THIS WEEK

MONDAY

Look for more changes at UNLV

Now that David Ashley is out as president of UNLV, it’s just a question of time before his vice president of diversity and inclusion, Christine Clark, joins him in being demoted to faculty.

People setting priorities

Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid has proposed establishing a panel of 15 citizens to offer advice on how the county can weather next year’s budget crunch — expected to be as bad or worse than this year’s.

Death of a medical specialist

Medical specialists are doctors who train for many years to understand every system and nuance of the human body. They complete their residency at the local hospital, and then they commit many more years to the study and understanding of a single human system in order to specialize in a particular surgical technique or diagnosis.

Brutal honesty that could never be

Republicans were trying to tell America that Barack Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court was a liberal beyond the comfortable mainstream.

WEEKLY EDITORIAL RECAP

WEDNESDAY

JUST A LITTLE ‘FEE’

Today the … Las Vegas Nevada City Council will discuss squeezing at least $1 million more per year out of employers, primarily to cover the costs of generous pay raises already given to city workers. …

A loony sect of modern flagellants

There is one good thing about the lunatic “global warming” catechism now taught our youth in the mandatory government youth propaganda camps :

Socialists still need a few GOP sheep

None of the Democrats’ current health care “reform” bills will meet President Barack Obama’s stated goal of slowing the ruinous rise of medical costs, Congress’ budget umpire warned Thursday. In fact, they could break the bank.

Finding justice

Last Sunday you wrote of the crisis in the shortage of Nevada public defenders. The Review-Journal argues that the system actually works while the professional government class proposes throwing millions at the problem.

OUT THERE

HIKES

Mountain Meadows Massacre Site peaceful area where tragedy occurred

Cut by a little creek, peaceful meadows surrounded by wooded hills in southwestern Utah belie the horrific events that occurred there in 1857 when 120 California-bound emigrants died during the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Both battlefield and graveyard, the 2,500-acre site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also seeks to have the site memorialized as a national landmark, a lengthy process.

Bookmark

Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.

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Don’t play games with online scam artists

It’s like a modern-day bazaar, with sellers and prospective buyers meeting, sans middleman, to haggle over everything from guitars to cars.

‘Bigs 2’ knocks ‘Transformers’ out of park

You may find it hard to believe what I’m about to tell you, but believe me: The new baseball game “The Bigs 2” is way, way nuttier than “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”

THE WATER COOLER

Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.

Las Vegas pawnshop center of new reality series

He has a World Series ring, a Super Bowl ring, two Olympic medals and he’s gone through more title belts than he can remember. But Rick Harrison has never been on a Wheaties box, never had to gulp raw eggs Rocky-style, and the closest he came to breaking a sweat to get them was reaching for his wallet.

Battle of the tributes looms

There hasn’t been a showdown with Elvis. Not until September, anyway. But Damian Brantley’s stock has gone through the roof.

Outlook for LV housing grim

A few years ago, when 3,000 to 4,000 new homes were being sold monthly in Las Vegas, people were trampling each other to snap them up, camping for days to be first in line for new releases at some 500 subdivisions around the valley and pushing prices beyond reality.

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