Conversations and Tribalism

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July, 2016 Washington -- It is sobering and depressing to come back to the States to witness racial divisiveness in America, manifested by...

A Different 'Good Life'

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July, 2016 Berlin -- Being a native and resident of Nebraska, I know all about 'The Good Life.' (It's a good state slogan, b...

Soviet Memorial in Berlin

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July, 2016 Berlin -- It's been many years since I last visited the Soviet WWII cemetery and memorial in Berlin-Treptow. Today's w...

Hamburg

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June, 2016 Berlin -- A recent weekend trip to Hamburg casts light on an important time in our family's history. In October of 1880, my...

Refugees in Berlin

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June, 2016 Berlin -- In my Kreuzberg neighborhood, the welcome signs are still out for refugees. Across the park, a volunteer center enli...

Pox All Around

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June, 2016 Washington -- The New York Times recently offered readers what appeared simply to be good financial advice in an article "...

Worried About Nebraska

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June, 2016 Lincoln -- Nebraska is no longer the same place I grew up in. Although I was born here and Nebraska is still my domicile, much...

Caught in Loan Hell

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May, 2016 Washington -- How is it that consumers, especially borrowers, can get caught up in run-arounds from which there is apparently no...

Tragedy and Farce at the Statehouse

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May, 2016 Lincoln -- The sad stories of two Nebraska state agencies suggest that, as the old saying goes, history repeats itself... first ...

Nice to Have Company, But...

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April, 2016 Washington -- It's nice to see a like-minded author write on higher education finance in a prominent Capitol Hill publicat...