Opinion Archives - Nevada Globe

Gov. Lombardo’s Opening Salvo: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

January 27, 2023 10:05 am

We are quickly approaching the regularly scheduled 120-day spectacle that occurs every biennium. As our duly elected legislators and their special interest buddies start to congregate in Carson City, we are well served to remember the warnings of beloved American writer and famous former Nevadan resident, Mark Twain: “No man’s...

Lombardo’s Licensing Reform Plan Will Help Nevadans Get Back To Work

January 18, 2023 7:00 amJanuary 23, 2023 8:46 am

It appears Governor Joe Lombardo was serious when he said he was going to help Nevadans get back to work, as evidenced by his recent executive order addressing Nevada’s burdensome system of occupational licensing laws. Nevada’s licensing laws for lower-income jobs are the most oppressive nationwide. These laws require people to...

The Globe’s Year In Review

December 30, 2022 4:21 pmJanuary 9, 2023 1:38 pm

The Nevada Globe completed our first year in business in October, 2022 and due to our readership and widespread support, our growing monthly numbers are proof that Nevada needed fair and objective reporting from a political and policy perspective–a perspective that was largely absent in the Silver State. Unlike other...

The Road To Solar Hell

December 13, 2022 12:43 pmDecember 14, 2022 10:08 am

Our departing governor Steve Sisolak had a Climate Strategy for Nevada. His plan to build a solar electric grid parallel to our existing natural gas-powered grid is bizarre and reckless. The new, multi-billion dollar solar grid does not replace the existing natural gas-powered grid because solar is unreliable as it fails...

To Rebuild The GOP, Nevada Needs Money Not Moderates

November 22, 2022 8:10 pmNovember 30, 2022 4:39 pm

After the predicted red tsunami turned out to be more of a red trickle, there has been no shortage of opinions and blame. Many of these opinions conclude that conservatives can’t win in Nevada and moderate Republicans are the answer to a winning GOP ticket. Seemingly, every time a Republican...

OPINION: Ballot Question 1, The ERA That ERAses Women

November 7, 2022 2:36 pmNovember 14, 2022 11:44 am

According to Ms. Magazine, “Advocates are fighting to make Nevada the 27th state by passing the most comprehensive ERA in the country. If passed, the Nevada ERA would be the first time that an equal rights amendment explicitly protects people on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender...

America’s King Lear Foreign Policy

October 20, 2022 9:59 amOctober 20, 2022 10:23 am

In the classic Shakespearian tragedy King Lear, England’s King Lear splits his kingdom between two daughters who drown him with false praise. He banishes the third daughter Cordelia, who loves him, because of her failure to profess said love like her deceitful sisters. Later, King Lear goes insane after being...