Brian Greenspun

Publisher and Editor

Stories

Principles are worth the time, cost it takes to wage the fight: Tuesday, June 18, 2013; Where’s my lawyer? It turns out that my dear friend Larry Ruvo and I share the same lawyer. Normally, that wouldn’t cause a problem because one thing we learn in law school — yes, I did that a lifetime ago — is to multitask.
We can honor our fathers by applying the wisdom they shared: Sunday, June 16, 2013; Happy Father’s Day! I've been fortunate in my life to have fathered a most remarkable daughter who, in turn, has made me the happiest grandfather on the planet — twice. There is nothing else to consider when weighting the happiness scale. There are, however, other considerations that define the responsibility that comes with being a father or a grandfather.
Again, legislators fail to stand up for Southern Nevada: Sunday, June 2, 2013; Show us the money, Governor.
Inequity in state’s spending on roads is a joke: Tuesday, May 21, 2013; Connecting the dots in Carson City is a fool’s errand. Enter the fool. Sen. Debbie Smith has bottled up Senate Bill 322 in her committee despite a previous unanimous vote to move it to the floor for passage. But why?
Our Legislature needs to step up and get the job done: Sunday, May 19, 2013; I have been one of those Nevadans who believed that the Legislature should meet no more than every two years and for no more than a specific amount of time. The theory has been that when forced to do the work, legislators will get it done and leave the good people of Nevada alone the rest of the time. I was wrong.
Better have a good reason if you forgot Mother’s Day: Sunday, May 12, 2013; Hank Greenspun was well-known for taking his life in his hands by forgetting such important dates as Mother’s Day, his wedding anniversary, an important birthday and the like. He compounded the problem by writing about these matters in his “Where I Stand” column. I know that Las Vegans — both newcomers and those who have been here forever — enjoy reliving some of the good old days through Hank’s words. So I have chosen a column he wrote on Mother’s Day 1954 to republish today.
Anger after the explosion’s fallout: Sunday, May 5, 2013; On this weekend’s 25th anniversary of the explosion at the PEPCON industrial plant — a mighty blast that killed two people, injured several hundred and blew out windows throughout the valley — I am ceding my normal column space to my late father, Hank Greenspun, who was the editor and publisher of the Sun at the time.
Smatresk’s leadership elevates university: Sunday, April 28, 2013; How do we evaluate Neal Smatresk? Employee evaluations are supposed to be private — mostly, I assume, because candor is important when deciding whether a person has done or is doing a good job. People who talk about others want protection from any reprisals, and protecting a person from too much candor — an opinion laced with bias — is also good policy.
Kudos to NV Energy for helping our health: Sunday, April 7, 2013; If you have your health, you have everything.
We have a right to feel safe: Sunday, March 31, 2013; In the end, they just didn’t feel safe. Assembly Majority Leader William Horne expressed that sentiment after the very sad saga of Assemblyman Steven Brooks during the process that led to his being expelled by the legislative body to which he was duly elected.