Never in the annals of American politics has one man — Donald Trump — been so wrong for so long about so much. Mr. Trump’s bombastic opinions about immigration, foreign policy and the fight against ISIS make one wonder about the depths of extremism to which the Republican Party I belong to has sunk.
I want to thank the Review-Journal for publishing the editorial on asset forfeiture (“Forfeiture abuse,” July 2 R-J). I looked up state Senate Bill 138, and what I found was very interesting, to say the least.
As a Las Vegas resident since 2003 and a visitor since 1977, I have seen the valley grow and change. I love our valley and am excited that our economy seems to be improving, but I am concerned about other trends I see. Some people will argue that climate change is not real, but as an observer of nature, I can tell something is not right.
Regarding Doug Nusbaum’s letter (“GOP on climate change,” July 11 Review-Journal) and the general argument that those against anthropogenic (man-made) global warming are anti-science: Contrary to the accusation that we do not understand statistics, upper-division physics or partial differential equations, many of us do.
The headline on the article about full-day kindergarten read, “Study finds full-day kindergarten opens door to higher achievement” (July 6 Review-Journal). Nice try! This is another attempt to increase the number of teachers (can you say union members?) and have taxpayers foot the bill for babysitting.
Appropriately, Harry Long’s letter blaming the media and leftists for society’s woes, without supporting facts (“Collapsing society,” July 14 Review-Journal), was exquisitely contradicted by the highly unfavorable Hillary Clinton political cartoon above it on the opinion page.
The Review-Journal has crossed the line into hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric by publishing the hostile, disgusting rants of Michelle Malkin (“Paying the price for abortion,” July 22 Review-Journal). That same column, on Ms. Malkin’s website and others, appeared under the headline, ’The wine-sipping butchers of Planned Parenthood.’ Of course, someone toned down the headline for the R-J, which I assume was to make it more palatable, but the column reads exactly as it appears on her website.
I am a Christian, a Republican, I am pro-life and pro-traditional marriage. I used to be able to discuss those things without fear of reprisals. But traditional beliefs are now considered ’hate speech’ in many places, and those who espouse them are labeled anti-freedom of choice, homophobes, bigots and dangerous extremists.
