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OPINION: The hidden dangers of Question 6: Nevada must protect its current abortion laws

This proposed constitutional amendment, ostensibly aimed at protecting abortion rights, actually threatens to dismantle a carefully crafted compromise that has served our state well for more than three decades.

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OPINION: Nevada has already passed the test

Some will argue that there is always value in experimental testing, but the science of nuclear weapons physics is now well understood. We know more about nuclear weapons today than we did before testing ended.

OPINION: We don’t trust elections — or each other

The declining level of trust among Americans extends well beyond government institutions. With cultural changes, political division peaking and ongoing partisan feuds, Americans have also had a deteriorating view of each other. 

Moderators must moderate; it’s imperative

Journalists moderating a debate should not simply ask questions and then be relegated to timekeepers. This would seem to be an obvious point, but that job could be done by a primitive computer, much less an AI-guided one.

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