Editorial #261 Government Dysfunctionality is Clinical

The book “All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” showed how our core values and the golden rule are the best way to live our lives. These virtues should be fundamental for our politicians, when they take their oath of office. The sad part is most politicians win because they claim to have these values but forget them after they are elected.

There is a rare syndrome call Munchausen by proxy.

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Editorial #259 Empathy and Integrity

There are two virtues missing in our public discourse causing the social unrest and division we see in our country: Empathy and Integrity. They embody the spirit of the Golden Rule that is a timeless guide for how to live one’s life.

“Empathy” is the exact opposite of “Apathy”. Apathy is a careless disregard toward others and the indifference about the mess left behind by living a selfish life.

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Editorial #257 Death and Taxes

Ben Franklin said: “Nothing is certain but death and taxes”. In Nebraska it is in a reverse order. Taxes are killing the farmer by taxing their property, causing the demise of family farm. The sad part is the urban population does not seem to care.

Band aids to limit annual increases in property taxes does not solve the problem. It only delays the inevitable with the farmers still going broke,

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Editorial #255 The Hypocrisy Continues

Hypocrisy seems to be getting worse because of all the apathy in our country. Too many people do not seem to care, anymore. Hypocrisy is noticed and tolerated because of political correctness or using the excuse of just trying to get along. I am not sure the old adage: “if you can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything” is good advice any more. Hypocrites do not want any criticisms for what they are doing or saying.

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Editorial #256 What is the Objective?

I have given hundreds of classes and lectures on various subjects. My purpose was to impart information that I considered relevant to understanding a given topic. The old speech formula for a good talk is: “Decide what you are going to say and why, tell them, then tell them what you said”. This seems to be the best way to teach any subject.

Too many classes are taught with the first step of why one is going to say something.

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Editorial #254 Having Trust, Hope and Faith

Many are having a feeling hopelessness with all the things that are happening in our country. That feeling only happens when we lose our trust and faith in God. We must never stop believing that God will set situations right for us.

God created an empathetic, caring side of life by giving us a caring nature that is vital for survival, as shown by the bond between mother and child.

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Editorial #244a Another Nail in the Coffin and YouTube

The big bad wolf we all heard about as children is no longer a fairy tale. It has been lurking around the world for most of the 20th century. It takes the form of socialism that evolves into communism with the rise of oppressive regimes like Russia, Germany, China and North Korea. We fought wars to stop this brutal oppression because we did not want it to spread to this great country.

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Editorial #253 What is Integrity?

The fourth on our list of core values is integrity. To have it requires the ability to live by the other three core values of truth, fairness and sustainability.

Integrity is a virtue that everyone wants to be known to have but few realize what it requires. The word character is often wrongly used as a synonym for integrity. Character is used to describe someone who appears to have a favorable reputation.

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Editorial #252 What is Sustainability?

Sustainability is like the Hippocratic Oath in medicine: Do no harm! We have an obligation to make the world a better place by working to improve things and not leave a mess when we are gone. Our mission should be to organize and manage our health, possession, finances and our home as well as help maintain our country, our life style, the environment and most of all, stop government over-reach.

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Editorial #251 What is Fairness?

Our core value of fairness has been hijacked in our politically correct society where one’s ability to live by the Golden Rule and the Ten Commandments can be impugned by intimidation. If the mob rule of democracy does not agree with one’s political views they can demand our choices be changed. This is not fairness, it is coercion, oppression, hypocritical and a direct assault on free speech.

There is a differences between principles and values.

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