T.R. Witcher

Photo of T.R. Witcher A (near) native of Chicagoland, associate editor T.R. Witcher is a veteran of alternative weeklies in Denver and Kansas City. He also was formerly associate editor at Las Vegas Life. In 2006, he received his MA from the University of Chicago. He is interested in writing about the ways we shape cities and the ways they shape us. If he’s not writing about Vegas’ urban landscape, he is likely to be roaming town photographing it. Todd's favorite book is Watership Down.

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The 1 percent solution
In a state with so much sun, why are Nevada’s solar standards so dim?
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008
Nevada is lucky enough to have a renewable energy standard that mandates that 20 percent of our energy must be met by renewables by 2015. Nevada is seeking only about 1 percent of its total energy from solar power. One percent. In a state where the sun shines so often a rainy day is cause for celebration.
Literary Las Vegas
Writer Charles Bock, on bringing a sense of place to Sin City
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
The Vegas Valley Book Festival, which wrapped up last week, can be understood as the community’s attempt to find a place for itself on the high-culture map.
What’s past is prologue
Is the time right for wasteful Las Vegas to embrace New Urbanism?
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
With a floundering economy and a post-election feeling that the country may be ready for a more sustainable society, the planning and design philosophy known as New Urbanism, which aims to combat the excesses of suburban sprawl, may be poised to enter the American mainstream.
List. Bond list.
Bond expert (and spy-in-training) T.R. Witcher takes you through the ouevre—with some rankings thrown in
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
In honor of this week's new Bond flick Quantum of Solace, T.R. Witcher takes a frighteningly detailed look at the legendary successes and massive failures of the Bond franchise - 22 movies deep, and counting.
Breakneck Bond
Quantum of Solace is exciting but sometimes too frenetic
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
There are those who like James Bond frothy, and those who like him dark. After many decades of mostly froth, the Daniel Craig era has returned Bond to something close to his literary roots—a tough professional—but even author Ian Fleming’s Bond was never this pissed off.
The Bond Awards
The Bests and The Worsts
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
Gleaned from 22 movies of guns, girls and "Bond, James Bond," T.R. Witcher gives awards to the best of the best and a few of the worst.
Okay, so now what?
It’s time to find out what change really looks like
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
If 2000 felt vaguely hopeful—pre-9/11, budget surplus—and 2004 at least had the housing boom to take our minds off the unsettling feeling that Iraq might not go as easily as we’d hoped, the aftermath of 2008 is just chockablock with trouble.
Tapped out
Why is our water on Walmart shelves in Oakland?
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
Water from Lake Mead turned up in a surprising place: several Walmart stores in the Bay Area.
Kind of Blu
James Barela’s eclectic jazz group tries to find its way in Las Vegas
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
Trumpeter James Barela was looking for material that he could “play a thousand times, a million times, and it still feels as fresh as the first time I played it.”
Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
It’s that smile, those lusty teeth, somehow coy and seductive, warm and haughty. It’s a lush “I don’t give a damn” smile.

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