Opinion

Regents’ actions shake stability of UNLV

Failure should not be the low bar by which we continue to judge our success ...

Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico are just a presidential power grab

During his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Donald Trump falsely linked tariffs against Canada and Mexico to ...

A welcome development: Lombardo breaks with party on health care

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 ...

Lord, hear our prayers — for Pope Francis

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 ...

Trump’s funding freeze puts Western states at risk of drying up

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 ...

Republicans’ budget puts Americans of all political stripes in crosshairs

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, ...

Americans of all political stripes must speak up to protect public lands

America’s public lands are not up for sale. They are our birthright. And we must fight to protect them — now, and always.

Trump’s effort to control information endangers nation’s standing globally

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 ...

Trump’s hot mess puts our national security at risk

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 ...

Trump’s trade brinksmanship puts Las Vegas’ tourist economy at risk

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 ...

Trump and billionaires’ leadership endangers critical federal services

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 ...

Americans are about to feel the pain as Trump tariffs begin today

There is a way to implement economic policy responsibly: through deliberation, consultation and clear communication. Then there is Donald Trump’s way ...

GOP’s war on DEI disrespects business owners and shareholders

For decades, conservatives have preached the virtues of free markets, railed against government overreach and ch ampioned the idea that business owners — not bureaucrats ...

Legislature has moral obligation to fund repairs in state’s rural schools

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. ...

Powerful figures’ silence is deafening on Musk’s Nazi salute

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 ...

Bishop has no cause to apologize over call for mercy and compassion

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 ...

Honor MLK by understanding what his dream actually entailed

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 ...

Tomorrow, we transfer power, peacefully. Today, we acknowledge when we didn’t.

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 ...