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Editorials
In 1990, Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams was leading his Democrat opponent in the polls by a comfortable 20-point margin — until he stuck his Texas-sized boot in his mouth by likening rape to bad weather.
On Feb. 6, U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards spoke at an annual dinner of the Washington Press Club Foundation. The speech, intended to be humorous, fell flat, or so some journalists say. That kind of performance normally gets a line or two in the article about these occasions.
When you have to intentionally and misleadingly misname a legislative or public policy initiative to make it more palatable to the citizenry, you just know it’s a bad idea. Case in point: the horribly misnamed Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.
When the news of Shirley Temple’s death came through last week, my mind went first to one of the least-remembered episodes of her career. In 1967, she ran for the U.S. House.
I have met many people since my arrival in Boulder City. Each has shared something special with me, but none of their tales has been as poignant as the one I heard Monday. And it was told to me without a single spoken word.
In December 1935, the Colorado River Commission reported to Nevada Gov. Richard Kirman that if the state built transmission lines to supply power to western and northern Nevada, the cost of electricity to consumers would be reduced.
Before we get started today, I have some announcements to make …
Love is definitely in the air. And that’s just fine by me.
When Sue Wagner was born in Maine in 1940, the now-disdained term “New England liberal” did not exist. In fact, it would have been considered a contradiction in terms. Her native state was known for being rock-ribbed Republican and for being a bellwether, fostering a seldom used saying — “As goes Maine, so goes the nation.”
The myth that conservatives who want increased immigration enforcement are just anti-Hispanic has now been proved a lie. Indeed, the No. 1 target for deportation in the United States today isn’t Mexican, but Canadian: Justin Bieber.
In his State of the City address Thursday evening, Mayor Roger Tobler told those assembled that the city’s state is pretty healthy.
Last weekend, two rather interesting stories appeared on Page 1 of an edition of The New York Times.
If anyone doesn’t think Republicans in Nevada are serious about bringing the 2016 Republican National Convention to Las Vegas, check out the extremely well-done “It’s what we do” video produced to woo the GOP’s decision-makers at the Republican National Committee at www.lasvegas2016.com.
