LETTER: Las Vegas’ worst bet
September 3, 2025 - 9:01 pm
To paraphrase P. T. Barnum: “There’s a sucker born every minute”, and they’re all headed to the Palms Casino.
Where the suckers go to in Las Vegas.
To paraphrase P. T. Barnum: “There’s a sucker born every minute”, and they’re all headed to the Palms Casino.
Why spend $35 million to get tourism back only to have tourists find out that everything is the same?
It’s not good enough that the candidates were involved in educating children.
Like many, I thought the new ads promoting Las Vegas were pathetic, like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
These strict gun laws in Illinois came about by the left’s desire for gun control.
If President Donald Trump really wanted the warring to stop in the two current world hotspots and finally have peace, he would stop funding the efforts of Israel and Ukraine.
One meeting held a dictator accountable. The other celebrated one.
Thomas Jefferson demonstrated remarkable foresight regarding the challenges of urban development.
Tourists want deals, not $25 buffets, $25 parking and bad gambling odds.
Up until 1913, the federal government did just fine collecting excise taxes on domestic products and tariffs on foreign imports.
George Wills’ Sept. 4 commentary (“America has too many college students”) definitely hit the mark for me.