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Dear Editor, The Caregiver Tax Credit Act was passed during the 2024 Nebraska legislative session and will take effect on January 1, 2025. This groundbreaking legislation makes Nebraska only the second state in the nation to adopt an expansive tax credit to support unpaid family caregivers, a step that will have a meaningful impact on countless families in our state. Nearly 36,000 Nebraskans aged 65 and older are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. These individuals are supported by more than 40,000 unpaid family caregivers, who provide...
Each day you are exposed to stress inducing events and people. There are both minor and major situations you have to deal with. What causes stress is very different for every person. You can't judge how you should react to stress by looking at how others handle it. Regardless of the source of stress, there are techniques for reducing your stress level. All of the following are simple and easy to implement. To be effective, they must be consistently applied. Stress won't go away by ignoring it....
The fire began at 6:30 p.m., Paris local time, on Monday, April 15, 2019. An hour later, people, who watched from a distance, stared in horror as the top portion of the 300 foot spire broke off and crashed down through the cathedral's roof. Some 400 firefighters, working from the inside, extinguished the last of the flames by 3:40 a.m., on Tuesday, by pointing low-pressure water hoses at the flames, to minimize damage to the contents, pulling thousands of gallons of water from the Seine River...
"Unto us a Son is given! He shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Prince of Peace. a gift to Men." Isaiah 9:6,7 God's pattern awakens the people (shepherds), who awaken the Church (Simion). Then Anna awakens the government. Luke 2 Jewish and Gregorian calendars have come together. Hannukah and Christmas fall on the same day. The first book of Maccabees (see the Apocrypha) reports the days when the temple was destroyed by Syria. Jewish priests had refused to offer hogs on their sacred altar....
The Biden-Harris Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is broken. Delusional and expensive regulations caused prices to rise for families and businesses. EPA bureaucrats wasted millions of taxpayer dollars with grants to far-left partisan organizations. They issued mandates that limited choice and hindered American innovation. They disregarded a Supreme Court ruling in an illegal attempt to increase their power. They stonewalled Senators and kept important information from the American people. T...
You've heard the saying, "Everyone has their price." This refers to the tendency of people to compromise or abandon their ethics for the right price. The person who is willing to travel this route doesn't really have ethics. True ethics are not for sale. An individual who is willing to alter his or her beliefs for great enough remuneration never had principles at all. Someone who has firm convictions will not be influenced by any price. Yet people from all cross sections of society do have a pri...
It Depends. In colonial America you were an Englishman, or you were not. The common plea was that an Englishman was an Englishman no matter where he stood in the world. The colonists increasingly took this to mean that they were equal in status and right to any other English subject. British people of the upper classes viewed this idea with some distaste and were often offended when approached with familiarity by an American. (Sounds like some of our elected officials and other classes in presen...
Romans 8:31 "So what can we say to all these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" MGM's Glinda, the Good Witch, instructs Dorothy (you and me as gifts of God), that Father knows best and supplies all that is needed. He prefers 'living stones'; no two alike, as strong building material. Bricks represent uniformity and permanence. Background, upbringing and experiences mold our character. Do we follow money (mammon) as o savior, or not? The choice is, ALWAYS, ours. Ruby slippers...
Nebraska is known around the world for our hard-working farmers and ranchers. Agriculture is the heart and soul of our state. Beef production delivers billions of dollars to our economy every year. It's also essential to our national security. But today, the "Beef State" way of life is under threat. Once again, anti-agriculture activists have taken over a federal entity to impose a radical, anti-beef agenda on the country. We must reject this unscientific approach. Every five years, the Dietary...
Ideas are either the engine of achievement or the instruments of destruction. Ideas have such power because ideas precede action. An idea without action is ineffectual. Good ideas can be supported with sound reasoning. They can withstand scrutiny, analysis, and challenge. A bad idea is not merely a good idea that didn't work out as expected. A bad idea is rooted in selfishness and shows a total disregard for the well being of others. People who purposely espouse bad ideas typically have an air...
Fintan O'Toole, a writer for "The New York Review of Books," wrote in his July 18, 2024 column, that, "Being close to Trump was like being friends with a hurricane." O'Toole lists a series of people's names who worked for Trump, believed him, and then faced legal troubles. Rudy Giuliani appeared in court in New York City, on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, because he failed to turn over all his assets to the court. His crime: he defamed two election workers in the state of Georgia, Ruby Freeman and...
It is given to you to know the secrets of Heaven, but I speak to them in parables." Matthew 13:11 MGM's Wizard of Oz movie could be viewed as such. The yellow bricks, Biblically, represent faith, joy, character and our glory of Life, Jesus Messiah, on the Road to Reason. No matter how steep the climb or how dark the forest the Lord passes through, He will save His sheep that is (that are) lost. We, like Dorothy, are selected, by Father God, to star where we are. It is He Who created us, corrects...
