Opinion

After all the fear and anger on Wall Street, in Washington and across the country over the past couple of weeks, here’s what you probably don’t want to hear: The $700 billion Wall Street bailout should be just the beginning.

Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley hosted a town-hall forum Monday, ostensibly to discuss challenges facing Nevada and hear residents’ ideas about solving our problems.

As we fly headfirst into election 2008, it is worth noting how big Nevada figures in the outcome.

Quite “a coincidence that you’re interested in this one,” the salesman says. “Another lady was just in here wanting it and she ran home for her checkbook. I can’t guarantee it’ll still be here in half an hour.”

Bill Clinton knows better than anyone how a Democrat gets elected president. Like the eager-beaver smartest kid in class, he loves to tell you.

Millions of years ago, Nevada and the rest of the Great Basin were covered by a shallow inland sea. The fossilized remains of creatures that lived in and along that sea can still be dug from exposed sand and gravel faces throughout this desert.

To the editor:

Wednesday

At one point last year, illegal immigration was among the most important issues of the presidential campaign. The nation’s reeling economy has not only shot past illegal immigration among the electorate’s top concerns, it appears to be reducing the flow of foreign nationals across the nation’s southern border.

To the editor: