Forecasters predict a downturn in Nevada’s economy (Friday’s Review-Journal). They’re blaming everything — tariffs, inflation, whatever — except the real problem. Since corporate America has taken over the Strip, greed has come back to bite them. Ridiculous room rates, resort and parking fees, $20 cocktails. I visited here many times in the 1990s. There’s no comparison to those days.
If President Donald Trump really wanted the warring to stop in the two current world hotspots and finally have peace, he would stop funding the efforts of Israel and Ukraine.
One meeting held a dictator accountable. The other celebrated one.
Thomas Jefferson demonstrated remarkable foresight regarding the challenges of urban development.
Tourists want deals, not $25 buffets, $25 parking and bad gambling odds.
Up until 1913, the federal government did just fine collecting excise taxes on domestic products and tariffs on foreign imports.
George Wills’ Sept. 4 commentary (“America has too many college students”) definitely hit the mark for me.
In a May visit to see my brother, I stayed at the Luxor. I flew in on a Monday and left on a Thursday to take advantage of lower hotel rates.
Single parents are not going to lose Medicaid — unless, of course, they are making substantial money and can afford to pay for health insurance for their children.
Does this indicate that the casinos are tightening up the machines?
A great deal has been said and written about why tourism is slumping in Las Vegas.
