After reading Diana Orrock’s commentary, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out some of the errors she made in her zeal to prove she is a true conservative (“Assembly Republicans missed huge opportunity,” July 14 Review-Journal).
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RJ
Las Vegas has long wanted to attract a major professional sports franchise, and it’s on the brink of doing so with the National Hockey League. But apparently there’s concern about where all the local fans might park to access the gleaming new Strip arena being built by MGM Resorts International and Anschutz Entertainment Group.
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As a teacher and parent of students in the Clark County School District, I would like to respond to John Matsis’ July 15 letter about Education Savings Accounts.
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The article in the July 26 Review-Journal about visitors who are taking “selfies” at Yellowstone National Park is further proof that you can’t fix stupid (“Bison attacks woman trying to take a selfie in Yellowstone Park”). When one goes to this majestic park, there are signs posted everywhere warning people to stay at least 30 yards away from the bison and other wild animals. Yet people, in their stupidity, choose to ignore the signs and get self-absorbed in taking a selfie using their cameras. Then, when they are injured, immediately the rangers and other park personnel have to rush to their aid. As cold as it may sound, these people should be fined. Maybe they would learn a lesson and heed the warnings that are posted.
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Each time our country experiences an act of gun violence, such as occurred recently in Charleston, S.C., and Chattanooga, Tenn., we hear talk of gun control for a while. But usually nothing happens, because no one knows exactly what to do in order to prevent the violence. Gun control, more stringent background checks and so on is not the answer.
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Never in the annals of American politics has one man — Donald Trump — been so wrong for so long about so much. Mr. Trump’s bombastic opinions about immigration, foreign policy and the fight against ISIS make one wonder about the depths of extremism to which the Republican Party I belong to has sunk.
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I want to thank the Review-Journal for publishing the editorial on asset forfeiture (“Forfeiture abuse,” July 2 R-J). I looked up state Senate Bill 138, and what I found was very interesting, to say the least.
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As a Las Vegas resident since 2003 and a visitor since 1977, I have seen the valley grow and change. I love our valley and am excited that our economy seems to be improving, but I am concerned about other trends I see. Some people will argue that climate change is not real, but as an observer of nature, I can tell something is not right.
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Regarding Doug Nusbaum’s letter (“GOP on climate change,” July 11 Review-Journal) and the general argument that those against anthropogenic (man-made) global warming are anti-science: Contrary to the accusation that we do not understand statistics, upper-division physics or partial differential equations, many of us do.
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The headline on the article about full-day kindergarten read, “Study finds full-day kindergarten opens door to higher achievement” (July 6 Review-Journal). Nice try! This is another attempt to increase the number of teachers (can you say union members?) and have taxpayers foot the bill for babysitting.
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Appropriately, Harry Long’s letter blaming the media and leftists for society’s woes, without supporting facts (“Collapsing society,” July 14 Review-Journal), was exquisitely contradicted by the highly unfavorable Hillary Clinton political cartoon above it on the opinion page.
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The Review-Journal has crossed the line into hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric by publishing the hostile, disgusting rants of Michelle Malkin (“Paying the price for abortion,” July 22 Review-Journal). That same column, on Ms. Malkin’s website and others, appeared under the headline, ’The wine-sipping butchers of Planned Parenthood.’ Of course, someone toned down the headline for the R-J, which I assume was to make it more palatable, but the column reads exactly as it appears on her website.
From our readers
I am a Christian, a Republican, I am pro-life and pro-traditional marriage. I used to be able to discuss those things without fear of reprisals. But traditional beliefs are now considered ’hate speech’ in many places, and those who espouse them are labeled anti-freedom of choice, homophobes, bigots and dangerous extremists.
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