sunday, March 23, 2008
WHERE I STAND:
Is the sky really falling? I have yet to fall for the Chicken Little story, even though there have been times and events over the past few decades when one could reasonably conclude that the Earth had fallen off its axis and would have difficulty righting itself.
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