Opinion

EDITORIAL: ‘Most predictable crisis’ in history continuing as predicted

If you want to see inflation go and stay down, you need to care more about the national debt.

GOP offers best hope for education reforms

By GEOFFREY LAWRENCE SPECIAL / RJ

November 11, 2014 - 5:36 pm

With Republicans set to assume control of both chambers of the Nevada Legislature — along with all the state’s constitutional offices — parents across Nevada can only wait with bated breath to see if Republicans will move to implement the fundamental reforms Nevada’s K-12 education system needs.

EDITORIAL: Who’s stupid now?

RJ

November 11, 2014 - 5:34 pm

The political establishment doesn’t think much of the electorate’s collective intelligence. Campaign TV ads prove as much.

EDITORIAL: Rebuilding Cashman

RJ

November 11, 2014 - 5:33 pm

That flushing sound you hear is coming from Cashman Center.

EDITORIAL: To salute all who served, privatize VA

RJ

November 11, 2014 - 12:01 am

Today is Veterans Day in the United States, a holiday to honor military veterans who bravely took on the job of defending freedoms we frequently take for granted. There are about 22 million veterans in America today, one for every 14 residents, so it shouldn’t be difficult to find somebody to offer a handshake and a thank you.

Minimum wage fails as election-year wedge issue

By MICHAEL SALTSMAN SPECIAL / RJ

November 11, 2014 - 12:01 am

Last week’s rout of Democrats at the ballot box was rendered even more painful by the collapse of the party’s plan to use the minimum wage as a wedge issue to drive turnout of voters favorable to its candidates.

LETTERS: Ultra-rich fly flag in midterm elections

FROM OUR READERS

November 11, 2014 - 12:01 am

To the editor:

VICTOR JOECKS: iSteal: Las Vegas Apple store theft shows failure of soft-on-crime

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.

VICTOR JOECKS: Video of attack on judge shows problem with CRT

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.

RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.: I was a ‘disability tourist.’ The experience was a blessing that changed my life.

As many as 26 percent of American adults — more than 1 in 4 — have some type of disability.

Governments keep you in the dark. Here’s what the RJ is doing about it.

A new Review-Journal feature called “What Are They Hiding?” will spotlight all the bad-faith ways Nevada governments hide public records from taxpayers.