Opinion

As the United States heads into the final stretch of a very long election season, Nevadans need to make sure that candidates and the media focus on issues that matter to our daily lives. Certainly, health care and the policies that candidates are proposing to address health care need to be a vital part of the discussion.

A few days ago I was watching an interview reporter Jon Ralston conducted with public relations consultant Jennifer Crowe, a spokesperson for supporters of ballot Question One, which provides for background checks on some gun acquisitions that are not covered by current law. One comment by Crowe jumped out at me:

Service animals don’t belong in grocery carts

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may well be the best things that have happened to a free press in a long time.

In memory of the recently deceased political talk-show host John McLaughlin, here are three things you can depend on with “meta-physical certitude.”

Earlier this year, Land’s End ran an interview and cover photo of Gloria Steinem in one of its catalogs. It was a good sales strategy for a company with a narrow customer base that wanted to expand its appeal.

Mary Beth and John Tinker continue to add their historic voices to discussions about student speech and First Amendment rights.

It is an election year and I am a political junkie. Therefore my inbox runneth over with political emails. Recently I’ve received numerous such emails (from avowedly “progressive” organizations) alerting me to US Senator Elizabeth Warren’s latest hobbyhorse. “Election Day should be a holiday,” says the Massachusetts Democrat, “so no one has to choose between a paycheck and a vote.”