Parables from Paradise, Nv 89154

Parables from (a not quite) Paradise include 30 essays, most of which were first presented on KNPR, Nevada Public Radio. The essays allow Paradise resident (mailing address Las Vegas) Bill Thompson to beat his heart with praise for nation as well as the Running Rebels Basketball team, and to lift his brow of scorn for politicians who refuse to wrestle with fiscal problems and social maladies while hiding behind false concerns over bogeymen such as the nuclear waste...
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Parables from (a not quite) Paradise include 30 essays, most of which were first presented on KNPR, Nevada Public Radio. The essays allow Paradise resident (mailing address Las Vegas) Bill Thompson to beat his heart with praise for nation as well as the Running Rebels Basketball team, and to lift his brow of scorn for politicians who refuse to wrestle with fiscal problems and social maladies while hiding behind false concerns over bogeymen such as the nuclear waste issue. He raises the loveable sloth of the Amazon jungle to a pedestal where it can serve as a model for world peace. He decries casinos and unions for sitting silent as workers were laid off after the 9-11 tragedy, while he gives kudos to entrepreneurs Steve Wynn and George Maloof who kept building for the future. Thompson lauds the advantages of capitalism but advocates a government take-over of a local electric utility. He criticizes state officials and casino executives for neglecting compulsive gamblers, but he supports a limited lottery for Nevada. He saves his most cutting criticism for his "pet peeve," The Nevada grocery store casinos. The Parables from (a not quite) Paradise end where he began--in an autobiographical description of his family's arrival as new residents of Paradise Valley in 1980.