Alert Fatigue

I think I was pretty young when I was introduced toAesop’s Fables. One of the more famous ones is the story of the boy who cried wolf. In the story, a boy cries out that there is a wolf, but it was a lie. The town’s people came out to rescue him but find that there was no wolf.

Dishwasher Woes

Our old dishwasher finally gave up. It basically stopped cleaning the dishes. It still ran, but you ended up washing dishes after it was supposed to wash dishes. We estimated it to be 20 years old so figured it was time for a new one.

Choosing Your Words

My daughter, Penny, finds it funny that I am not the most limber person out there. Well, last week she would have been pretty amazed at how flexible I have become. I managed to find a way to put my foot squarely in my mouth.

Legislative Session—Summary

This week the Legislature wraps up bill introduction and the rules debate. At this point we have used 20 percent of the 60 legislative days available to complete our work in this short, even year session.

Alphabetical Cats

Yesterday was a sad day. Sunday evening when I put my very old cat down off my lap, she struggled to walk. Her back legs weren’t working properly; she was limping. Monday morning, it was worse; she was dragging her back legs and rear around.

Community Connection

Call Annie Jeffrey Health Center at (402) 747-2031 for more information Shoveling your driveway or sidewalk can be very strenuous work. Some experts say that shoveling snow is as strenuous as running 9 miles an hour.

White Knuckles Driving

White Knuckles Driving It’s good to be out again. In my nearly 20 years in the newspaper business, I cannot remember a snow storm that completely shut things down like the one that hit central Nebraska last week.

Southern Border Crisis

The crisis at our southern border has reached epic proportions. Last week, we traveled to Eagle Pass, Texas — a community that has shouldered the brunt of the Biden administration’s reckless border mismanagement — to hear directly fromAmericans impacted by the unfolding crisis.

Legislative Session

Legislative Session The 2024 Legislative Session is underway. This is a short, 60-day session and will conclude the work of the 108th Legislature once we adjourn sometime in April. We are in the process of bill introduction with public hearings on these soon to follow.

Consider It Done

Consider It Done When I was in college, I learned a lot about leadership. I managed cleaning on campus before moving to Nebraska to get into IT. In the summer we took crews of students around to different parts of campus to clean what we couldn’t during the school year.