Opinion

Discussion has started on several bills that will have an impact on state revenue in what some warn are uncertain times. Omaha Sen.

We’re on the cusp of an historic moment in America. After 49 years, the Supreme Court is set to revisit the infamous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in 1973. This year, they have an opportunity to undo one of the worst decisions ever made by our nation’s highest court.

I recently read an article in the Lincoln Journal Star that tells an all-too-familiar story. In 2012, Dr. Jeff Fraser, a family practice doctor from Lincoln, was diagnosed with prostate cancer. After his third treatment, another doctor prescribed him hydrocodone for back pain caused by the cancer. “That’s when my brain got addicted,” Dr. Fraser said.

My good friend Sen. Steve Halloran’s Convention of State’s resolution, LR 14 passed Friday, January 28, without a single vote to spare. It was signed by the speaker of the legislature and presented to the Secretary of State for his correspondence with the congress.

Do you remember the Potato Race? It consisted of putting up to a half-dozen potatoes in a pile, the piles in a line so far apart. I don’t remember the distance from where the potatoes were in line.

There was a time early in our marriage where we traveled with a Bible teacher and provided music for his meetings. Actually he was the vice president of our Bible college and beloved by the entire student body.

One year ago this week, I attended the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris. While I was deeply disappointed in the election process and its outcome, President Biden campaigned as a centrist who wanted to unite our country, defeat COVID, and improve America’s standing in the world. When he took office, I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Instead, President Biden and his administration immediately began implementing a left-wing agenda out of touch with suffering Americans. In my subsequent weekly column, I criticized President Biden for signing a series of executive orders which undermined the rule of law, made life more difficult for American families, and trivialized China’s malfeasance. Unfortunately, the decisions began a pattern which continues today.

Like many Nebraskans, I’ve been to Lake Okoboji in Iowa, which is why I must smile about a special legislative committee’s proposal to build a lake in Eastern Nebraska to rival that lake. The Legislature’s Statewide Tourism and Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability (STAR WARS) special committee says the Nebraska version would span 4,000 acres, reach 30 feet or so deep, and stretch seven miles.

The most heinous crimes often target vulnerable members of our society. To protect our innocent, Nebraska is hard at work to expose human trafficking and root it out of the Good Life.

In August 2020, our nation marked the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification, which gave women the right to vote. This was the final victory in a decades-long struggle by these visionary reformers.