Words that need a Time Out

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January, 2019 Washington -- Words that have lost their meaning need to be retired or at least given a long vacation to see if they can com...

Genoways and Ricketts

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January, 2019 Lincoln -- Like Governor Ricketts, I have not read This Blessed Earth , by Ted Genoways, a book chosen by One Book One Nebra...

Release of the Mueller Report

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January, 2019 Washington -- The confirmation hearing of William Barr for Attorney General left a huge issue hanging: whether Barr, if conf...

How to End the Federal Shutdown

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January, 2019 Washington -- Here's a way to end the shutdown quickly: agree to appoint a High Commission to handle border security enh...

Lessons from The Nation's Prairie Capital

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January, 2019 Lincoln -- Some days are better than others when it comes to governments, whether federal, state, or local. On January 9, 20...

Passing the Baton

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January, 2019 Washington -- The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has, as somewhat expected, denied our remand request in the last of the nine ...

Apollo 8, Fifty Years Later

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December, 2018 Lincoln -- It's nice to see so much attention being given to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, the first circumnavigat...

Farm Bill Lost Opportunities

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December, 2018 Lincoln -- The 2018 Farm Bill is now law. History will look back on it as a lost opportunity to do something more to stem ...

Kill the Farm Bill

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December, 2018 Washington -- There was an opportunity, in mid-November, for Congress to pass a respectable 2018 Farm Bill. The Senate had ...

Truth, Ethics, and Citizenship at Syracuse University

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December, 2018 Washington -- It was my pleasure and honor last week to be invited by Syracuse University to attend the Tanner Lecture Seri...