Print edition for September 25, 2007

LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT: Don't tell 81-year-old actor, singer, songwriter and voice coach David London that he's too old for anything - especially romance.

ONE LESS REMNANT OF OLD VEGAS: Jerry Fink, Las Vegas Sun; Nothing is left but charred rubble where celebrities and fans used to meet on common ground to dine and dance and mingle and to be entertained.

Editorial: Imperiling health: Bush opposes expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance program, a federal-state program that provides health coverage for low-income working families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private coverage. The program is set to expire Sunday .

The prospect of County Commissioner Chip Maxfield declining to run...: By Jon Ralston; The prospect of County Commissioner Chip Maxfield declining to run for reelection, a subject of whispers, was out in the open Monday when the Sun's Tony Cook quoted the incumbent as saying, "I am running for office unless I change my mind." Shermanesque, that ain't. Las Vegas Councilman Larry Brown has all but announced a challenge to Maxfield, so some will figure he doesn't want to confront a post-G-Sting campaign that has not been pleasant for any incumbent. But it's also an open secret that Maxfield's wife, Kathy, would love for her husband to retire. If he did, it might ...

Letter: Just how can we trust this leadership?: No one seems to recall that Abizaid testified on Nov. 15 before the Senate Armed Services Committee. In that testimony Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., asked Abizaid whether he needed more troops. He replied as follows in these prophetic words:

Editorial: The aging of Nevada: A report just released by the Sanford Center for Aging at UNR says that Nevada's senior population has for years been growing many times faster than the national rate and that, according to projections, its growth will lead the nation for at least the next two decades.

Letter: GOP mismanaging Iraq and our future: Their latest vote on not giving the troops some downtime is just another example of their thoughtlessness of the future. They won't authorize a military draft, because maybe their kids might have to serve or having that many free-thinkers in the military might lead to mutiny because of their micromanaging of a war that never should have happened.

UNLV faculty, staff own up: Jeff German and Steve Kanigher; Tightening up a previously lax reporting process, UNLV officials say they have moved closer to getting a handle on how many faculty and staff members earn outside income.

Culinary to Trop: OK, let's play hardball: Michael J. Mishak; The Culinary Union sent a not-so-subtle signal to unsettled Las Vegas casino operators last week when it threw a bash commemorating the 16th anniversary of the Frontier strike, one of the longest-running walkouts in U.S. history.

LOOKING IN ON: GAMING: By Liz Benston; With a major boost from their Ultimate Fighting Championship franchise, the Fertitta brothers made the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans for the first time this year, with Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta each posting an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion.

Letter: Republicans' fault that war still goes on: There is a civil war in Iraq, and our great young men and women should have been taken out of harm's way years ago, to let the Sunnis and Shiites fight it out. No more American lives should be wasted for Bush's war. But that's been impossible because of the Republican stubbornness.

Editorial: Still a long way to go: Nine black teenagers walking into Central High School were reasonably safe only because they were being escorted by troops from the Army's 101st Airborne Division.