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EDITORIAL: Don’t bail out VA, privatize it

Can things get even worse at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Of course they can. This is the federal government, after all.

Iran agreement goes from bad to worse

When you write a column, as did I two weeks ago, headlined "The worst agreement in U.S. diplomatic history," you don‘t expect to revisit the issue. We had hit bottom. Or so I thought. Then on Tuesday, the final terms of the Iranian nuclear deal were published. I was wrong.

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Ramsey recall would make history

Following a series of highly criticized actions, including allegations that she dismissed cases out of spite for the city attorney and put her personal legal expenses on a city purchasing card, North Las Vegas Municipal Judge Catherine Ramsey is set to face a recall vote.

Presidential candidates take note: Energy independence already achieved

The claim that politics are a lagging indicator of the times seems especially true in light of Republican presidential candidates — campaign promises of U.S. energy independence. Many of the top-tier contenders have vowed to deliver it.

Busting myths about Nevada’s groundbreaking Education Savings Accounts

Nevada‘s new Education Savings Account program, made possible through the passage of legislation authored by Sen. Scott Hammond, is the nation‘s most sweeping and promising school choice opportunity. Any student who has spent 100 days in public school will be eligible to receive between $5,100 and $5,700 per year — which his or her parent may then use to fund private school tuition, home-based education, tutoring and a number of other school-related expenses.

EDITORIAL: Even bigger Obamacare bill coming

Democrats are quite fond of telling Republicans that Obamacare is the law, that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld it yet again, and that it is working. The subtext: The Affordable Care Act isn‘t an issue anymore, so stop talking about it.

EDITORIAL: These aren’t ‘cuts’

Whatever good vibrations existed between the Clark County School District and state leaders have been wiped out in the aftermath of a legislative session that was supposed to be celebrated.

The story in the numbers

There are plenty of numbers in politics, some that are quite meaningful and others that don‘€™t mean much.

Tax increases push Matthews into 3rd District race

Conservatives most definitely will get a 2016 referendum on the package of record tax increases passed this year by the Republican-controlled Nevada Legislature.

Surrender on Iran nuclear deal makes U.S. less secure

In selling the nuclear deal reached with the Iranian regime in Vienna last week, President Barack Obama repeatedly made the point that this accommodation with one of the world‘s most repressive and aggressive regimes is based not on trust, but on verification.

EDITORIAL: Study of ‘real’ vampires really sucks

Thank goodness we have paid faculty on publicly funded college campuses to research the really important issues of our time. Like the difficulty vampires face in gaining the acceptance of society.