Real democracy takes hard work
Authority figures like parents, teachers, employers and judges guide us to know what is true and right. But are they missing something?
Authority figures like parents, teachers, employers and judges guide us to know what is true and right. But are they missing something?
Absolute judicial immunity translates into judges who cannot be sued for damages resulting from their judicial acts. This must be abolished.
Regarding the Sept. 17 editorial, “Union’s deception a disservice to teachers, students and parents,” there is an important point to make about an underlying premise of the article: The state of Nevada stripped from teachers the right to strike.
In a move to further improve the sustainability of the black soldier fly farming industry, biotech company Nutrition Technologies has developed a new natural bio-fertiliser product which utilises the nutrient rich castings, or frass, of black soldier fly larva…
As of today, the billionaire newspaper publisher and human rights activist Jimmy Lai has spent 1,000 days in a Hong Kong prison for practicing democracy without a license.
When Mariella Rojas goes into her mother’s bedroom each morning, she doesn’t know whether 81-year-old Rosa Angelica Saldana will recognize her.
Requiring gun owners to have insurance for their guns for injuries would never work.
It’s ironic that felons can’t vote for anything, but felons can become the leader of the free world.
Driving through the countryside on a beautiful fall day recently, I passed field after field of corn and soybeans while failing to comprehend why our nation’s immigration woes need be an urban problem that’s desperately in need of solving.
Marc Kahn, dean of the medical school, said cadaveric dissection is a crucial teaching tool for students. He made sure space for the lab was part of the design when plans for the medical school’s new building in the Las Vegas Health District were being discussed ...
Halifax is now three years into its climate change plan, HaliFACT, which the city calls "one of the most ambitious climate action movements in Canada," and aims to hit a net-zero economy by 2050.
Congress is just days away from a possible government shutdown with few solutions being discussed.
A new book epitomizes the risible belief that the 42nd president betrayed liberals and the 1990s were a right-wing hellscape.
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The boom has finally been lowered on Chinese electric-vehicle companies. On September 13, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen used her State of the Union speech to announce that the organization is launching an “anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles coming from China.” The move—which could have serious ramifications for global automakers—has long been in…
As the calendar officially turns to fall, it’s time for UNLV football fans to start thinking about bowl destinations. Wait, what? ...
Facing a crucial 4th-and-5 early in the fourth quarter, Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo dropped back and fired a pass over the middle to receiver Jakobi Meyers. With a Pittsburgh defender draped over him, Meyers was unable to corral the ball and ...
Plum scored 25 points on 8 of 15 shooting — 5 of 10 from 3-point range — in Las Vegas’ 97-83 win over the Wings, helping the Aces take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-5 series. Game 2 is tonight at Michelob Ultra Arena (7 p.m., ESPN).
The serverless database continues to gain traction across the industry, generating a lot of hype along the way. And why not?
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Angular 17, an upgrade to Google’s popular TypeScript-based web development framework, is due in October with template features including a new built-in syntax for control flow and deferrable loading.
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You’re the CIO at ABC Inc., a fictional rapidly scaling tech startup. In 2023, you implemented a new cloud finops system to streamline the management of its extensive cloud infrastructures. In 2024, the system unveiled several previously unknown technical debts. You’ve been summoned to a meeting with the CEO to address these issues.
Читать дальше...A new study in New York found that hospital visits from alcohol-related disorders spike along with temperatures.
Like Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Catholic physicians and nurses in the United States are finding it increasingly difficult to continue to practice according to faithful morals and ethics without running afoul of secular “standards of care” in the exercise of their professions.