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In a speech in Illinois this past week former President Obama called “Medicare for all” a “good new idea.” He said, “It’s harder for young people to save for a […]
Opinion
Parents Need to Weigh ‘Social’ Promotion Options
Up until the third grade, students are learning to read. After that, they should be reading to learn. That is why in 2015 Nevada lawmakers passed a bill dubbed Read […]
Bundy Lawsuit Addresses Public Land Ownership
A civil lawsuit filed on behalf of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy in state district court asks the court to declare that the public land on which Bundy grazes his cattle […]
End Racial Discrimination in All Iterations
Let’s face it. Racial discrimination is racial discrimination. Calling it affirmative action is just swinging the pendulum the other way. The Department of Justice recently joined a group of Asian-American […]
Which Senate Candidate Is Right About Social Security?
We find Democratic Senate candidate Jacky Rosen’s sanguine and naive response to the recent 83rd anniversary of Social Security Act disturbing to say the least. Rosen put out a press […]
We Suggest an Ally in the Fight Against the Water Grab
The three-decade legal wrangle over whether Clark County will ever be allowed to tap groundwater from White Pine, Lincoln and Nye counties has reached another milestone, but may be far […]
Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money on Secret UFO Studies
As they say on “The X-Files,” the truth is out there. Apparently it is still out there, because no one has revealed it. Maybe that is because it is classified. […]
Take a Pass on Petition to Eliminate Primaries
With all the polarizing political rhetoric and bombast of this election year it is sorely tempting to grab onto any idea to lessen the load. A petition called the Greater […]
Too Many Willing to Forgo First Amendment Rights
Here is proof positive that ignorance is hazardous to freedom. The Freedom Forum’s 2018 First Amendment survey, conducted in May and June, asked 1,009 Americans to name the five freedoms […]
Could Nevada Benefit from Plans for Hoover Dam Electricity?
What’s in it for us? A recent New York Times story outlines a proposal by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to use Hoover Dam and Colorado River […]