Opinion

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Regents’ actions shake stability of UNLV
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Where I Stand:
Failure should not be the low bar by which we continue to judge our success ...
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Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico are just a presidential power grab
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Editorial:
During his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Donald Trump falsely linked tariffs against Canada and Mexico to ...
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A welcome development: Lombardo breaks with party on health care
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
EDITORIAL:
No matter how many times Speaker Mike Johnson claims otherwise, this is not about eliminating waste, fraud or abuse. It is a deliberate attack on vulnerable Americans to finance tax breaks for the ultrarich ...
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Steve Hill: Possibilities are endless in Las Vegas thanks to vision of locals
Monday, March 3, 2025
GUEST COLUMN:
Southern Nevada is built on ambition. We are a community of dreamers and doers, risk-takers and visionaries who see opportunity where others see obstacles.
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Lord, hear our prayers — for Pope Francis
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Where I Stand:
The leader of the Catholic Church, 88-year old Pope Francis, has been ill and in hospital suffering from double pneumonia. As of this writing, he remains critical but stable as he tries to return to his work as the leader of ...
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Trump’s funding freeze puts Western states at risk of drying up
Friday, February 28, 2025
Editorial:
The Colorado River is drying up, and now, thanks to President Donald Trump’s unprecedented freeze on federal funding, efforts to save it are drying up too. On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order halting the disbursement of funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Trump claimed the order was ...
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Cowardice of Senate GOP creates environment for resurgence of measles
Saturday, February 22, 2025
EDITORIAL:
Twenty-five years ago, the World Health Organization and U.S. officials celebrated a WHO declaration that a highly successful ...
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Republicans’ budget puts Americans of all political stripes in crosshairs
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
EDITORIAL:
The latest Republican budget resolution proposes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, with $2 trillion carved out of “mandatory spending” — a euphemism for gutting Medicaid, a lifeline for millions of Americans. At the same time, President ...
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‘High anxiety’ is not just a movie!
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Where I Stand:
MAAA. That stands for Make America Anxious Again. It has its roots in the MAGA movement. I assume everyone knows what that is ...
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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 ...