If you want to see inflation go and stay down, you need to care more about the national debt.
Opinion
Another year is in the books, and it wasn’t a good one for the cause of common sense. Political correctness, overreaction and alarmism continued their assault on our freedoms, to say nothing of our wallets and our mental health. As we dive into 2016, it’s worth recapping some of the most ridiculous stories of 2015. And, no, we’re not making any of this up.
The threat of terrorism has not significantly changed the visitor experience in Las Vegas, not since 9/11 and not since this year’s unnerving attacks in Paris and San Bernardino.
The simmering dispute between the city of Las Vegas and Clark County over uncompensated shared services could lead to an important, money-saving policy change in 2016: election consolidation.
Congress passed the federal omnibus spending bill so that we could find out what’s in it.
Clark County government is in the market for a residence with 5,000 square feet, and officials want to spend $2.9 million of your money on the home for troubled juveniles. We should all be so fortunate to have such parameters in our own house hunts.
Public support for the legalization of marijuana is on the rise. According to a recent Gallup poll, 58 percent of Americans think it should be legalized.
The cliche states, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” However, it appears the NCAA is finally thirsty enough to consider sipping from the money well that is Las Vegas.
Las Vegas has no shortage of sports goings-on. There’s the ever-prevalent UNLV men’s basketball team, and all its fans pining for a return to the huge success of the Jerry Tarkanian era. Or even the modest success of the Lon Kruger era, for that matter.
Back before Thanksgiving, government employees petitioned President Barack Obama to declare the day after Thanksgiving a federal holiday. He didn’t, so they tried again, asking the president to close federal offices on Christmas Eve. This time, he compromised, giving them a half-day off with pay.
An awful lot of Clark County School District teachers deserve a pay raise. A great many of them deserve a really big raise.
While our government does a great job of promoting a seemingly endless stream of bad ideas, it doesn’t always come up with these ideas on its own.
The Review-Journal has long been a cornerstone of Las Vegas, and we want the community to understand the three principles that will guide us as the new owners of the R-J.
After a decade of investigating and prosecuting homeowner association fraud and corruption in Las Vegas, the Justice Department has something to hide
Quick quiz: What’s one of the safest beverages you can drink in Southern Nevada? If your answer is “tap water,” you’re right! Southern Nevada’s municipal water supply meets or surpasses all State of Nevada and Federal Safe Drinking Water Act standards. In fact, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) tests your water 300,000 times a […]
Las Vegas is now part of an unfortunate club. It’s one of many cities where a viral video has been shot revealing the ruinous results of soft-on-crime policies embraced by Democrats.
CRT adherents don’t see two individuals, they see two representatives of their class. Deobra Redden is Black, so he’s oppressed. Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who’s white, is the oppressor.
As many as 26 percent of American adults — more than 1 in 4 — have some type of disability.
A new Review-Journal feature called “What Are They Hiding?” will spotlight all the bad-faith ways Nevada governments hide public records from taxpayers.