On the mend
Editor's note: Sherman Frederick, publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and president of Stephens Media, is recuperating from bypass surgery. He is doing well and plans to resume his regular Sunday column sometime soon.
You criticize Democrats for shutting down the government to push to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, yet you say nothing about Republicans making permanent the massive Trump-era tax cuts for the wealthy.
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A 10 percent slowdown in the air traffic control system may not sound like much to Washington, but for a nation on the move, it’s a big deal.
Nevada’s House Democrats were so upset about the government being shut down that they voted against reopening it.
This is a political exercise to provide the Democratic majority and the GOP governor with material for campaign mailers and soundbites heading into the 2026 election.
“Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient become independent of it.”
The government shutdown may have been pointless and dumb, but there is much more where that came from.
It took moderate, bipartisan heroes to put down Democrats’ filibuster this week, get the Senate to 60 votes and reopen the federal government.
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