Ken Miller
After a lengthy stint with the Santa Maria Times in California, Ken came to Las Vegas in 2003 to work for the Las Vegas Sun. He later joined Las Vegas Life, and now works as Managing Editor at Las Vegas Weekly. He lives in Anthem with his wife, Annette. Favorite movies: The Usual Suspects and A Man for All Seasons
Call Ken at 702-990-2446.
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Story Archive
- Can you watch hardcore porn on your vehicle’s DVD system, even if other drivers can see it?
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
- Inquiring minds want to know.
- Preserving America—and a few secrets
- The John Birch Society is passionate about following the Constitution, but not so much about divulging information
- Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009
- A nonpartisan, in-the-background, slightly secretive organization wants to indoctrinate you in its cause: making America jibe with the Constitution.
- #FF @CityOfLasVegas #budgetplanning
- Now that the public can follow city budget planning on Twitter, what might we see?
- Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009
- Hypothetical tweets from the city budget planning process.
- Death goes window shopping
- Hanging out at the Clark County Coroner’s gift shop
- Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
- Ken Miller hangs out at the Clark County Coroner’s gift shop.
- Lettuce ladies and veggie dogs
- Looking in on a PETA attempt to get everyone to become a vegetarian
- Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
- In an afternoon punctuated by false starts, ambulance sirens and skimpy green outfits, PETA, for better or worse, gave away hundreds of veggie dogs to an appreciative crowd at Stewart Avenue and 4th Street last Friday.
- Pie in the sky
- Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
- Why Metro Pizza should thank us.
- Scenic byway: Ken Miller’s self-guided tour between Sahara and Washington
- Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
- Did the Federal Highway Administration only see this area at night?
- The whosits playing the whats
- Professionalish football was played in Las Vegas last week! Unfortunately, most stayed home to watch The Office
- Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
- Professionalish football was played in Las Vegas last week! Unfortunately, most stayed home to watch "The Office."
- A fine swine
- Some observations by a Weekly editor who got the H1N1 vaccine this week
- Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
- Some observations by a Weekly editor who got the H1N1 vaccine this week
- A week of woe thanks to Ensign, Sanford and the Las Vegas entrepreneur
- Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
- We swear we’re not superstitious, but we can’t help but wonder why when bad things happen, it’s usually involving a number associated with musketeers, blind mice and adventurous sexual escapades.
- Made for each other: Vegas and a T. rex
- Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009
- No city needs a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton more than Las Vegas.
- Strong men also cry
- Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
- Find out what makes Weekly editor Ken Miller cry.
- Ken Miller is torn
- How should he feel about the guy who punished his bank with fish and urine?
- Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009
- How should he feel about the guy who punished his bank with fish and urine?
- Go directly to jail
- The latest victim of the economy appears to be bail
- Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
- Enter 2009, when many can’t afford to pay their mortgages. And in Las Vegas, where bond is 15 percent of bail (most states are 10 percent), more Las Vegans are having to make tough choices when faced with having a loved one spend the night in jail.
- So much for the teachable moment
- Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
- President Obama’s speech on education sent shock waves through our PTAs. So Clark County School District Superintendent Walt Rulffes offered “alternative” activities for that 20 minutes.
- Poke on through
- Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009
- Penis Pokey is a ballsy attempt to meld your member with the printed page. Whipping it out is strongly implied by the author, who’s cut a one-inch-diameter hole in the thick pages to allow the user an interactive experience.
- The story so far
- Updates on a few big Las Vegas stories you might’ve lost track of
- Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009
- Updates on Buffalo Jim Barrier, the medical "mafia," the guy with the chainsaw and a few other big Las Vegas stories.
- So long, Whole Foods
- Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009
- A Weekly staffer trades in Whole Foods' endless olive selection and fields of salad toppings for eateries that don't tell him how to feel about Obama's health-care plan.
- The curious case of Wok On In
- Five odd things we found at the Mongolian grill
- Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009
- Five odd things we found at the Mongolian grill.
- Minimum overdrive
- Yes, some are making a little more money, but why does it feel so ... pointless?
- Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009
- Yes, some are making a little more money, but why does it feel so ... pointless?
- Scrumptious Frog ale
- Head to the Freakin' Frog for Rogue Charlie, an imperial India pale ale that puts all others to absolute shame
- Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009
- Freakin’ Frog owner Adam Carmer has gotten his hands on two kegs of Rogue Charlie, an imperial India pale ale that puts all others to absolute shame.
- Imagined conversations: Ensign chats with the Devil, God, and his family
- Thursday, July 30, 2009
- A prayer goes sideways when Ensign has a conversation with God and the Devil... and neither are too happy with the guy, nor are his parents.
- What's the legacy, John?
- Assuming he doesn’t resign, Ensign has plenty of time to salvage his reputation—but can he?
- Thursday, July 30, 2009
- Assuming he doesn’t resign, Ensign has plenty of time to salvage his reputation—but can he?
- Dog, caller
- Thursday, July 9, 2009
- Our Q&A last week with Al the bounty hunter got quite a few people talking. Including the King of All Bounty Hunters himself, Duane “Dog” Chapman.
- Gentlemen, start your excuses
- Thursday, July 2, 2009
- On October 1, a new state law goes into effect that allows cops to fine you $100 if you have not registered your car within 60 days of moving to Nevada.
