The Ivanpah solar plant in California, just across the Nevada line near Primm, came online with much fanfare in 2014, heralded as the future for American energy production.
Opinion
To the editor:
Considering the performance of the two elected obstetricians most recently in the national eye, it’s intriguing to speculate how much better off the country might be if we could send the 533 big spenders currently holding down seats in Congress on an extended world cruise, replacing them for a term or two with randomly selected members of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, requiring only that they read aloud Article I Section 8 of the Constitution (the powers of Congress) before taking their seats.
Those who do not know their history, as Mr. Santayana warned, are doomed to repeat it. But as Jay Leno has fun demonstrating by taking his “Tonight Show” cameras out on the sidewalk from time to time, the typical young American on the street today has trouble remembering against whom we fought the American Revolution.
To the editor:
Proponents of the Americans with Disabilities Act assured skeptics in the late 1980s that the proposed legislation wouldn’t impose undue costs or hardships. It would simply require a few “reasonable accommodations.”
In a victory for broadcast freedom, a federal appeals court this week tossed out the ridiculous $550,000 fine the FCC levied against CBS after Janet Jackson flashed her breast during the 2004 Super Bowl half time show.
With gold prices high and holding, the mining region of northeastern Nevada is in deep clover. Money is being tossed around.
Officials at the Social Security Administration this week proudly unveiled a new tool to help people plan for their retirement. Go to the Social Security Web site and just a few clicks and a bit of personal information will produce a quick estimate of your future benefits.
When folks in Washington want to find out what’s on the mind of the American people, they tune in to CNN or Fox News and listen to the best of the Washington talking heads. Not me. I have breakfast at my favorite diner in Eufaula, my hometown in Oklahoma.
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Las Vegas Personal Injury attorney Ryan Alexander has always believed that the holidays should be a time of joy, hope, and togetherness. Determined to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others, he launched his charitable initiative, “Give Hope & Help.”
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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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