Print edition for June 4, 2007

Editorial: Damn the intelligence: Much has been written over the past three years about how Bush was so narrowly focused on starting a war in Iraq that he used mistaken intelligence - such as the purported existence of huge stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq - to the near exclusion of accurate intelligence.

Editorial: TB flight raises questions: Speaker is the 31-year-old personal injury lawyer from Atlanta whose rare and dangerous case of tuberculosis was discovered through updated tests only after he had left for Paris to be married and go on a honeymoon.

Letter: Republican Party tearing America asunder: Casualties in Iraq are up 22 percent from the previous year. More than 1,000 of our military have been killed within this same year - 126 in May alone (an average of four per day). President Bush said at a press conference last month that this will be a bloody summer.

LOOKING IN ON: CLARK COUNTY: By Tony Cook; Less jail space and fewer parks in Clark County are some of the potential consequences of the deal state lawmakers and special interests cobbled together late last week to pay for $1 billion in desperately needed highway construction costs.

CineVegas adds just a touch of Hollywood: By Jerry Fink; Who: CineVegas 2007

Editorial: Cost a factor for hybrids: Las Vegas Sun reporter Tony Cook, in a story last week, reported that the Nevada Taxicab Authority has no plans to follow Bloomberg's lead. It is allowing the private cab companies to decide for themselves how their cars are powered.

Lawyers opt out of judge's courtroom: Sam Skolnik; As the concerns about District Judge Elizabeth Halverson have multiplied in recent months, a trend has become clear: Lawyers are fleeing her courtroom in droves.

FLASHPOINT for Jun 04, 2007: Only in politics can two people who have brutalized each other stand together as if they are best friends. But such was the case as Gov. Jim Gibbons, who obliquely had been lambasting Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley for trying to raise taxes, and Buckley, who had been shredding the governor in various ways, metaphorically held hands Friday to celebrate the signing of a payday loan regulation bill. The measure, Buckley's pet project, had been assaulted by lobbyists and was even the subject of a rumored gubernatorial veto. But even Gibbons would not be that crazy - killing Buckley's main bill ...

Halverson cooking her own goose?: Sam Skolnik; In her Supreme Court tussle with Chief District Judge Kathy Hardcastle, District Judge Elizabeth Halverson is arguing that Hardcastle had no right to banish her from the courthouse - that only the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline has that authority.

'Arena' bill overstepped its bounds: CARSON CITY - If Las Vegas ever hopes to host a professional basketball team, it's going to need an arena.

Letter: Fairy tale without a happy ending: So when this ruler told his people that this tyrant was a danger to them and had to be attacked, the people shuddered in fear and agreed that we should go to war against him. The war was a success because the ruler's valiant military easily defeated the rogue's army. But there were surprises ahead.

Letter: Education must adjust to changes: The article highlighted the educational challenge of understanding the Hispanic culture to better suit students and parental relationships with the school system. As was noted by an educator quoted in the story, we need a supportive administration that believes in training teachers for a diversified classroom.

Nuts about the King of Pop: By Brendan Buhler; Fashion designer Andre Van Pier wants to build a robot Michael Jackson. Two, actually.

Trying to restore a trashed reputation: By Tony Cook; When Bob Coyle took over Republic Service's garbage empire in Southern Nevada, his predecessor welcomed him with a lawsuit.

Ron Kantowski wonders if the buc will stop with this reality show: For whatever reason, I seem to recall "The Hudson Brothers Show" more than the others. Perhaps it was because one of them (not Rock) married Goldie Hawn. Or maybe it was because of Australian Rod Hull and his Amazing Emu.