Letters

LETTER: Liberals and the Trump smirk

Steve Danning Las Vegas

December 30, 2022 - 9:01 pm

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress o ...

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

In his Dec. 26 letter, Bill Heard states that members of “the left” are frustrated that they have not “knocked the smirk” off Donald Trump’s face. Mr. Heard also belittles the value of the evidence uncovered by the Jan. 6 committee.

Mr. Heard surely knows that the admissibility and persuasiveness of evidence, and the decision regarding whether or not to indict Mr. Trump, will be determined by the Department of Justice and the courts, not by Review-Journal letter-writers.

Moreover, if Mr. Trump is indicted and goes to trial, I suspect “the left” would actually prefer to see the “smirk” remain on his face permanently. After all, judges and juries tend to disfavor smirking defendants. Additionally, if Mr. Trump gets convicted, “the left” would be more than content to watch him smirk all the way to prison.

Gov. Joe Lombardo speaks at Valley High School on Friday, March 24, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Chitos ...

LETTER: School discipline, the old-fashioned way

Rob Rovere Las Vegas

March 31, 2023 - 9:01 pm

Governor’s bills in Carson City deserve support.

(AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

LETTER: Election intregrity isn’t voter suppression

Raymond D. Kolander Las Vegas

March 31, 2023 - 9:00 pm

The bills that the Legislature is considering have nothing to do with voter suppression and everything to do with voter integrity.

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LETTER: State prison officials should be ashamed of prisoner treatment

Andres Costas-Centivany Las Vegas

March 31, 2023 - 9:00 pm

Does incarceration deprive people of their humanity to the point they lose the basic right not to be treated like animals?

LETTER: The green agenda is anything but unrealistic

Marjorie Lee Wayland, Massachusetts

March 30, 2023 - 9:02 pm

And thanks to Joe Biden, we’re headed in the right direction.

An aerial view of the Providence housing development near Knickerbocker Park in Las Vegas on Tu ...

LETTER: Democrat seeks to impose a floor on annual property tax hikes

Duane Laible Las Vegas

March 30, 2023 - 9:01 pm

The taxpayers, rather than the tax consumers, may have the final word on this boondoggle.

Clark County School District administration building. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

LETTER: School cop tackles student at Durango

Bill L. Wilson Henderson

March 29, 2023 - 9:00 pm

Would-be photo journalists don’t need to get too close.

Native American petroglyphs line the rock walls along the canyon bottom in Hiko Springs within ...

LETTER: Nevada gets a new national monument

Myrna Garlington Las Vegas

March 29, 2023 - 9:00 pm

Indigenous citizens deserve to have their sacred sites returned to their care.

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., on Oct ...

LETTER: Passing judgment before Trump is even indicted

Keith Bromley Ivins, Utah

March 28, 2023 - 9:02 pm

We no longer have to wait for evidence before rendering a verdict, or so says the Review-Journal’s Victor Joecks.

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt throws against the Texas Rangers during the fi ...

LETTER: Oakland no longer deserves MLB team

John Fields Henderson

March 28, 2023 - 9:01 pm

It was disappointing to read Sam Gordon’s column arguing the A’s should remain in Oakland. He offered only sentimental reasons.

(AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

LETTER: Las Vegas business fees gone wild

Sherri Cohen Las Vegas

March 27, 2023 - 9:01 pm

Las Vegas area businesses are nickel-and-diming everyone to death.