VICTOR JOECKS: Biden appears to have won the presidency. But it’s Republicans who should be excited.
A Biden presidency wouldn’t be a good thing by any means. But it’s substantially less worrisome if Republicans control one house of Congress.
Victor Joecks
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Victor Joecks is a Review-Journal columnist who explores and explains policy issues three days a week in the Opinion section. Previously he served as the executive vice president of the Nevada Policy Research Institute. Victor is also a staff sergeant in Nevada National Guard. Originally from Washington state, Victor received his bachelor’s degree from Hillsdale College.
If Gov. Steve Sisolak hadn’t blown out the budget last year, there wouldn’t be a need to reduce spending at this week’s special session.
By his own standard, Gov. Steve Sisolak is prioritizing making money over the lives of Nevadans.
Some reasons to be optimistic about Nevada’s fight to halt the spread of coronavirus are beginning to emerge.
Empty shelves at Costco and Walmart show that Las Vegas-area businesses need to start price gouging.
Pre-K has a decades-long record of failure. Not a good sign, then, that Jesus Jara is pushing for its expansion throughout the Clark County School District.
If you believe black lives matter, then you should be grateful for the policing efforts of Las Vegas Metro.
If you want to prevent someone from becoming a school shooter, don’t pass another law. Give him a reason to believe that if he starts shooting, someone will shoot back.
It’s not compassionate to allow people in the throes of addiction to remain on the streets. That’s one reason to support a Las Vegas ban on homeless camping.
Political leftists are making it clear they don’t just want to win elections. They want to banish from polite society anyone who voices even a single traditionally conservative value.
Across the country, leftists have frequently attacked conservatives on college campuses. Last week, it happened at UNLV.
A bill in the Assembly would reduce the penalties students face for punching teachers. An animating belief behind the bill is that teachers can’t overcome their racial biases.
Brian Knudsen, who’s running for Las Vegas City Council in Ward 1, discusses development at Badlands golf course, the city’s restrictions on short-term rentals and light rail.
The Federal Reserve looked recently at Nevada’s pension system. The results are terrifying. It found that Nevada’s Public Employees’ Retirement System has an unfunded liability of $43.3 billion in 2016.
Nevada’s broken collective bargaining system has reduced Superintendent Jesus Jara to begging union bosses not to inflict more financial pain on the district. Predictably, it’s not going well.
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