Deirdre Clemente has spent much of her academic career studying 20th century American culture, particularly fashion and clothing and how, and why, people dress as they do.

It is the end of an era in Las Vegas as one of the most famed hotels and casinos on the Strip was demolished in the early morning hours of Tuesday.

Nevada had a pretty tumultuous Democratic convention in May. Some said chairs were thrown. Others said they were not. But people were yelling and many felt disenfranchised. Threats were made. People were visibly angry.

Officially, he's Congressman Cresent Hardy.

Unofficially, Democrats add a word: accidental.

CH refers to cholesterol or Switzerland’s internet domain name. Nevada Democrats hope it’s a set of initials with historical connections.

Last time, we were talking about Muhammad Ali … before he was actually Muhammad Ali, just starting out as a professional fighter and winning the seventh bout of his career when he fought for the first time in Las Vegas.

The Thrilla in Manila. The Rumble in the Jungle. The Fight of the Century. Those are the boxing matches for which Muhammad Ali probably will be best remembered. Still others will think of him as a transcendent historic figure—renouncing what he called his slave name, his conversion to Islam, his resistance to the draft during Vietnam, and simply what he represented. For us in Las Vegas, he meant all of that, and more.

Ask practically any resident of Boulder City and he or she will be able to give you a glimpse of the city’s history and how important Hoover Dam is to its past, present and future.

For decades, the country’s top professional sports leagues were so fearful of game-fixing that they generally dismissed the idea of putting teams in Las Vegas, the country’s gambling mecca.

Las Vegas grew from a railroad town with a few thousand residents in the early 1900s to a worldwide destination with 2 million people by 2007.

The Riviera Hotel and Casino — the Las Vegas Strip's first high-rise that was as famous for its mobster ties as its Hollywood personification of Sin City's mobster past — will officially exit the scene on Tuesday with a cinematic implosion, complete with fireworks.

In Brooklyn last night, as Hillary Clinton claimed the history that was hers, she can thank Nevada for helping propel her to that New York stage.