As this session of Congress winds down, it’s important to note its many achievements. The current Congress passed a bipartisan infrastructure package, bipartisan anti-gun violence reform and a COVID relief package. It made historic investments in climate change and health care while holding …
Now that the Thanksgiving recess is over, the 117th Congress has reopened for business with just a few weeks before the 118th Congress will be sworn in.
The United States has an alarming problem: civic negligence. The signs of civic decline and decay are all around us -- threats of extremist violence, book bans and legislative efforts to restrict honest discussions of history in schools.
You’re excellent at your job. Your work is first-rate and always completed on schedule. Your attitude is an inspiration to managers and co-workers alike.
Some of you can still remember the old television detective show, Dragnet. Sgt. Joe Friday’s most famous line on that TV show was, “just the facts ma’am!” The implication of that statement was that good police work derives its conclusions from facts, not from opinions. In the same mentality …
Thank you for your service, Iowa and New Hampshire. But it's time to end the prominent, influential perch you two small rural states have long enjoyed in winnowing the list of presidential contenders.
Kevin McCarthy’s quest for the House speaker’s gavel is a near perfect inside-the-Beltway story because it’s about pure politics and personal ambition without many narrative-muddling concerns about principles, governing philosophy or policy considerations.
What do I care about more? Do I care about my iPhone, my iPad, my MacBook and the two Mac desktops — or do I care more about the feed on my Twitter app? Oh, and I forgot to mention my Apple Watch.
Where do random thoughts come from? What makes them pop into mind for no apparent reason? And why can I recite a poem I learned long ago, but cannot for the life of me recall where I left my phone?
🎧 With many struggling to meet even their basic needs, is it ever OK to fund projects such as the arts, sports stadiums or space travel?
As part of a mandatory gun buyback program, the government confiscated more than 600,000 firearms. Mass shootings all but disappeared.
Among the key headlines from the 2022 election were gains by Republicans among minority voters.
Q. I see a lot of online sales, like Facebook marketplace. Are there safe places I can make swaps? I also see people reporting that they got scammed from these types of sales. Under what circumstances can police get involved?
This week, I will attempt to provide a summation of many of my previous columns as it relates to building a truly local DNA. Let me start this week with a quote by General Shinseki. He said, “If you don’t like change, you are going to enjoy irrelevance even less.” Building a local DNA or min…
One of the questions I hear quite a bit is “What is ESU 13?” ESU 13 is Educational Service Unit 13. We are one of 17 ESUs across the state. Many in the community know us for our exceptional student programs including Meridian, LifeLink-Nebraska, VALTS, Panhandle Beginnings Day Treatment, Hea…
The Trump adviser claims he didn’t tell Pence to reject electors, but here are the receipts
Hakeem Jeffries seems poised to replace Nancy Pelosi as leader of the House Democrats. A Black political moderate, the Brooklyn congressman is often likened to Barack Obama. Even-tempered, he is known to "play" with most of the children in Washington. And at 52, he represents generational ch…
Before Thanksgiving Day, we often hear, as well as say and wish for folks a “Happy Thanksgiving.” “Will you be going anywhere?” “Will you be with family?” “Turkey? Ham? Cornish hen? Pie? Dressing?”
My term as the District 48 representative in the Nebraska Legislature comes to an end after the next legislative session begins in January. As I prepare to leave office, I wanted to give my heartfelt thanks to the people of District 48 for choosing me to represent them for the past 8 years. …
The number of Americans using telehealth services surged during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments from Harvard and the University of North Carolina about using race and ethnicity in admissions policies. At stake is the fate of affirmative action and the positive effects race-conscious policies have had on higher education and the workplace for more than 50 years.
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Authorities investigating the fatal shootings of six people at a Walmart said that the shooter bought the gun just hours before and left a note with grievances against coworkers on his phone. Police in Chesapeake, Virginia, issued a news release Friday that says they conducted a forensic ana…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments from Harvard and the University of North Carolina about using race and ethnicity in admissions policies. Project 21, the Black Leadership Network of which I am a member, submitted an amicus brief in the Harvard case.
Is it really news that Karen Bass will become the first female mayor of Los Angeles? In an era where women have already run Chicago, Phoenix, Fort Worth, Charlotte, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Boston, the gender of the new Los Angeles mayor should not have dominated the headlines, as it did in numerous media.
A lot has changed since the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, the country club resort and unofficial classified document storage facility where Donald Trump resides. Back in August, the search was denounced by many on the right as an unprecedented outrage befitting a banana republic that challenged t…
For the last 50 years, World Against Toys Causing Harm Inc. (WATCH) has released its annual 10 Worst Toys list just in time to ruin – I mean – just in time for Christmas.
Nov. 20 was Joe Biden's 80th birthday. Our first octogenarian president is two years older than Ronald Reagan was when his presidency ended in 1989.
Oh, goody! It’s holiday season.
Rock star's transformation should reassure Americans about globalization