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LETTER: Michael Ramirez inauguration cartoon on Biden causes a stir

President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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The Eastside Cannery is seen at 5255 Boulder Highway in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas ...

LETTER: Turn the Eastside Cannery into a shelter?

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

LETTER: AG Ford with another lawsuit

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. (AP Photo file)

LETTER: Schumer and Trump need to end the shutodown

The Capitol is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

LETTER: Same old, same old in Washington

Ben Zuk Las Vegas

January 30, 2021 - 9:00 pm

In response to readers complaining about Michael Ramirez’s hysterical Biden inauguration cartoon: Can we please not go back to the Obama-era routine of people pretending that every joke against the president is an affront to the world at large? Presidents get mocked. Tough nuggets. Besides, by the time we reach 2024 and are living in abject poverty, Mr. Ramirez’s cartoons may be all we have to bring a smile to our face in the morning. Let’s enjoy the humor while we still can.

LETTER: Turn the Eastside Cannery into a shelter?

Joe Lopez Las Vegas

November 5, 2025 - 10:11 am

Edward Vodek may think it is a good idea to turn the Eastside Cannery into some sort of shelter (Oct. 31 letter), but he probably doesn’t live close by.

LETTER: AG Ford with another lawsuit

Wayne Schaack Las Vegas

November 4, 2025 - 9:02 pm

As usual, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is jumping on the bandwagon with other democratic AGs, this time suing Donald Trump and the federal government over SNAP benefit payouts.

LETTER: Schumer and Trump need to end the shutodown

H. Pytel Las Vegas

November 5, 2025 - 10:10 am

Donald Trump and Chuck Schumer, please open up our government. It’s no longer a matter of who is going to win. It’s a matter of the people and country losing.

LETTER: Same old, same old in Washington

Frank de Vroede Kingman, Arizona

November 4, 2025 - 11:00 am

Here we are, at it again. Nothing accomplished. Everyone not getting paid, except members of Congress. Wow, what leadership.

Sen. Jacky Rosen. Las Vegas Review-Journal

LETTER: Expanded health care tax credit is just a vote-buyer

Bill Minarik Las Vegas

November 4, 2025 - 11:01 am

The GOP offered negotiations to temporary funding the measure while the shut-down continued, but the Democrats refused.

LETTER: Rosen shutdown essay ignores salient points

Rick Kern Incline Village

November 3, 2025 - 10:41 am

In her Oct. 26 op-ed, Sen. Jacky Rosen claims to be fighting for everyday Americans, but she doesn’t address the root causes of why the Democrats refuse to vote to reopen the government.