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The risks of government-funded pre-K

A mega corporation is using skewed research to sell its product to gullible parents. The conglomerate claims to help kids, but its product actually has no effect — or a negative effect — on children’s cognitive skills and social behaviors.

Beloved doctor Nicholas Vogelzang won’t stop fighting cancer

Rumors of Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang’s retirement turn out to be untrue. He is beloved by his patients and their families for his caring treatment — which includes giving his personal contact information to them.

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Leader of Shakespeare seminars spreads joy of theater

For the past 13 years, my trips to the Utah Shakespeare Festival have been enriched by the presence of Nancy Melich, a former journalist who guides give-and-take discussions about plays the morning after performances.

Simulated flight over McCarran a roller-coaster ride

The doomed flight was on a simulator inside Allegiant Air’s training center in southwest Las Vegas. The folks at Allegiant were kind enough to let me try my hand at flying an Airbus A320 during a tour of the 17,500-square-foot facility.

Emotions shouldn’t prevail in immigration debate, Las Vegan says

Marlene Drozd believes that illegal immigrants have to be dealt with. The plight of Karina Garcia — featured in a recent column — certainly inspires sympathy, but America has experience with this problem and Drozd believes we cannot forget that illegals are breaking the law.