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In an interview with Fox News last month, President Donald Trump called Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, an "alarmist," using a pejorative straight from the playbook of those who deny the science behind climate change. Fauci rejected the characterization, describing himself as a "realist."
In an interview with Fox News last month, President Donald Trump called Anthony Fauci, the country鈥檚 top infectious disease expert, an 鈥渁larmist,鈥 using a pejorative straight from the playbook of those who deny the science behind climate change. Fauci rejected the characterization, describing himself as a 鈥渞ealist.鈥
Is Southern Nevada on the verge of a tech revolution or is it just getting with the times?
Is Southern Nevada on the verge of a tech revolution or is it just getting with the times?
Many advocates of 鈥渄efunding the police鈥 contend that too many police encounters with civilians concern trivial matters. Defunding proponents worry that poor decisions by officers can escalate tensions and lead to unnecessary uses of force. They argue that the police mandate should be more narrowly focused on responding to 鈥渟erious鈥 crimes, especially violent felonies. All other matters should not be considered police business. This premise has gained a receptive hearing in our political climate. Most people instinctively support the idea of leaving management of serious felonies to the police, who are certainly less likely to get into trouble if their job is simply to arrest violent felons.
鈥淯sing COVID to steal the state." That鈥檚 a tweet from President Trump Monday morning continuing to hammer Nevada on voting procedures and threatening legal action on Twitter. This comes after the state Senate passed Assembly Bill 4 to mail ballots to all active voters. Gov. Steve Sisolak signed the bill Monday.
The Boise Police Department currently doesn鈥檛 have a set policy governing how it responds to civil disturbances and protests.
Many advocates of 鈥渄efunding the police鈥 contend that too many police encounters with civilians concern trivial matters. Defunding proponents worry that poor decisions by officers can escalate tensions and lead to unnecessary uses of force. They argue that the police mandate should be more narrowly focused on responding to 鈥渟erious鈥 crimes, especially violent felonies. All other matters should not be considered police business. This premise has gained a receptive hearing in our political climate. Most people instinctively support the idea of leaving management of serious felonies to the police, who are certainly less likely to get into trouble if their job is simply to arrest violent felons.
The recent special session pleased no one.
The recent special session pleased no one.
Allow me to applaud your instinct to avoid the intergenerational blame game, America鈥檚 favorite pastime that has not been canceled by coronavirus. Perhaps you鈥檙e still recovering from the latest round, which kicked off last week when fiction writer Lorrie Moore devoted four paragraphs of her audacious review of the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney鈥檚 Normal People to a takedown of millennials, in general.
The COVID-19 pandemic sure has opened a Pandora鈥檚 Box for proper etiquette and behavior in public.