After Nevada Democrats imposed universal background checks, Clark County homicides shot up dramatically.
Victor Joecks
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Victor Joecks is a Review-Journal columnist who explores and explains policy issues three days a week in the Opinion section. Previously he served as the executive vice president of the Nevada Policy Research Institute. Victor is also a staff sergeant in Nevada National Guard. Originally from Washington state, Victor received his bachelor’s degree from Hillsdale College.
If it’s safe enough to play football, it’s safe enough to fully reopen the Clark County School District.
Nevada Supreme Court justices want the legislature to give judges a $30,000 raise. No thanks.
The current debate over the child tax credit highlights a philosophical rift among Republicans.
The Nevada Department of Education is inadvertently making a compelling case for gutting class-size reduction.
If former-Sen. Pat McCarran’s accomplishments don’t spare him from cancellation, one day, former-Sen. Harry Reid’s won’t either.
The academic devastation caused by a year of online learning can’t be repaired by summer school or tutoring. Students who failed to learn should repeat the grade they were just in.
President Joe Biden and his administration have already told numerous whoppers. You wouldn’t know it from the fawning media coverage.
It will take years to understand fully how much damage a year of school closures did to Clark County children’s mental health. The early indicators are heartbreaking.
From coronavirus deaths to unemployment rate to vaccination distribution, states led by Republican governors have outperformed states run by Democrats.
King Steve Sisolak and state health officials have all the credibility of Chicken Little.
If you want to understand the disparity between Nevada’s public and private sector, just look at Gov. Steve Sisolak’s budget proposal.
If president-elect Joe Biden wants unity, he’s going to have to address how Democrats frequently use polarization to gain a political advantage.
House Democrats impeaching President Donald Trump a second time certainly was historic. They presided over the lowest-stakes impeachment in history.
If only Gov. Steve Sisolak was as committed to vaccine distribution as he is to pointing fingers.