Letters

LETTER: Joecks obfuscates on abortion debate

Ron Lankford Henderson

October 1, 2023 - 9:01 pm

Demonstrators gather outside the Lloyd D George Courthouse during a March for Reproductive Righ ...

Demonstrators gather outside the Lloyd D George Courthouse during a March for Reproductive Rights and Justice on Saturday, Oct. 2,2021, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

In his Sept. 24 column, Review-Journal columnist Victor Joecks shouts that Nevada Democrats support partial-birth abortion, describing it as infanticide. He knows, or surely should know, that this procedure is rarely used — and only in the most severe cases of protecting the life of the mother or when the fetus is non-viable or badly malformed. No one is actively killing newborn babies.

(The Associated Press)

LETTER: The same old story in the Middle East

Lou Young North Las Vegas

December 1, 2023 - 9:00 pm

Attack Israel, call for a ceasefire.

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

LETTER: In defense of growing alfalfa in the desert

Laura Holt Maloney Las Vegas

December 1, 2023 - 9:00 pm

We must weigh varying interests and goals.

(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

LETTER: Conservatives aren’t Nazis

Mike Edens Las Vegas

December 1, 2023 - 9:00 pm

Liberals hyperventilate over 2024 election.

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

LETTER: Grocery chain merger would hurt Las Vegas consumers

Barry Lieberman Las Vegas

November 30, 2023 - 9:02 pm

FTC must step in.

Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

LETTER: Selective use of political labels

Doug Warden Las Vegas

November 30, 2023 - 9:02 pm

No left-winger is ever a left-winger.

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

LETTER: Without tourists, where would Las Vegas be?

Carmine A. DiFazio North Las Vegas

November 30, 2023 - 9:02 pm

Locals don’t own this town.

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

LETTER: Heaven forbid anyone should enjoy the view of the Strip

B.J. Resop Las Vegas

November 29, 2023 - 9:01 pm

Clark County commissioners claim “safety” as the reason for their proposed ban on people stopping on bridges overlooking the Strip. But a more accurate assessment would be greed.

(Las Vegas Review-Journal)

LETTER: Nevada, water and government subsidies

Jerry Sturdivant Las Vegas

November 29, 2023 - 9:01 pm

Subsidies are like tax deductions. Somebody else has to make up for the money lost due to a tax deduction. It’s time to halt subsidies of all kinds.

CCSD Trustee Linda Cavazos, right listens to public comment during a school board meeting at th ...

LETTER: School Board member goes after parents group

Julia Cichon Las Vegas

November 28, 2023 - 9:01 pm

Linda Cavazos of the Clark County School Board attacked Moms for Liberty because they don’t want their children to be exposed to porn?

(L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

LETTER: EVs are great — if you’re not going on a road trip

Steve Bayliff Las Vegas

November 28, 2023 - 9:01 pm

I’d like a cheaper way to drive. But if I owned an EV, I would also need a gasoline-powered vehicle for any trip I might want to take of more than 200 miles.