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Tyranny for Citizens [This is a letter to the editor I submitted in response to Benson's earlier complaint.] Gary Benson (Open Forum 10/26) is right to find my idea disturbing that

So who agrees with Ed Howard (Nebraska State Paper) all the time? That would be a strange person. But I have to agree with his take on one

Here’s a response to an LTE of mine that was published here in McCook, NE the other day. Does it make your head hurt, or is that just me? What

US Senator Ben Nelson (Dem, NE) and Legislative candidate Frank Shoemaker (Dem, McCook, NE) were not impressed with the false lines of rhetoric on “pro-life” issues that their opponents put

Wow. This endorsement pulls no punches! Here’s why we want Scott Kleeb representing us (the western 3/4 of Nebraska) in Congress. This is the first time the World Herald

The only President that’s balanced the budget in the last 40 years is William Jefferson Clinton and he’s a Democrat. You can’t trust the Republicans with your money. -Howard Dean

We visited the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago with my daughter and her family on Tuesday. Of course the Field is awesome, and the Tut exhibitions

Bush is suddenly pushing hard to search cargo going into No. Korea. It makes good sense – we want to stifle their nuke-making capabilities, and searching in-going cargo would probably

Sent to me by a friend: “Pro-life” + no helpful legislation = pro-choice So you “vote pro-life” eh? And what good has that done? There are many steps we could

Articles on various Senate candidates - –AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl –AZ-01: Rick Renzi –AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth –CA-04: John Doolittle –CA-11: Richard Pombo –CA-50: Brian Bilbray –CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave –CO-05: Doug Lamborn –CO-07: Rick O’Donnell –CT-04: Christopher Shays –FL-13: Vernon Buchanan –FL-16: Joe Negron –FL-22:

A lot of us have been surprised that the recent sex scandal in Congress has been getting so much attention. I don’t think it’s the pedophilia and cover-up that’s the

A guy just delivered some signs here for our CD-3 candidate, Scott Kleeb (article on Scott – Kleeb’s website). This guy is a trucker, and is spending his

Here’s my response to a recent inquiry as to how I would handle certain responses from rightist family or friends. First are excerpts from the inquiring email (blockquoted), then

Glenn Greenwald on the perfect scandal: The perfection of this scandal lies in its substance, not its theatrics … This scandal has resonated so powerfully because it is shining such a

Who is Pro-Life? A very religious, very pro-life Republican friend of mine is working for Democratic candidates this year. She told me she is tired of supporting “cookie-cutter conservative Christian candidates”

The collapse of an evil regime does not make things right, but it DOES make great improvement much more possible. The sad testimony of history is that the collapse

Focus on the Family has now put put online a comment about Foley’s “alleged” behaviors that have perhaps damaged some families. (Dobson is not the author.) That’s good. Unfortunately I’m less

That House leaders … did little about it is terrible. It is also the latest in a long, depressing pattern: When there is a choice between the right thing to

Dick Armey, former Republican House Majority Leader: “Dobson and his gang of thugs are real nasty bullies.” Charles Barkley, former NBA star: “I was a Republican until they lost their minds.” And 9 Kansans

Two questions about two recent scandals: 1. How do “Christian conservatives” react? 2. How do real Christian conservatives react? Recent Scandal I: White House Loves to Torture, Forces Congress to Approve! 1.

Should the church or the churches run the government? Some think so. I don’t. Should the church ever be critical of the government? Some don’t think