Opinion

10 reasons to get smarter about your credit scores
Monday, October 22, 2018
GUEST COLUMN:
Did you know that a good credit score can help with more than borrowing? It can factor into everything from getting a cellphone, buying a car, obtaining a student loan and renting an apartment. Lenders, landlords and utility providers can all review credit reports.
Energy expert: ‘When people can make money fixing a problem ... the problem gets fixed’
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Q+A: SAMANTHA GROSS:
When Samantha Gross visited UNLV in 2018, President Donald Trump had just announced that he planned to rescind the Clean Power Plan. Fast-forward a year, and Gross was back in Las Vegas on the day when António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, told global leaders that the world had less than two years to avoid “runaway climate change.”
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Laxalt’s reaction to court case shows lack of consideration for Nevadans
Monday, August 27, 2018
EDITORIAL:
Last week, a Clark County district judge issued a ruling that went against the wishes of the majority of Nevada’s residents. So how did Adam Laxalt react? Did the Nevada attorney general express disappointment on behalf of those residents?
Ride-hailing and self-driving cars only increase the need for light rail
Ride-hailing and self-driving cars only increase the need for light rail
Sunday, August 5, 2018
EDITORIAL:
Among those who detest the thought of spending tax dollars on public transportation, there’s a misguided argument that mass transit systems like light rail are being made obsolete by ride-hailing services and other new transportation technology.
Immigration raids can inflict an ugly toll on American communities
Immigration raids can inflict an ugly toll on American communities
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Sun editorial:
Univision News examines how the town of Postville, Iowa, suffered economically, socially and in human terms after its main business was disrupted. “America First: The Legacy of an Immigration Raid” focuses on …
Laxalt wastes court’s time, taxpayer money on political grandstanding
Laxalt wastes court’s time, taxpayer money on political grandstanding
Monday, July 30, 2018
EDITORIAL:
The Nevada attorney general’s office has hit a low point with its appeal of the recent ruling blocking the execution of Scott Dozier ...
On the whim of the president, we could see another Great Depression
On the whim of the president, we could see another Great Depression
Sunday, July 29, 2018
EDITORIAL:
Farmers aren’t the only Americans who’ll suffer collateral damage in President Donald Trump’s trade war if it goes to all-out escalation.
Why development at arroyo is a bad idea
Why development at arroyo is a bad idea
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Guest column:
The storm began when Yohan Lowie bought the now-defunct Badlands Golf Course in November 2015 and brought his first development proposals to City Hall …
Killing international entrepreneur rule would be bad for US, Nevada
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Sun editorial:
The Trump administration’s irrationality on immigration policy could soon hurt Las Vegas and the American economy at large in a new and profound way. The blow would come if the Department of Homeland Security follows expectations and kills …
Protecting your online ‘crop’ of information
Monday, July 9, 2018
GUEST COLUMN:
Think of data like an apple, and your systems and networks like an orchard. You grow, cultivate and harvest the apples, which are then processed into end products or services. And just as farmers must protect their orchards from thieves, blights, pests and disasters, you must protect your data. Protecting your “orchard” of data is cybersecurity.
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Trump protest shows political engagement is on the rise in Las Vegas
Saturday, June 23, 2018
ANALYSIS:
When Donald Trump got elected, Sandy Huggard got off the sidelines. The lifelong Las Vegas resident, who was among several hundred people who protested Trump’s visit to the city today, said she had stepped away from political activism in recent years but became re-engaged in outrage over ...
Brian Greenspun: We must restore checks and balances
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Where I Stand:
Who in the Republican Party has dared to challenge the president when he lies, bullies, denigrates and deceives the American people?
Laxalt takes self-serving approach to Republican primary
Laxalt takes self-serving approach to Republican primary
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Sun Editorial:
Short of being spotted in a “Dump Trump” T-shirt at a rally of Planned Parenthood supporters, Adam Laxalt is likely to be the Republican candidate for governor on the November ballot. So why would ...
Tale of the Golden Knights may be the greatest sports story ever told
Tale of the Golden Knights may be the greatest sports story ever told
Monday, May 28, 2018
EDITORIAL:
Just making the promise was enough. By delivering on it so generously and thrillingly, the Vegas Golden Knights have earned more thanks from Las Vegas than can possibly be expressed by words.
This city’s rally cry: Go Knights, go!
Sunday, May 27, 2018
WHERE I STAND:
I am putting important matters on ice for a while.