Opinion

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Americans of all political stripes must speak up to protect public lands
Sunday, February 16, 2025
EDITORIAL:
America’s public lands are not up for sale. They are our birthright. And we must fight to protect them — now, and always.
Brighter days are on the horizon for the local real estate market in 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025
GUEST COLUMN:
By most accounts and across various measures, the real estate professionals I trust in Southern Nevada are expecting the market to perform better in 2025 than in 2024.
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Trump’s hot mess puts our national security at risk
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Where I Stand:
It may seem foreign today, but when I was a kid the CIA was respected by all, revered by many, feared by our enemies and was constantly giving aid and comfort to Americans who knew they could sleep more soundly because America’s spies were ...
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Trump’s effort to control information endangers nation’s standing globally
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Editorial:
The United States has long boasted of our position as the world’s most powerful and advanced economy and a global leader in science, technology, health care and ...
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Trump’s trade brinksmanship puts Las Vegas’ tourist economy at risk
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
EDITORIAL:
President Donald Trump’s latest move to impose tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods risks shaking the very foundation of our city’s prosperity: tourism ...
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Trump and billionaires’ leadership endangers critical federal services
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Editorial:
To be sure, Silicon Valley is filled with intensely creative, productive and responsible people too. But it’s the others, the ones who giggle over dinner with their peers about closed departments and failed efforts and ripped-off investors, who are dangerous to count on ...
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Americans are about to feel the pain as Trump tariffs begin today
Saturday, February 1, 2025
EDITORIAL:
There is a way to implement economic policy responsibly: through deliberation, consultation and clear communication. Then there is Donald Trump’s way ...
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GOP’s war on DEI disrespects business owners and shareholders
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Editorial:
For decades, conservatives have preached the virtues of free markets, railed against government overreach and ch ampioned the idea that business owners — not bureaucrats — should ...
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Powerful figures’ silence is deafening on Musk’s Nazi salute
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Where I Stand:
Is it 1930 all over again? We are less than one week into the second Donald Trump presidency and, not surprisingly and most expectedly, there is a lot going on ...
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Legislature has moral obligation to fund repairs in state’s rural schools
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Editorial:
In Ely, students who attend the 112-year-old White Pine Middle School navigate semitrucks driving a busy state highway just to get to the front door. Once inside, they traverse asbestos-tiled stairs, endure ...
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Bishop has no cause to apologize over call for mercy and compassion
Friday, January 24, 2025
Editorial:
Bishop Mariann Budde’s courageous appeal to President Donald Trump at the Washington National Cathedral is an act worthy of our highest praise and deepest reflection ...
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Honor MLK by understanding what his dream actually entailed
Monday, January 20, 2025
Editorial:
Today, as the United States pauses to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the words of the civil rights icon echo across the nation. Most Americans know King through ...
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Tomorrow, we transfer power, peacefully. Today, we acknowledge when we didn’t.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Where I Stand:
Once more, for the record. On Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, the citizens of the United States and people around the world will witness what has been the most outstanding feature of our democracy. Except for ...
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Hopefully this time, governor means what he said in his State of the State
Friday, January 17, 2025
Editorial:
Gov. Joe Lombardo’s second State of the State address featured soaring rhetoric about unity and collaboration, as he called on lawmakers to “focus on what unites us” and work together to improve ...
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Trump Cabinet confirmations feature both top-shelf and unhinged candidates
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Editorial:
Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearings offered a striking juxtaposition: in one hearing was Sen. Marco Rubio, a politician with the credentials and composure to serve as ...