Opinion Archives - Page 5 of 6

To Sanction Putin, American Energy Independence Must Be Revived

March 2, 2022 2:20 pmMarch 2, 2022 5:07 pm

As a citizen and proud Nevadan, I feel it is my duty to speak out against the tragedy in Ukraine. This morning, I woke up to reports of Russian bombs having struck near the Babyn Yar Holocaust site in Ukraine. Among the various horrific reports coming out of Ukraine, this...

Fellner: End the forced masking of Nevada schoolchildren

February 7, 2022 8:45 amMarch 1, 2022 6:51 am

The Carson City School District has finally repealed its mask mandate after acknowledging that there were no discernible differences in Covid cases between schools that had a mandate and those that did not. Unfortunately, most Nevada students remain trapped within the Clark County School District, which still has a mask mandate...

Niger Innis: Gigi Sohn Stands in the Way of America’s Freedoms and Connectivity

January 29, 2022 5:39 pmJanuary 30, 2022 2:11 pm

In today’s political climate, the preservation of our rights and access to free speech and press must remain a top priority. For a state as bipartisan and politically diverse as Nevada, this holds especially true. More than ever, the people of Nevada need the Federal Communications Commissions to alleviate our...

Gottlieb: Sam Brown Is Lying About Adam Laxalt

January 11, 2022 3:13 pm

With Joe Biden and the Democrats actively working to roll back the 2nd Amendment liberties of law-abiding gun owners across Nevada and the country, it’s vital that we elect a Senator who will fight back and protect our Constitution. We have a candidate who will do that in Adam Laxalt....

Nevada Democrats should have the courage to defend their actual beliefs

December 23, 2021 12:42 pmDecember 30, 2021 12:01 pm

A temporary vaccine mandate enacted by the Nevada System of Higher Education was recently suspended after all Nevada Republicans on the Legislative Commission voted against making it permanent. The vaccine, of course, remains readily available to all those who wish to take it, but Democrats made clear that forcing everyone...

Nevada needs leaders who will defy next lockdown push

December 8, 2021 2:07 pmApril 3, 2022 8:36 am

Lockdowns were one of the “greatest peacetime policy disasters of all time,” concludes Professor Douglas Allen in a paper just published by the International Journal of the Economics of Business. Elsewhere, a team of researchers with the National Bureau of Economic Research “failed to find” any evidence that lockdowns led to a reduction...

Opinion: Critical Race Theory Lies and People Who Tell Them

November 22, 2021 6:30 amNovember 21, 2021 2:02 pm

Listen carefully to the language used by proponents of critical race theory (CRT). That language is intentionally false and misleading. It was invented to sell folks many Big Lies they couldn’t sell with honest language. For example, diversity, equity, inclusion and access was invented to sound like equal opportunity and...