Opinion

Trump’s vision of Asia colliding with China’s
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Two regional trade strategies — one from the United States and the other from China, reflecting competing geostrategic visions for Asia — clashed in Vietnam, where Asia-Pacific leaders met recently to talk business. ...
Book documents Trump’s many ties to Russia
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Three months ago, The Washington Post reported that even as Donald Trump ran for president, he pursued plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. ...
Who’s tired of winning? Not my brother Kevin
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Wherever I go, people ask me the same question: “How can he?” How can Kevin support President Donald Trump? Why isn’t he bothered by all the things others find appalling and frightening? Thanksgiving weekend came, so it’s time for my Republican brother to share his bounteous harvest of thoughts: ...
Segregation couldn’t stop football stars from rising
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Welcome to “Thursday Night Lights.” ...
Then and now: GOP changes tune on deficit
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Does our country face a big problem with deficits? Is it a mistake to add to them? ...
Working Nevada families lose, wealthy win in GOP tax scheme
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Guest Column:
Right now in Washington, congressional Republicans are in a frenzy to pass their partisan tax bill before the end of the year. Just in time for the holidays, politicians are trying to gift-wrap tax breaks for their billionaire donors and corporate special interests while hardworking families foot the bill. ...
Cuts put Nevada jobs in jeopardy
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Guest Column:
A 2016 study found that our state’s diverse energy efficiency sector employs more than 15,000 Nevadans, but proposed budget cuts endanger these jobs and their many spinoff benefits. These businesses include manufacturing plants in Nevada that produce energy efficient ...
Regulations creating roadblocks to disaster aid
Monday, November 27, 2017
The holiday season is upon us and countless Americans are still suffering the after-effects of a devastating hurricane season coupled with raging wildfires out West. Puerto Rico, for instance, just requested $94 billion in federal aid to address massive power outages and damage to homes and infrastructure, which contributed to a serious financial crisis. ...
Universities should quit romanticizing, touting fraternities in aftermath of deaths
Monday, November 27, 2017
Following a night of heavy drinking at a fraternity at Texas State University, a 20-year-old was found dead. Another 20-year-old died at Florida State University in nearly identical circumstances. ...
Businesses and people alike should quit smoking
Monday, November 27, 2017
GUEST COLUMN:
This month, the nation celebrated the Great American Smokeout, a day designated to help people quit smoking. This year’s event was the 10th since the passing of the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act.
Overpopulation must be slowed
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
We must educate the next generation that continued population growth will inevitably lead to the collapse of civilization, with the deaths of billions in the very near future. ...
Profiting from death
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
The NRA and manufacturers have pre-paid their insurance by buying politicians to protect their ability to make and sell their products, which allow these mass murders to occur ...
This was no demonstration
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
I am sick to death of the Bundys. I think they should be driven off the land and their ranch should be confiscated to pay for fines and fees which have not been paid in over the course of 20 years. ...
With monorail extension approved, let’s get light rail on a fast track
With monorail extension approved, let’s get light rail on a fast track
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Sun Editorial:
Clark County commissioners took a wise step last week when they agreed to contribute funding to expand the Las Vegas Monorail. ...
Defying logic, leaders back accused pedophile
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Where I Stand:
The world has changed. Women have earned and taken their rightful and more-than-justified place in the workplace in practically every facet of American commerce. No longer are they a minority to be trifled with but, rather, a growing force to be reckoned with. And that means that what could and was overlooked a few decades ago will no longer be tolerated. ...