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April 28, 2024

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Criminalizing homelessness reveals society’s cruelty and solves nothing
The health of a culture can be evaluated by two observations: how the citizens of that culture conduct themselves in public and how well vulnerable members of a society are cared for by their culture. On both counts the homeless crisis in America highlights failures of ...
Veterans stepping up to serve our democracy
Poll workers power elections. This is true across the country and here in Nevada. Every election cycle, it is local citizens stepping forward to serve their communities that enable Nevadans to vote and trust that their votes will be ...

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Pause to reflect on Black April
April 30 holds a solemn significance for the Vietnamese diaspora, marked as “Black April” in remembrance of the fall of Saigon and the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975. This annual observance is a moment for reflection on the losses endured and ...
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By Tuan Pham, Las Vegas
An odd idea of democracy
Are Nevadans aware that state legislators can’t amend laws or pass new ones this year? This is a major election year and along with that, some legislative affairs may arise that could benefit from a consistently high-functioning state government ...
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By Mary Hansen, Las Vegas
Legalization has created hazards
The sale of retail marijuana in other states that have legalized it has already been attributed to mental health deterioration, decreased road safety, higher auto insurance premiums, increased calls to Poison Control due to ...
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By Annoula Wylderich, Las Vegas
Ease student debt, don’t erase it
I am one of many in this country with student loan debt, and I am able to make payments that are calculated at 10% of my net income, which is manageable ...
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By Christopher Owen, Las Vegas
Stop Russia’s momentum now
Winston Churchill described World War II as “the unnecessary war” because France and Britain had authority under the Treaty of Versailles to invade Germany in 1936 when Adolf Hitler entered the Rhineland with his then-small army ...
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By Douglas Bell, Henderson
Strong military is necessary
A stronger military, in the world today, is a necessity. We need to show any adversary that we have the capability to deter any aggression toward us. This cannot be accomplished by letting our military fall behind ...
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By Jim Veltri, Las Vegas
Country taking dangerous turn
The one common denominator in all of these calls to arms is sitting in criminal court in New York. Despite his uncouthness, pathological lying, hypocrisy and history of avoiding paying workers by filing numerous bankruptcies, red hats continue to worship at the Temple of Trump ...
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By David Gilyan, Las Vegas
Justice can’t stop for campaigning
Attorneys are familiar with the saying “the law is a jealous mistress,” which means good attorneys work long hours to properly represent clients, taking them away from their own families ...
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By Tom Harper, Henderson
Time to reel in tyrants’ power
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. We have given too much power to too few people to hold for too long in America ...
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By Kimball Shinkoskey, Woods Cross, Utah
Donald Trump fever must be broken
Congratulations to House Speaker Mike Johnson for getting aid for Ukraine passed. It’s great to see him behaving more like a Reagan Republican than a Trump Republican ...
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By Bill Materna, Las Vegas

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