Opinion

Public education’s never-ending complaints over teacher pay and working conditions conveniently ignore a few important taxpayer concerns: It’s exceptionally difficult to fire an educator for any type of misconduct, it’s impossible to fire one for poor classroom performance, and when school districts actually try to terminate a terrible teacher, the public often ends up providing the instructor with a lengthy paid vacation before union-backed appeals overturn the firing.

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American right-wingers say we ought to get tough with Iran for having a disputed election.

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The word “hypocrite” has been hurled at Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford with such force and frequency, you’d swear it was their new party affiliation.

Over the past several weeks there have been many questions asked regarding the existence and costs associated with the Las Vegas Springs Preserve. In this painful period of our community’s history it is not only understandable but appropriate that all expenditures be examined and evaluated.

Do the forces now in charge of our energy future prefer that the American economy continue to grow based on the exploitation of plentiful and less-expensive coal and other fossil fuels, or by replacing those older power sources with wind, solar and other “renewables,” regardless of the cost?