The United States is not going to save the world from climate change until China and India quit burning coal for cheap, affordable electricity. And there is no point in shutting down our economy to prove a point.
Measures for now are found in both air and water quality, which have gradually improved in the United States, while other countries lag.
This is getting too scary. It is time for Congress to take back control of what is supposed to be a division of powers.
How can there be any civil debate when not even the president of the United States can be civil?
I found Tom Conlin‘s Thursday letter to be ridiculous. It was an exercise in justifying gross benefits for life at the expense of the taxpayer.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline should fire Judge Erika Ballou, not suspend her.
I was shocked by our senators’ votes to march the government idiotically toward shutdown.
With a few budget “haircuts” here and there, the prospects of a balanced federal budget are much closer to reality. What a novel concept.
About the criticisms of the “please come to Nevada” campaign: What can a slogan, no matter how compelling or clever, do when the deck is stacked against us?
What I don’t get is why, with the water crisis, we continue to build around 12,000 new homes here in Las Vegas every year.
