Body A good friend of mine called me one afternoon with a bit of a dilemma. This past year, he moved into a new house, and as the holidays began to draw near, his mailbox started to get full.

Body No matter your opinion of immigrants, I think we can agree on one thing—having a federal detention center in Nebraska is not a good look for our state.

Body With my deadline looming and my eyelids getting lazy, last Monday night, I called an audible. I decided it was time to take in a Christmas light show.

Body So much for cutting federal spending. Just recently, President Trump announced a new twelve-billion- dollar payout to American farmers.

Body In the middle of the night, there are few things more paralyzing than having an unfamiliar noise stir you from your sleep.

Body I can never resist. Each year, the first week in December, sports coverage takes me to Minden, and each year, no matter how many times I have traveled to Nebraska’s Christmas City in the lead up to the holidays, the lights on the downtown square draw me in.

Body If you’re like me, you probably have tuned in the latest, excellent documentary by Ken Burns, “The American Revolution.

Body I like to drive, and Nebraska gives you plenty of opportunities. The state’s best road trip might be up the old Oregon Trail, past Chimney Rock to Scotts Bluff.

Body If you are curious about how many local journalists it takes to change a lightbulb, the answer might surprise you. Let’s just say, if you happened to find a typo in this week’s newspaper, the reason is simple: We were reading the pages in the dark.

Body There’s an old saying about government: “It’s not that ‘what is said isn’t so,’ it’s ‘what is so isn’t said.