Monday Reads

Bob's looks were shot years ago.  He hit the wall when he was 40.  That is when he should have ended being in front of a camera.  "They" were shooting him through gauze over the years to try and make him look like leading man material when he should have been doing character roles.

He should just retire altogether and enjoy what years he has left.
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Obituary:   Former Nevada governor and senator Paul Laxalt, 96, has died.  Laxalt was also known as one of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics.

He retired from the U.S. Senate in 1987, to be replaced by Harry Reid.

Laxalt was born Aug. 2, 1922 in Reno, the son of Basque immigrants Dominique and Therese Laxalt, both of whom immigrated from the Pyrenees. One of six children, his siblings included Robert Laxalt, who wrote acclaimed novels about Basque sheepherding culture in Northern Nevada, including “Sweet Promised Land.”

Laxalt attended Carson High School, playing on the state’s championship basketball team before heading to Santa Clara University for college. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he was a medic and saw action during the Battle of Leyte in the Philippines.

His foray into politics began in 1950 when he ran for district attorney in Ormsby County and won. Laxalt held that public office until 1955, leaving to enter the private sector as an attorney. He proceeded to run for lieutenant governor in 1962 and, again, won by a comfortable margin.

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