by Kurt Thigpen | Nov 22, 2020 | Memo from the Middle
"I remember when Halloween was the scariest night of the year. Now, it's Election Night," or so says an anonymous Twitter troll who's not the only person worried about America's election process. For most (but, not all) of the U.S.'s...
by Kurt Thigpen | Nov 15, 2020 | Memo from the Middle
It’s been 70 years since mostly American men went off to fight a war in a place few knew anything about before being shipped there. A war-weary U.S. honored its 1882 Friendship Treaty with Korea and summoned help from 15 other nations in coming to the defense of...
by Kurt Thigpen | Nov 8, 2020 | Memo from the Middle
This opinion column was submitted by RGJ columnist Pat Hickey, a member of the Nevada Legislature from 1996 to 2016. Political power shifts can have dire consequences for those on the losing end of change. The French Revolution comes to mind. With France nearly...
by Kurt Thigpen | Nov 1, 2020 | Memo from the Middle
It gives me no satisfaction in saying this: Remote education isn't working very well in Nevada. Even though I wasn't a big fan while a member of the State Board of Education, and tried to reform it as an executive with the public charter school association,...
by Kurt Thigpen | Oct 25, 2020 | Memo from the Middle
There's no denying it — the past seven months have made me stir-crazy. With all the lockdowns and shutdowns, it's begun to actually bring me down. Like most, I've stayed at home. Any traveling I've done is restricted to daily walks in the...
by Kurt Thigpen | Oct 18, 2020 | Memo from the Middle
This opinion column was submitted by Pat Hickey, a member of the Nevada Legislature from 1996 to 2016. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."...
