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Resolving to remove barriers to economic opportunity

Nevada lawmakers can do much good in the New Year and beyond with a single resolution: Breaking down barriers to opportunity for the least fortunate.

LETTERS: Strip tragedy highlights shortfalls in identifying the needy

The Review-Journal has been updating the story about the young woman who drove onto the sidewalk on the Strip and injured a number of pedestrians, killing one (“Driver faces murder charge,” Wednesday Review-Journal). This was a senseless and tragic act, for which there is no excuse.

Why Trump’s numbers are understated

The biggest political news is that Donald Trump may be doing even better than polls have suggested. Yikes.

This holiday season, live and let eat

When the federal government’s 1980 “Dietary Guidelines for Americans” warned about the baleful effects of saturated fats, public interest activists joined the fight and managed to persuade major food companies to switch to the shiny new alternative: trans fats.

EDITORIAL: NCAA finally sees light on Las Vegas

The cliche states, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” However, it appears the NCAA is finally thirsty enough to consider sipping from the money well that is Las Vegas.

LETTERS: R-J should be completely free of bias

As an avid reader of the Review-Journal and someone who likes to follow politics both local and national news, I have to say I am decidedly disappointed in the biased coverage I continually see in the newspaper I love.