Jane Ann Morrison

Promises, promises.

Lawyers are disciplined for everything from stealing from clients to missing deadlines to unethical behavior. But U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Markell admitted he had never dealt with a case similar to Las Vegas attorney Neil Beller’s.

Since returning from three days in Cedar City at the Utah Shakespearean Festival and throughout the Democratic National Convention, I’ve been pondering civility. One of the reasons I enjoy Southern Utah is that people I encounter there are so polite, so friendly, so helpful.

My first knee-jerk reaction upon hearing Arizona Sen. John McCain had selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate Friday: McCain just lost the election. I may be 100 percent wrong. But that was my first thought. Really.

Ah, the joys of romance. Glancing across a crowded room and recognizing your soul mate. Feeling a love that’s lasted nearly 600 years. But what might work in a romantic novel is horrifying in real life to a Las Vegas woman stalked over 15 years.

Last week was one of those sweet-and-sour weeks for Mary Ellen Stephen.

For those of us who find state politics compelling and significant, the four-way race for an open Nevada Supreme Court race was downright thrilling as the numbers trickled in Tuesday and the lineup of winners and losers flipped and flopped.

Let’s dub it the “Halverson effect.”

Bobby Siller was chatting with me from his new home in North Carolina with a view of a river so wide “you’d swear you’re on a cruise ship.”

You had to search hard to find any admirable actions in the hundreds of pages of grand jury testimony that culminated in the indictment of Stan and Colleen Rimer.