Editorials

Millions seeking food: Wednesday, November 18, 2009; Sun editorial: Federal study finds that a record number of Americans struggled to get food; Nearly one in six Americans struggled with getting enough to eat at some point last year, according to the Agriculture Department. That equates to 49.1 million people, including 16.7 million children, the highest number since the government started keeping records on “food insecurity” in 1995.

Progress on bus safety: Wednesday, November 18, 2009; Sun editorial: Obama administration says it will propose new requirements in light of accidents; Of the dozens of motor coach crashes throughout the country in recent years, one of the more terrible occurred in January 2008. A motor coach traveling at night was descending a dry, rural road in Utah when it struck a guardrail. The bus veered sideways, slipped down a 40-foot embankment and overturned onto drainage rocks — which tore the roof off — before landing on its wheels.

A shortsighted vision: Tuesday, November 17, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Recruiting a nuclear power plant is on the mind of eastern Nevada mayor; The mayor of Ely in eastern Nevada foresees a day when the mines that give employment to residents of his small city begin petering out. So a goal of starting now on a plan to diversify Ely’s economy would be understandable.

Time for change at UNLV: Tuesday, November 17, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Football team needs strong coach to revitalize program after five bad years; UNLV fired football coach Mike Sanford on Sunday, a day after an ugly loss to Air Force guaranteed a losing season for the Rebels. UNLV President Neal Smatresk and Jerry Koloskie, the interim athletic director, said Sanford will finish the season, coaching the Rebels’ final game Nov. 28.

China’s control on display: Tuesday, November 17, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Meeting with students, Obama speaks out for uncensored Internet access; Events surrounding President Barack Obama’s appearance on Monday before college students in Shanghai showed the gulf that exists between life in China and life in America.

In search of answers: Monday, November 16, 2009; Sun Editorial: White House forum on joblessness should also focus on short-term solutions; President Barack Obama has not been shy about addressing the economic problems facing this nation, but recognizing challenges and finding solutions to them are two different things.

Valuing the West again: Monday, November 16, 2009; Sun Editorial: White House sees region’s new energy potential, and its environmental needs; Nevada is one of six Western states that has land under study by the Obama administration as part of its effort to find locations for large-scale solar power installations.

Keep the momentum: Monday, November 16, 2009; Sun Editorial: No December agreement foreseen, efforts to slow warming should continue; Hopes for a long-awaited United Nations summit on climate change, set to begin on Dec. 7, deflated last month when organizers conceded that world leaders think it very unlikely that any substantive deal will be reached.

A report worth reading: Sunday, November 15, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Think tank identifies reasons it will be tough to shake off economic problems; It came as little surprise Wednesday when a respected Washington public policy think tank included Nevada in a report on the 10 states facing the deepest financial peril. Everyone knows Nevada is strapped with high unemployment and home foreclosure rates, coupled with sharply increased demand for social services and a state budget decimated by shrinking revenue.

Heller’s silly arguments: Sunday, November 15, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Republican says people might prefer iPod over health insurance; Health care reform legislation pending in Congress would sensibly require that all Americans buy public or private insurance. That way, in the event of an accident or the onset of illness, most of their medical expenses would be paid through insurance premiums.

Rape cases sit idle: Sunday, November 15, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Report shows DNA evidence often goes unexamined in sexual assault cases; Forensic evidence in rape cases is piling up in police departments across the country without being tested, according to a new study. Working for the Justice Department, a group of North Carolina researchers found that evidence had not been analyzed in nearly 20 percent of unsolved rape cases that have forensic evidence. That totals tens of thousands of cases.

Crime and punishment: Saturday, November 14, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Review of life without parole for juveniles should spur a new discussion; In 2005 a 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court declared that it is cruel and unusual — thus a violation of the Eighth Amendment — to execute juveniles for their crimes. The justices this week took up the question of whether it is constitutional to sentence juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Danger in cyberspace: Saturday, November 14, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Former spy chief says U.S. has to better protect critical computer networks; Foreign agents are routinely probing vital computer networks in the United States, including those of the federal government as well as those handling bank transactions and the nation’s electrical grid. Security experts say the nation’s defenses against these attacks aren’t sufficient.

Prosecutor pushing the law: Saturday, November 14, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Federal subpoena shows how Justice Department overstepped its bounds; Three days after George W. Bush left the White House, a federal prosecutor in Indiana issued a subpoena to an independent news Web site asking for a cache of data. U.S. Attorney Tim Morrison’s staff wanted to know about the thousands of people who visited Indymedia.us on June 25, 2008, asking for any identifying information, including names, e-mail addresses and Social Security and credit card numbers.

Strippers on the Strip: Friday, November 13, 2009; SUN EDITORIAL: Truck carrying dancers may attract business, but is it too much, even here?; Clark County commissioners are planning to consider the legality of the latest advertising venture to grace the Strip — a truck carrying scantily clad female dancers. The truck advertises a group of strip clubs.

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