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It seems the narrative is, “if you can afford solar power you must be rich, so you can pay more too.”

EDITORIAL: Convicted Pahrump JP still wants her paycheck

Michele Fiore is upset that the taxpayers are no longer paying her not to work as a Pahrump justice of the peace. She has only herself to blame.

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The most dangerous lies are the lies we tell ourselves and all the ways we look to justify them.

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I am happy that the election campaigning is over, but most of all the absence of political ads from both parties, blatantly lying about their opponents.

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Dennis Myers: Will nuclear power comeback revive Yucca?

The combination of crises like climate change, the need for new forms of energy, and the possibility that peak oil is near have heartened those who would like to see nuclear power stage a comeback, and also those who hope that such a revivial would create pressure for completing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump project.

Thomas Knapp: Social Security is the Titanic

In 2022, Social Security’s trustees’ report, the U.S. government’s retirement income program will begin paying out more in benefits than it receives in tax revenues. By 2034, a year short of its 100th birthday, Social Security’s $3 trillion in reserves will be gone. Benefits will have to be cut by nearly a quarter. And it’s all downhill from there.

Tim Burke: Misassigned quotations in American political history

“A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT” is a quotation that is perhaps one of the most misassigned in American political history. Variously attributed to each of four presidents serving between 1920 and 1936, it is most often associated with Herbert Hoover.

Jim Hartman: Crime and our porous southern border

Criminals are taking advantage of the porous nature of our southern border and people are dying as a result.

 
Victor Joecks: Group leader talks about making Nevada more conservative

Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s largest grassroots conservative group, has yet to decide if it’ll support Sen. Dean Heller but will back attorney general Adam Laxalt’s bid for governor.

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Letters to the Editor

It seems the narrative is, “if you can afford solar power you must be rich, so you can pay more too.”