January represents a time of new beginnings, an opportunity for self assessment and productive change — unless you sit in Congress, where inertia and fiscal fantasy rule the day.
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To the editor:
To the editor:
Asking politicians whether they have enough tax money is like asking a 10-year-old boy if he’s had enough ice cream and soda pop.
To the editor:
There is a side to most of us that loves to see the underdog win, the poor person do well, or the batter hit it out of the park down three runs with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
The loud talkers who have been overheard threatening them with physical harm refer to them as “the heavyset black guy and the white guy that drives the Hummer,” says Earl White, who manages Walt Walters’ security and property management companies. “I was kind of disappointed because I’ve been losing weight.”
Dick Cheney concocted a bogus reason for war in Iraq and led his pliable president into turning his nation into an illegal torturer. Thus he was a monster.
The forces of political correctness once vowed that, should they ever take over, their free expression on all kinds of issues — from gay rights to amnesty for illegals to space aliens inspiring the pyramids of ancient Egypt — would no longer be censored.
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“Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. To justify suppression of free speech, there must be reasonable ground to fear that serious evil will result if free speech is practiced.”
Two groups of people are using a Clark County park. On one side of an open field, a bunch of college students are playing a friendly, impromptu game of soccer. On the other side, a paid trainer is leading a dozen taxpayers in a vigorous conditioning exercise. Neither group is disturbing anyone or hindering access to public space. Both are using the park in a perfectly appropriate manner. But only one is welcome.
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Las Vegas is now part of an unfortunate club. It’s one of many cities where a viral video has been shot revealing the ruinous results of soft-on-crime policies embraced by Democrats.
CRT adherents don’t see two individuals, they see two representatives of their class. Deobra Redden is Black, so he’s oppressed. Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who’s white, is the oppressor.
As many as 26 percent of American adults — more than 1 in 4 — have some type of disability.
A new Review-Journal feature called “What Are They Hiding?” will spotlight all the bad-faith ways Nevada governments hide public records from taxpayers.
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