Opinion

A federal judge on Monday threw out a state law that requires petition circulators to collect signatures in all 17 Nevada counties, ruling the statute “favors residents of sparsely populated counties over residents of densely populated counties” and therefore violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

If you’re reading this column, you’re probably interested enough to vote in this year’s presidential election.

By the time this gets to your doorstep, the Senate will have already voted on a rescue plan for the ailing U.S. economy. Nevada’s two senators, Harry Reid and John Ensign, will have voted in favor of it.

Who’s to blame for the current meltdown of the financial sector, caused by the dependence of so many corporate balance sheets on defaulting home mortgages?

To the editor:

A crisis is unfolding on Wall Street, in credit markets, in corporate board rooms and cubicles, in big business and small business, and in households where people are sacrificing to keep finances afloat.

To the editor:

It sure is fun to see a politician misspeak so badly that he can’t remember history.

The House failed Monday to pass a bailout measure for the nation’s financial system — a direct reflection of the incompetence of the Democratic leadership, particularly Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Barack Obama may not have been a major player in the reversion to partisan rhetoric which doomed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attempt to martial a bipartisan vote for a banking bailout bill Monday (see above.)