Print edition for October 23, 2007

Editorial: Passengers' right to know: But, astonishingly, NASA officials are withholding the results of their agency's research because, they say, they don't want to upset air passengers.

LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: By Charlotte Hsu; Richard Carpenter, the former College of Southern Nevada president who left Las Vegas months ago to head a Texas community college district, is still a hot topic here.

Letter: Small-businesses taxed enough already: What happened to that money? Government squandered it. Now it wants more. We in small business say no! We do pay our fair share - and then some.

Letter: R-J shows true colors by ignoring Iraq mess: My issue with the Review-Journal is that over the past three years its editorial pages would go day after day avoiding the Iraq war debacle, only printing a few obligatory weekend stories with a Fox News Channel slant of the unfolding disaster. I've shared my opinion of the Review-Journal with the paper, and the paper has chosen not to publish it.

CORRECTION: In a story on water conservation in Monday's edition, it was unclear that 1.25 million Las Vegans are served by the Las Vegas Valley Water District, not the Southern Nevada Water Authority. The Water Authority is a cooperative agency that oversees water supply and distribution for several water districts in Southern Nevada, including Las Vegas.

Letter: Washington deceit calls for an outcry: Often a commentary appears that is a shocking revelation, causing me to reflect on its effect for those involved and its lingering, deleterious subsequent events, ruining lives and careers.

Public in the dark: The Campaign Disclosure Project - a coalition of the UCLA School of Law, the Center for Governmental Studies and the California Voter Foundation - annually reviews disclosure laws in the nation. The group found Nevada's laws to lax, failing to require candidates to report basic details about donors and campaign expenses. Those details are important because they can indicate illegal donations. There are other problems with the law as well - the state requires only a few filings a year, meaning many donations don't get reported before an election, and enforcement provisions to ensure compliance are weak.

LOOKING IN ON: SUBURBS: By Mike Trask; North Las Vegas wants to use some of its growing political clout on a topic that's been blocked by the state Legislature for two sessions.

FLASHPOINT for Oct 23, 2007: By Jon Ralston; So here's the way it should work: Gov. Jim Gibbons should call a special session to deal with the budget crisis. The only agenda item - and this is his sole discretion - would read: "Possible ways to deal with looming budget shortfall." The governor would then present his cuts to the Gang of 63. Lawmakers would have to decide whether they agree with his reductions, want to make different ones, want to redirect revenue or want to raise taxes to fill the gaps. They could consider changing the law governing the rainy day fund to make it easier to ...

Editorial: Shunning tainted toys: According to a poll by Reuters News Service and Zogby International, 76 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed said they would not buy toys made in China - a decision that comes near the end of a year marked by many recalls of Chinese-made toys that contained lead paint or magnets that children could ingest.

Bonnie and Clyde they're not: Abigail Goldman, Las Vegas Sun; Love lands you in funny places. Just ask Bonnie and Clyde. Or Robert Lee and Annika Rogers. That first couple rings a bell, right? The bandit lovebirds whose 1930s heists still capture the hearts of true crime junkies?

Letter: Don't let Armenian genocide be forgotten: First, the "alleged" atrocities have been clearly and carefully documented over the years, beginning with the then-U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Henry Morganthau, together with missionaries working in the country at the time.

Humbled by expansion, Strip hotels covet small groups: By Liz Benston; Click here for a printable graphic.

Clinton proves hard to budge: By J. Patrick Coolican; What became clear from visits this past weekend from the three leading Democratic presidential candidates is that even though the candidates have made carefully calibrated alterations to their messages and their campaigns, the race remains remarkably static in Nevada and nationally.

At a crossroads: Picking art for Vegas: By Kristen Peterson; The question seemed simple enough: Who should design the gateways to the Las Vegas Arts District?

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