- Interview Issue: Alexandra Berzon
- Thursday, July 2, 2009
- Always return a reporter's e-mails. She could end up winning a Pulitzer Prize some day.
- Save the planet, eat a burger
- Create puts a premium on recycling—and puts out some tasty food, too
- Thursday, July 2, 2009
- Create uses Angus beef, and organic fruits and vegetables for its salads and burger toppings. As the name implies, you can create quite the custom burger—just be prepared to get a tad overwhelmed choosing from the more than 60 available options.
- Blip of a blooper
- Thursday, July 2, 2009
- KTNV Channel 13 got its 15 minutes of fame on YouTube this week with footage of reporter Steve Ryan’s live feed from the Fremont Street Experience being crashed by a drunken reveler.
- Interview Issue: Al the Bounty Hunter
- Thursday, July 2, 2009
- Al Mares is a bounty hunter, wait, bail enforcement officer. But he'll take you down with a lot more than paintballs and if you make him angry, he'll tase your ass. Literally.
- No great shakes
- Thursday, July 2, 2009
- If MolliCoolz Shakers are the ice cream of the future, all I can say is: I’m a journalist, get me out of here!
- Harmony and Me
- Saturday, June 13, 2009
- There’s a gentle sweetness—and some genuine laughs—at the heart of this rambling look at a failed relationship, but ultimately viewers are likely to leave wondering what the hell they just watched.
- How much did the prospect of redistricting in two years temper legislative Democrats this year?
- Thursday, June 11, 2009
- The Democrats’ failure to effect any real change to Nevada’s tax structure during the last session was likely driven in part by a desire to piss off as few interests as possible.
- What Goes Up
- Thursday, May 28, 2009
- The notion of heroes, and going to any lengths to create them, is at the heart of What Goes Up, a wildly uneven mix of suicide, misfits, teen pregnancy and the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, none of it adding up to much.
- Making oatmeal cool
- Thursday, May 28, 2009
- I’ve always had to add crap to my oatmeal to make it palatable. As a kid, the only way I could get through a bowl was to drown it in milk and brown sugar.
- Time is (not much) money
- Want to volunteer for a charity this year? Break out the checkbook instead
- Thursday, May 21, 2009
- The good news: Las Vegans are stepping forward and offering to volunteer for the various charities around town. The bad news: Those same Las Vegans are being turned away in favor of donations.
- Brewing up terrific flavors at BJ's
- BJ’s might make you wait, but trust us, it’s worth it
- Thursday, May 21, 2009
- Seeing two police cars parked in front of BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse somehow gave me a real sense of comfort. After all, if cops are dining here, the food must be pretty good.
- Oh no, she didn’t
- Thursday, May 14, 2009
- Damn, but Vegas looks good! And that’s about the best thing I can say about Katy Perry’s newest video, “Waking Up in Vegas.”
- Walk. Look. Learn, dammit!
- Thursday, May 14, 2009
- Hard up for entertainment but soft in the pocketbook? Maybe it’s time to get some fresh air and feed your head at the same time.
- We need an (expensive) drink
- Las Vegas' remaining legal vices are pretty pricy—and about to get a whole lot more so
- Thursday, May 14, 2009
- As you read this, your state legislature is considering “sin taxes” on both tobacco and alcohol, both of which would hike prices way past your typical comfort level.
- The real facts of life
- Thursday, May 7, 2009
- Onyx Theatre's The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode is sacrilege to anyone who’s a fan... which is precisely why we’ll be attending.
- Is Anybody There?
- Thursday, April 30, 2009
- Coming-of-age tales all follow a basic formula and this British drama follows it directly. The good news is you’re not likely to care.
- Showroom for change
- Suite Charity is making a big difference in an even bigger building
- Thursday, April 30, 2009
- If your only glimpse of World Market Center has been from the I-15, trust me, you haven’t seen it.
- Postcards from the edge
- Thursday, April 23, 2009
- When you think of Oregon, what comes to mind? No doubt lots of trees and lots of rain.
- 12
- Thursday, April 23, 2009
- The magnificence of Sidney Lumet’s irreproachable 12 Angry Men was the simplicity—and brevity—with which a legal injustice was brought to light by methodically revealing the holes in the prosecution’s case.
- You know what’s free? Perspective
- Yeah, we’ve got it bad, but it could always be worse
- Thursday, April 23, 2009
- Obviousness alert—Nevada is not doing well. But to get you through the bad times, just look at how bad other states have it.
- How the mighty have ... vanished
- Notes from a walk through the intersection of Decatur and Sahara
- Thursday, April 23, 2009
- A once-booming hodgepodge of great food and distractions, the intersection of Decatur and Sahara is now a road map of scuffed stucco, outlines of former glories and asphalt.
- When classics collide on a bitsy bun
- Thursday, April 23, 2009
- The newest slider variation is upon us, and it’s better than it sounds.
- Save the last dance
- Thursday, April 16, 2009
- Mayor Goodman, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and other local celebs attempt their own version of Dancing with the Stars in what could be one of the most entertaining events to grace Sin City... or a complete and utter disaster.
- Squeeze some bacon on it! Wait, what?
- Thursday, April 9, 2009
- It's got a shelf life of 12 years and is made from “U.S.-bred swine." What more could you ask for?
- In a Facebook funk
- Thursday, April 2, 2009
- Suddenly Facebook sucks. It went from intimate and fun to exploitative and uncomfortable.
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