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Editorial #131 Merry Christmas
I would love to believe that Christmas is a time where all the anger, hate, stealing and revenge would stop. It is sad to say, that won’t happen because these vices must exist for us to know what faith, hope, love and charity is.
We must know what “down” is to know what is “up”. We must know what “cold” is to know what is “hot”. We must know “war” to know “peace”.
Editorial #127 Social Media and Confidentiality
Social media is becoming the scourge of society. I have become unwittingly addicted to Facebook and I detest it. I have better things to do than to argue, with someone I will never meet, about points that have been made millions of times before, with little chance of changing anyone’s mind. It also provides data to be mined by advertisers.
This communication form violates all our core values as it allows lies,
Editorial #128 Census Question and Voter ID
The news on impeachment is exposing the hypocrisy of our politicians and bureaucracies that was fairly well hidden, until now. There have always been things that seem to be strange or inconsistent in our government. Before the dawn of social media and 9/11, Walter Cronkite along with other broadcasters from only four major networks at that time, the government and media were able to keep the narrative under control with explanations few questioned.
Editorial #126 Constitutional Convention
The next session of the Nebraska Legislative session is scheduled to start in January but that does not mean there is nothing is going on in Lincoln. Senators are scurrying about preparing to introduce their pet projects in their effort show they are doing something to fix problems we didn’t know we had.
One of those projects is LR 7: Resolution to Congress for a convention of states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution.
Editorial #125 New World Leaders
When I first heard the statement “the meek shall inherit the world” we made it a joke by saying “the meek really don’t want it”. What Christ meant by those words was those who are kind, gentle and giving will go to heaven. But if one looks closer at his statement, maybe he was referring to the information technology experts of today better known as our “computer guy”.
Editorial #123 5G Internet
In high school, I remember reading the books: Brave New World, 1984 and Animal Farm. My feelings at that time ranged from laughable to incredible and then terrifying.
Today the laughable part no longer applies with the incredible and terrifying actually happening. The surprising part is very few of us realize this is happening.
Humanity has traits like “survival of the fittest”, “the one who figures it out first wins” and “if someone can,
Editorial #124 Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is one of our greatest American holidays celebrating the many gifts we have been given. We should marvel at the miracle of this country’s formation and be eternally thankful to those men and women who gave their lives, revered God and built this great experiment into One Great Nation, Under God.
The most hurtful part of giving any gift is the lack of appreciation by the receiver or not receiving a sincere thank you.
Editorial #122 Nationalism
I am concerned about the way the word “Nationalism” is being used.
I grew up with the impression that Nationalism was something of which to be proud. It expressed loyalty to the United States as a team of which we were the best in the world and we hated communism. We never lost a war, were always competitive in the Olympics and tried to do what was best and right in the world.
Editorial #121 Political Correctness and Business
The word elitism is now being used as a more polite way of saying condescending, conceited, hubris or closed minded. It is associated with people involved with fake news, the deep state, drain the swamp and liberalism and used to describe left wing politics.
Ironically, these terms are usually thought to apply only to the other sides of the political divide. Commentators are quick to use these adjectives in describing the ideas and concepts that failed to deliver results in making the world a better place.
Editorial #120 Confidentiality notes
As mentioned in Editorial #117 the political correctness agenda has redefined words with truth and fact no longer meaning the same thing. Similar re-characterizations have occurred with the word confidential now meaning the same as classified. This ploy is used to lock down information and want nothing released that may upset a liberal agenda.
The current administration, in the spirit of transparency, is now requiring agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency,