Opinion

In an April 26 editorial, and an op-ed appearing the same day, Review-Journal pundits argued it was “ridiculous” to suggest that anyone in our government countenanced or engaged in torture. Because those who were subjected to “enhanced interrogation” techniques were not uniformed, the writers asserted, such claims are ludicrous and seeking accountability is a travesty.

To the editor:

Let’s see if we can get to the crux of what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stands accused of.

Last year’s election was a mandate for massive tax increases and a repudiation of the no-tax-hikes mantra that landed the GOP’s Jim Gibbons in the governor’s mansion. Legislative incumbents and challengers roundly dismissed Gibbons for sticking with his inflexible approach to budgeting amid a worsening recession, and they built their 2008 campaigns around calls for taxing anything that moved.

I have 15 questions for Barack Obama when he makes his first presidential visit to Las Vegas on Tuesday.

One word never fails to stick in my craw, to grate on my sense of fairness and justice: Privilege.

First, if the earth was warming at a rate of about 1 or even 2 degrees per century in recent decades, there are reasons to believe that’s slowed or stopped. One of those reasons is that the “global warming” fanatics have abruptly shifted their rhetoric, adopting instead the new nonsense euphemism “climate change.”

I want to take time out from debating the government taking over banks and automobile companies, and borrowing like there’s no tomorrow, to honor one of my favorite Americans.

With the Las Vegas and Nevada economies facing tough times, now might be just the time to rethink and revamp our state and national approach to student financial aid.

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