Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Columns by Brian Greenspun

  • GOP support for Israel a morality lesson for Democrats
    The only Democrat in the Nevada congressional delegation to speak out against this scourge of hateful and life-threatening rhetoric was Rep. Susie Lee.
  • Another double standard: Punishing victims and honoring perpetrators
    Israel is being criticized for the killing of innocent civilians while Hamas deliberately uses mosques and hospitals as shields. Let us not forget that in the last months of World War II, Nazi Germany was subjected to enormous bombing attacks by the Allied countries.
  • Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, of Louisiana, meets with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
    Halloween not the only thing that should scare us
    It is that time of year, again. Halloween. The time when people like being scared.
  • U.S. President Joe Biden pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.
    Like FDR, Biden has stepped into the breech
    Israelis saw the real America this week in the person of President Joe Biden. They saw and heard the leader of the most powerful country on Earth has their back.
  • ‘Never again’ means NEVER again!
    As I consider those two words that ever since the Holocaust have been the guiding admonition for Jews around the world — that never again will Jews anywhere stand silent, do nothing and allow the next group of Nazis to march them to the ovens of destruction — I am struck by the ease with which so many others, especially young people, can pay them no heed.
  • Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington.
    Distrust sown a generation ago comes home to roost
    What was bad with the congressional Republicans' 1995 "Contract with America" was the requirement — unwritten as it may have been — that from that time forward members of the GOP in Congress were no longer free to consort with the enemy. The enemy, as it turned out, was anyone in the House ...
  • Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a looming government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. He is joined at right by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas.
    Americans don’t deserve what is happening in our House
    There are so many questions to ask this morning, assuming the government has been shut down by an out-of-control, bordering on stark-raving-mad House of Representatives that is not being led by its speaker, Kevin McCarthy.
  • Some sins are a struggle for man to forgive
    If we are to forgive, there is so much to forget. Perhaps too much. Tonight, the Jewish world begins the observance of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is the most solemn reminder that people make mistakes ...
  • Ukrainian-American researcher Mary Blankenship poses on UNLV campus Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Blankenship is doing research on misinformation regarding the current crisis in Ukraine.
    Where I Stand: Information pollution is choking our humanity
    Disinformation works so well because it preys on ignorance and latches onto emotional responses of fear and anger, especially if it pits you against someone else. As a result, we keep doom-scrolling, arguing with each other, and generating engagement on social media platforms.
  • In this image from video provided by Stringr, festival goers are helped off a truck from the Burning Man festival site in Black Rock, Nev., on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. An unusual late-summer storm stranded thousands at the week-long event.
    Mud, muck set off climate alarm at stormy Burning Man in Nevada
    In rains that poured months’ worth of water onto the desert floor in a matter of hours, man witnessed firsthand the “science” of climate change and the potential ...
  • Homeless people are shown on a Las Vegas sidewalk.
    As Southern Nevada's homeless population grows, so does need for a coordinated response
    Homelessness has reached significant and very challenging levels throughout the nation and here in Southern Nevada. Over the past 24 years during both my husband’s and my tenures as mayor ...
  • Democracy is about people, not politics
    Election departments are facing critical staff shortages due in large part to intimidation and harassment, as well as the burdensome task of running elections with ...
  • Sustainable solutions needed to navigate the water crisis in the West
    Everyone realizes that water use throughout the region has to be reduced to a new baseline. But what is a sustainable and economically and socially responsible baseline?
  • Barry Odom
    Join in the excitement as UNLV football embarks on new era
    The beginning of a new UNLV football season signifies hope, determination, grit and the unwavering spirit of our city. Just as Las Vegas has reinvented itself time and ...
  • Motto of Nevada AG’s office is ‘Our job is justice’
    There are five guiding principles to ensure this motto is at the forefront of the work we do in the office of the attorney general — I call them the “Five C’s.” They are constitutional rights, criminal justice reform, consumer protection, client service and community engagement.
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