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Going to extremes

A press release from the Teamsters Union arrived in our offices on Friday:

It’s time to grade the teachers

It is extremely rare for politicians to turn down other people’s money, even if the sticky strings of a spider’s web are attached.

Some things are worth fighting for

How gratifying to hear from so many veterans in response to my Oct. 25 column on Mitchell Paige and Guadalcanal.

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And if the Democrats do nothing at all?

It’s always possible that conventional wisdom is more conventional than wise. After all, there’s more conventionality than wisdom in our midst.

Here’s a scary thought

In the course of human events and the lives of the newspaper columnists who chronicle them, some things require revisiting and amplification. So today I circle back on a few issues I think require renewed attention.

Sacrificing free speech won’t appease fanatics

The founding principles of this nation are being challenged in the halls of the United Nations, where representatives of Islamic nations are clamoring for a resolution against defamation of religion. It is an ideological battle pitting free speech against those who wish to shield religions from criticism.

Raise the standards

Nevada education officials were mildly encouraged last month by a modest improvement in the state’s math scores.

Rewriting Nevada water law

Nevada’s Constitution provides three separate but equal branches of state government: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. None has the power to supersede another’s function.

Supply and demand

Steve Wynn and Garth Brooks are wildly successful businessmen with long track records of pleasing their fans and silencing their critics. But they’re setting themselves up for failure if they think they can foil the forces of supply and demand.

The ‘recovery’ remains jobless

The U.S. economy grew by 3.5 percent from July to September, the Commerce Department reports. It would be a mistake to reject even this small a piece of good news. But, contradictorily, unemployment continued to rise, to a 26-year high of 9.8 percent.

Nevada’s big day

Thousands of people in Nevada have the day off today, and I suspect more than a few of them don’t really know why.

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