Opinion

Trump clueless on cars
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
One can offer a very long list of things Trump doesn’t seem to know, but there isn’t enough room to list it all. ...
Cruelty, killings are connected
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
In reading your article regarding the tragic killing of innocent people by Devon Patrick Kelley in Texas, whose history included a conviction on an animal cruelty citation in 2014, I was reminded of many other examples of these types of individuals. ...
Parking woes? Here’s an idea
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
For any business in Clark County that faces difficulty in obtaining a permit for a new building because of parking problems, a new approach guarantees success. ...
Democrats shouldn’t be fooled by victories
Thursday, November 16, 2017
The Democratic Party certainly did well in this month’s elections. In one place after another, voters seemed to reject President Donald Trump’s hateful, lawless politics. ...
In Asia, Trump’s behavior worthy of a circus ring
Thursday, November 16, 2017
We are running a terribly unwise experiment: What happens when you replace U.S. presidential leadership with the slapstick antics of a clown? ...
Heller-backed measure will aid Nevada kids, families
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Guest Column:
In nearly half the states across the country, including here in Nevada, child care is more expensive than in-state college tuition, meaning high-quality care is out of reach for many families. That’s especially the case for those living in poverty. ...
Trump a gift to Democrats
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
Democrats will win by landslides in the 2018 and 2020 elections. It turns out, I was right all along. Trump really is the gift to Democrats who keeps on giving. ...
GOP attacks education
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
In thanking his supporters following the Nevada caucuses, candidate Donald Trump announced, “I love the poorly educated.” And now it’s starting to look like increasing the size of that constituency has become one of the goals of tax reform in the House of Representatives. ...
Trump betraying Americans by showing deference to Putin
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Consider the strategic and historical magnitude of what “President” Donald Trump said last week: He said that he believed the intelligence conclusions of a nation hostile to this country — Russia — over the intelligence conclusions drawn by American agencies. ...
Prospect of Moore win horrifies national GOP
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Turnout to the August Republican primary and the September runoff was about 18 and 14 percent, respectively. Next month’s election will occur during many distractions, midway between Thanksgiving and Christmas and, more important, ten days after Armageddon — the SEC championship game. Perhaps an Alabama victory would make the state hanker for a senator worthy of its football team. If so: Roll Tide. ...
Trump’s real constituency: the ultra rich
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
The focus on President Donald Trump’s political strength among white working-class voters distracts from a truth that may be more important: His rise depended on support from rich conservatives, and his program serves the interests of those who have accumulated enormous wealth. ...
It’s time to treat gun sales with the gravity they deserve
It’s time to treat gun sales with the gravity they deserve
Monday, November 13, 2017
EDITORIAL:
Other states have forged systems in which background checks are conducted by the state and federal government before guns can be purchased, so Nevadans have ...
Get the most out of a chamber membership
Monday, November 13, 2017
GUEST COLUMN:
Aside from monthly networking events, which allow members to connect with one another and form mutually beneficial business relationships, there are several lesser-known ways to take advantage of a chamber membership ...
New Rolls-Royce a posh dinosaur on four wheels
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has a new Phantom on the market. It’s just the eighth model with that marque to be produced since Henry Royce himself designed the car way back in 1925. It has been the top of the Rolls line ever since. The big, beautiful one: a land yacht of a car. ...
Didion’s brilliance shines in new Netflix documentary
Sunday, November 12, 2017
It plants a provocative idea — that abasement is the gateway to adulthood. But what really gets me is the order of the words, the clustering of all those prepositional phrases near the start. I was in college when I first read it, and I thought to myself that a dour composition instructor would take out a red pen and flag the meandering path from “wrote” to “that." ...