Saving the Prairies of Northwest Lincoln

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August, 2021 Lincoln — The Lincoln city council has been considering whether to destroy two prairie parcels in northwest Lincoln, one tallgr...

Taking On Captured Government Agencies

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July, 2021 Lincoln — As an NU undergraduate many years ago, I studied the relationship between the economy and government.  A pattern emerge...

PHEAA Departs Federal Student-Loan Servicing

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July, 2021 Washington — So PHEAA, the student-loan lender and servicer, is collapsing its organization.  I join with many others who are che...

Student Loan Servicer Perjury in the Senate

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July, 2021 Washington — The chair and ranking member of a U.S. Senate oversight committee have given student-loan servicer James Steeley, CE...

Remember the Lincoln Climate Action Plan?

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July, 2021 Lincoln — On Monday, March 22, 2021, the Lincoln city council approved the Lincoln Climate Action Plan with these commendable goa...

Don't Destroy Prairies for Poorly Planned Housing

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July, 2021 Lincoln — "Affordable housing" is a current focus in Lincoln city government, but what this means and at what sacrifice...

Give These Borrowers Their Lives Back

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June, 2021 Washington — In the last post, I suggested an urgent need to cancel certain federal student loans, including those of borrowers w...

Loan Cancellation Options for the Secretary of Education

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June, 2021 Washington —  In all the current back and forth about potential cancellation of federal student loans, for whom and in what amoun...

Lincoln's Unfortunate Housing Trends

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June, 2021 Lincoln — The City of Lincoln has just adopted a commendable Climate Action Plan to try to deal with climate change. But simulta...

Guest Blog on Insurrection (from 1861)

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May, 2021 Washington — Apropos the January 6, 2021, insurrection, the following is a look-back at the insurrection of 1861.  It is from the ...