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President Barack Obama’s nomination last week of Judge Sonya Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court is an excellent choice. Here is why.

“My opponent won’t rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes and I’ll say no. And they’ll push, and I’ll say no, and they’ll push again, and I’ll say, to them, ‘Read my lips: no new taxes.’ “

If Republicans are poised to score a handful of campaign victories in Nevada, then it must be a nonpartisan election.

First of all, congratulations to the 17 legislative Republicans who stuck by Gov. Jim Gibbons and refused to go along with the biggest government cash grab in Nevada history.

To the editor:

Newt Gingrich is not content to let Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney dominate the final evolutionary phase of the Republican Party into a club of mean, angry and absurd old white men.

I’ve had some requests for follow-up on the group of local residents who met for lunch in North Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17, and then proceeded to a downtown park — adjacent to the North Las Vegas police station — to pick up trash. (See http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/vin/Gun_owners_announce_plan_to_open_carry_in_North_Las_Vegas_this_Sunday.html)

As usual, the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee held last week in Washington was dominated by home-schoolers.

Las Vegas is a world-class city, and it has been for nearly two decades. But there’s always room for big ideas and big improvements, particularly in areas that upgrade the quality of life for this county’s roughly 2 million residents.