Ignoring the social safety net.
Opinion
To the editor:
It is time to take a firm stand in support of one of the most oppressed, most discriminated against, most despised and reviled minorities in this country.
For months we’ve heard legislators, lobbyists and union officials decrying the impact that the economic downturn might have on their wallets and not ours.
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Some moderate Republicans, the few still existing, long for Tom Ridge to save them in Pennsylvania, indeed to rescue their very party.
Public service is a high calling, and we should be grateful to our fellow citizens who toil in state and local governments to ensure a high quality of service for us all. Certainly, we want to compensate them fairly for their dedication and hard work on our behalf.
The Stephen King ’80s horror novel “Pet Sematary” told the story of a supernatural Indian burial ground behind the town’s pet cemetery. Generations of children learned that if they buried their pets in the rocky soil, overnight they would return alive.
Legislative Democrats — who control both houses in Carson City — have for months exploited Nevada’s revenue woes to hammer away at Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons and his austere budget proposals.
If UNLV is serious about becoming an elite research university, then I’ve got an urgent study for the Department of Public Administration: find out what on earth President David Ashley was thinking when he put the person who created the school’s abhorrent, unconstitutional speech code in charge of rewriting it.
During his four years as president, George H.W. Bush made many mistakes stemming from his desire to appease the opposition. Remember how, to the delight of congressional Democrats, he reneged on his “read my lips” pledge regarding taxes?
I always enjoy perusing the concise summaries of the increasingly ludicrous nonsense being peddled by our government lackeys when I open the monthly newsletters of the Tucson-based Doctors for Disaster Preparedness.
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Like many of us, Michael Towns once struggled to lose weight due to inconsistent dieting and overeating, and that struggle came with a series of health complications.
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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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