Las Vegas Sun: Every summer, Brian Greenspun turns over his Where I Stand column to guest writers for several weeks. Todays writer is U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
As I spent time with my grandchildren a few Saturdays ago, I couldnt help but notice the looming clouds rising over Las Vegas. Only these clouds didnt represent a 30-second, midsummer downpour. These clouds were smoke. Mount Charleston was burning. In fact, much of the West was burning. It would be days before the Carpenter 1 Fire, as...