Most people remember Bob Maheu and think of his weird 15-year relationship with the even weirder Howard Hughes, because the two never met in person, yet Maheu morphed into Hughes’ alter ego before they parted ways. In his 1992 book “Next to Hughes,” Maheu thanked Hughes “who taught me so much about life through his own unhappiness.”
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Jane Ann Morrison
When the hepatitis outbreak story broke in February, calls poured in from anesthesiologists who wanted me to know that a nurse anesthetist doesn’t have the training of an anesthesiologist. An anesthesiologist would NEVER reuse a syringe and the same vial of anesthesia on a patient and spread hepatitis from patient to patient. Never. Never. Never. The doctors are so much better trained than the nurses that such a practice was inconceivable.
Danny Vredenburg was fun, outgoing and enjoyed a lust for life until he slipped on a flight of stairs at work and injured his back in March 2001. He worked as a bartender for the Flamingo Hilton in Laughlin, so his medical treatments were covered by workers’ compensation.
Don’t kid yourself. Lady Justice is a dawdling slowpoke.
Steve Hiltz is one of the good guys, a children’s advocate who recently was honored with a national award for his work. But this Thursday, he will attend an event that equals any award.
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Aggravation is dialing and redialing the same phone number for more than five hours a day, only to get a busy signal. And I’m not talking dialing a few times a day when it crosses someone’s mind. I’m talking about dialing every three seconds from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., then starting again from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy prefers to deal in facts, so he couldn’t answer my two questions: How long did it take for Jason Rimer to die, and how much did the disabled 4-year-old suffer?
No matter how worthwhile the conference, the suspicious in our midst always view travel by legislators as a boondoggle. Maybe it’s travel envy, knowing the taxpayer pays for their good times in good places, usually in high-end hotels. And July and August are wonderful months for Las Vegans to get out of town.
Doggone it, I’ve gone to the dogs during the dog days of summer, doggedly determined to delve into the world of dog-eat-dog entertainment. Drat.
I’m feeling disenfranchised, and I’m mad about it, so I’m looking for someone to blame.
Oh, to be Harry Reid’s kid. You want something, you get it.
Just call me Princess Tenpercenter, my new Indian name taken in honor of my proud Cherokee ancestry and the 10 percent who officials claim are the only ones who have trouble with the signage at McCarran International Airport.
Many wondered why no whistle-blowers notified authorities about issues with Dr. Dipak Desai. The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Paul Harasim answered that question Sunday in his in-depth report.
If your child were found dead, would you show emotion?
Annoyances that cannot be fixed are too numerous to list, but sometimes you see easy-to-fix annoyances that would take so little to change.
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