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.
President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address was a political home run — in part because of what he didn’t say. There wasn’t a single word about reforming the politically sacrosanct Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. While that undoubtedly boosted the popularity of his speech, he was ignoring the greatest threat to America’s fiscal health.
The debate about abortion should end once a baby is outside the womb. Nevada’s Democratic Representatives, including Jacky Rosen, disagree. Two weeks ago, the House of Representatives approved the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
Conservatives have a proud environmental heritage from their “roots as Westerners,” and their policies help the environment more than mass federal land ownership. That’s according to former GOP Colorado Congressman and rancher Bob Beauprez.
Last week, President Donald Trump proposed a massive amnesty, and Democrats immediately accused him of xenophobia.
The next superintendent of the Clark County School District is going to fail.
Sitting in her math class at Clark High School, Daniela Lopez longed to go to a private school. There was just one seemingly insurmountable problem. Her family couldn’t afford it.
Parents should be allowed to find the school that best fits their child’s needs. That’s the message Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week, wants Americans to hear.
Teenage girls shouldn’t have to take their pants off in front of random teenage boys. The Clark County School District disagrees.
Either Democrats don’t believe their own rhetoric or they want children to die.
Nevada’s public records law has a big bark, but little bite. It’s time to change that.
A personality conflict led to last week’s shake-up of North Las Vegas city hall leadership, according to NLV Mayor John Lee.
Republicans have plenty of leverage in the stalled talks about passing a new version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It’s time for them to quit negotiating with Democrats and use it.
Vice President Mike Pence’s recent trip to Las Vegas signals the White House is backing Sen. Dean Heller’s re-election.
If you think, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ is the one to blame for federal marijuana policy, you must be smoking something.
Federal prosecutors should face criminal charges for actions they took in prosecuting the Bundys, according to Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore. Fiore has been on the frontlines of confrontations between the Bundys and the federal government and is their closest elected ally.
