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Socrates once said that he was “really too honest a man to be a politician and live.” While Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders appears to be in good health, his unabashed honesty means his White House campaign is dead on arrival.
President Barack Obama’s expansion of executive action for illegal immigrants was kept on hold last week when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the government’s request to allow the deferral initiatives to take effect. The debate surrounding the case has been cast as a clash between a president’s will and his administration’s limits as described in the Constitution. But the court’s opinion sheds light on the real issue: staying power.
The Interior Department just provided Nevadans with a harsh reminder of why gaining local control of federal land is such a critical issue in the state.
About a decade ago, a doctor friend was lamenting the increasingly frustrating conditions of clinical practice. “How did you know to get out of medicine in 1978?” he asked with a smile.
Embarrassingly low turnout makes Southern Nevada’s off-year municipal elections a waste of public money. It appears North Las Vegas voters will get a second ballot this year, but one that could actually pay for itself and save city taxpayers thousands of dollars more.
There’s no place on Earth like the Las Vegas Strip. And that makes the already-challenging task of tackling Las Vegas Boulevard congestion unlike any transit problem anywhere.