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LETTER: If Donald Trump is the CEO, he deserves a medal

President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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LETTER: Free speech goes both ways

LETTER: Nevada PUC not looking out for consumers

Jimmy Kimmel speaks at the Oscars. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

LETTER: The free speech debate

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LETTER: Congress must assert itself

Carmine A. DiFazio North Las Vegas

August 12, 2019 - 9:00 pm

In his Saturday letter to the Review-Journal, John Dombek writes that the United States is going to hades in a handbasket because of President Donald Trump.

Well, according to the latest Treasury bond sales as of April 2018, the U.S. federal government holds the highest AAA rating from Moody’s and Fitch, with a AA+ rating from Standard and Poor’s.

If government bond ratings — rather than biased political opinions — are a measure of the financial and operational well-being of how the government is being run, then the CEO and his Cabinet have earned the gold-medal.

LETTER: Free speech goes both ways

Ken Christian Boulder City

October 2, 2025 - 9:01 pm

Clark County teachers in hot water.

LETTER: Nevada PUC not looking out for consumers

Barry Perea Las Vegas

October 2, 2025 - 9:01 pm

Another way to soak customers for NV Energy.

LETTER: The free speech debate

David Fanning Las Vegas

October 1, 2025 - 9:01 pm

Kimmel comment was misinformation.

LETTER: Congress must assert itself

William Pates Las Vegas

October 1, 2025 - 10:25 am

This is getting too scary. It is time for Congress to take back control of what is supposed to be a division of powers.

President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

LETTER: Trump should lead the way on civil discourse

John Schryver Henderson

October 1, 2025 - 10:25 am

How can there be any civil debate when not even the president of the United States can be civil?

LETTER: Public safety workers and bloated public pensions

Peter D. Kinsley Las Vegas

September 30, 2025 - 9:43 am

I found Tom Conlin‘s Thursday letter to be ridiculous. It was an exercise in justifying gross benefits for life at the expense of the taxpayer.

LETTER: Activist judge shouldn’t be on the bench

Joe Howard Henderson

September 30, 2025 - 9:42 am

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline should fire Judge Erika Ballou, not suspend her.

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

LETTER: Nevada senators vote for a government shutdown

Samuel Ingalls Henderson

September 29, 2025 - 6:57 am

I was shocked by our senators’ votes to march the government idiotically toward shutdown.

LETTER: One way to pay down the federal debt

John Turzer Henderson

September 28, 2025 - 9:01 pm

With a few budget “haircuts” here and there, the prospects of a balanced federal budget are much closer to reality. What a novel concept.

LETTER: Tourism decline: Donald Trump isn’t helping

Joan Bockholt North Las Vegas

September 29, 2025 - 6:55 am

About the criticisms of the “please come to Nevada” campaign: What can a slogan, no matter how compelling or clever, do when the deck is stacked against us?