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Local View: AG's office always fights discrimination

The interaction between my office and the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission (NEOC) has been in the news lately, but it seems the facts are in short supply. The bottom line in all of this is that thi ...more
Thursday, May 8, 2008 08:51 am

Readers criticize arena design

1 By at least 2 to 1, JournalStar.com readers were critical of the arena and hotel/convention center planning. The story about the Scott brothers’ selection as developers of the arena hotel/convention center brought in 103 published comments, and a follow-up story had 47 published comments. Many criticized the look of the arena design, even though the Scott team won’t be designing the arena; instead it will design the hotel/convention center. Readers called the design a barn, aircraft hanger, fieldhouse and tractor shed. ...more
Monday, May 5, 2008 11:59 pm

Games teach kids to tackle tough topics

Leslie Hale-Hammerberg, a certified therapeutic foster parent, has invented board games to help Native youths talk about what happens in their world. ...more
Sunday, May 4, 2008 11:59 pm

Local view: An insider's look at conflict in China

We recently returned from a panda-gazing trip to find that Time had reported that our current home city of Xi’an, much to our surprise, was the site of large scale anti-Western demonstrations. For two d ...more
Saturday, May 3, 2008 11:59 pm

Local view: Lots of winners in State Fair's move

Those of you who read my last Community Column, “Lincoln’s biker subculture exposed,” are now well aware that I have absolutely no credibility, so it should come as no surprise to you that this column ...more
Friday, May 2, 2008 11:59 pm

Local view: Consider bicyclists in grand scheme

Downtown Lincoln is facing the perfect storm ” the Antelope Valley Project and accompanying Union Plaza to the east, the UNL Research facility to the north and the Haymarket renovations to the west. All of ...more
Thursday, May 1, 2008 11:59 pm

Our fear is causing a loss of the rule of law

The importance of the rule of law is apparently not well understood, lacks support and there even may be hostility toward it. For some, notably politicized faith communities, the rule of law means the loss of ...more
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:59 pm

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