How dare you say that" isn't a persuasive political argument. Yet the side that has believed it can bully its way to victory on cultural issues by policing the debate in its favor continues to act as if it is one, even after getting soundly beaten in the election. The Left's game has been to insist that everyone adopt its tendentious vocabulary, to call opponents bigots and to use moral blackmail -- and the threat of punishment -- to keep any left-of-center doubters in line. This model, which...
Your thoughts affect what you do, how you act, the kind of person you are, how you feel, and what you attract. Your thoughts can either solve problems or create them. Regardless of what your thoughts are, they are within your control. Even the most positive, proactive person can have negative thoughts. A normally upbeat, happy individual will have off days. Although you choose your thoughts, there are thoughts that seem to pop into your head on their own. How do you select the most desirable...
Edited by Mike Sunderland The Arabs attacked Israel in October, 1973 – the Yom Kippur War in which the Israelis, for the umpteenth time, thoroughly whipped Egypt and Syria simultaneously and took firm possession of the Golan Heights, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In retaliation for U.S. support of Israel, the Arab oil-producing nations imposed a total ban on oil exports to the U.S. The country went nuts. Long lines formed at gas pumps and in some parts of the U.S. gasoline prices went through the roof. Congress frantically wrung its h...
"Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise, for the Lord is good!" Psalm 100:4. Kansas' Great Depression Dust Bowl (no rain for 7 years), put the USA on the brink of ruin and war was looming large. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor sought to ignite hope in fainting hearts, creating the "Wizard of Oz" movie. 1939. Dorothy Gale was the niece of Aunty Em and Uncle Henry. Aunty Em takes charge of three hired men on their Kansas hog farm while Uncle Henry says very little to them or to...
President John F. Kennedy once said, "A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers." Each Veterans Day, we take time to honor our brave veterans. These women and men have served our country with courage. They've made great sacrifices to protect our freedoms. We owe them a debt of gratitude that we can never repay. One way we can support them is by ensuring that they get the benefits they earned. I'm proud of the work my office has do...
When walking backwards it's easy to see where you have been, but difficult to see where you are going. You have to really crane your neck to see where you are headed in order to keep from tripping. Although it is impractical to get through each day walking backwards, this is how many people go through life. When walking backwards, the view is clear. You see exactly where you have been, along with the route you have taken. However, unless you turn around, you'll struggle making real forward...
Strange how certain books captivate my interest, others not as much. I find myself going back again and again to reread Mark Forsyth's 2013 book, "The Elements of Eloquence." In Forsyth's "Preface," he writes, "Shakespeare was not a genius. He was the most wonderful writer who ever breathed. But not a genius. Instead, he learned rhetorical techniques and tricks." Of Shakespeare's first plays-"Love's Labour's Lost," "Titus Andronicus," and "Henry VI, Part 1"-Forsyth says, "there is not a single...
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear." Matthew 15:11 This is written because some remember, children did not listen, grandchildren became disoriented, and great-grandchildren have taken the wrong road. Evil is determined, to overcome good and God. We, the People, have come into a national wonder land. Who, what, when and where is the road to God's signs, wonders and miracles? Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 movie "The Wizard of OZ" exposes a pilgrim's progress in this world. The rainbow says bluebi...
The 2024 election is over. Americans voted for change. President Donald Trump's re-election, along with Republican majorities in the House and Senate, marks a turning point for our country. The people of the United States have spoken clearly and decisively. We rejected the failed leadership of President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Instead, Americans voted for a better economy, a secure border, and American strength projected abroad. It's time to get...
Time to take a break... Every once in a while we need to pause, take a deep breath and step outside of the daily grind. So without making apologies if I step on some political toes here are some humorous moments from days gone by. You deserve a chuckle for enduring today’s weirdness. While in the Navy (late 1960s & early 1970s) my favorite watches were mid watches – a 2 hour watch between midnight and 0400. Those scheduled to have a mid watch could to go to the mess hall before, or after the...
Much frustration results when a person tries to be someone who they are not. When this happens a number of factors are at play. Pressure to conform to the expectations of others, the desire for acceptance, and the yearning to emulate other's lifestyles are some of them. You are a unique individual. No one else is exactly like you. You have aptitudes, abilities, desires, and a personality unlike anyone else's. You need to recognize and be who you are. It's easy to get caught up with trends and...
"To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgement and equity." Proverbs 1:2,3 Many people misunderstand who God is, what He's up to, where He stands, when He moves, how He plumbs circumstances and why He uses the people He does. A study of Proverbs, Psalms and New Testament, will find that God is not nice. He is just, right and good. He is not fair. He is gracious, kind and equitable. That is, what He does for me,...
Manufacturing is critical for Nebraska's economy. It contributes $21.6 billion to our annual gross domestic product. That's a 57% increase from five years ago. Manufacturing is our second-largest economic sector. It's easy to see why. Whether it's the food we eat, the machines we use, or the tools that help farmers and ranchers thrive, manufacturing touches every part of our daily lives. As we end Manufacturing Month, let's celebrate the many successes of this growing industry. Manufacturing is...
