Nebraska Business Hall of Fame
By Governor Dave Heineman
February 3, 2012
Dear Fellow Nebraskans:
We have a bold and strategic vision to make Nebraska the ideal place to create jobs and grow a business, the best place to obtain an education for students of all ages, and the perfect place to raise a family. We’ve made fundamental investments in education and the economic vitality of our state and as a result Nebraska has made significant progress and we have consistently ranked in the top 10 as a business-friendly state.
One of the first puns I can remember reading was a definition of “pharmacist” as “a piller of the community.” The word “piller” probably can’t be found in any dictionary, except as a dialectical variant of “pillow.”
A Federal Auction in Desperate Need of Reform
By Reginald Nesbitt, MD, MBA
On the hit A&E cable show "Storage Wars," competing buyers take a peek inside foreclosed self-storage lockers, guess what might be hidden inside, then bid for the salvage rights. It's entertaining television. But it's a terrible model for the federal government acquire life-and-death treatments for Medicare patients.
Yet that's almost exactly what's happening. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding its new bidding process to an advanced therapy for chronic wound healing. CMS won't require suppliers to prove competency with the therapy. If bidding goes forward as planned, millions of public insurance beneficiaries could have their health jeopardized.
The Myth of Class
By Rob Schwarzwalder
In 1920, a talented American rower named Jack Kelly applied to race in the British Henley Royal Regatta. The most prestigious rowing event in the world, the Henley seemed a natural fit for Kelly, who had already been the U.S. national rowing champion.
Yet he never got to row: Kelly, a bricklayer, was told that his background in manual work disqualified him. According to the then-rules of the Henley, no one "who is or ever has been ... by trade or employment for wages a mechanic, artisan or labourer" would be allowed to compete.
This effete classism is contrary to America's founding charter and its fundamental presupposition: that God has made all men equal, and endowed all of us with certain rights that should be protected by government.
The Republican primary in Florida brought discussions of healthcare, particularly Medicare, back to the forefront of the national discourse. With its sizeable senior population, Medicare and Social Security were top of mind to Florida voters.
Last month, the Supreme Court heard a case concerning the FCC and fines for networks that violate governmentally determined decency standards. In this case, it was an issue centered on fines imposed because Cher used an expletive at an awards ceremony.
The moon released a pair of vitriolic anti-Gingrich ads, calling his plans for colonization there ill-conceived and anti-stellar and portraying the former speaker as out of touch with ordinary celestial bodies.
Super Bowl Sunday worship will peak when the New England Patriots smite (I’m biased and hopeful here!) the New York Giants. Ever since Tom Brady’s posse took out the Denver Broncos, its quarterback Tim Tebow in prayerful pose will no longer be spotlighted. Yet he’s still drawing heat.
With an imagination, the sky is full of surprise. One never knows what you’ll see next. Like imagining shapes in fair weather cumulus clouds, a night sky watcher will see all sorts of things. You may be a grown adult and think finding cloud shapes is something just for kids. A night under the stars will cure you of that.
It’s important to parent with a purpose. After all, it is the most significant job you will ever have in life.
The detailed analysis that goes into preparing for the modern Super Bowl has evolved to such an extent that it seemingly rivals NASA’s efforts to travel to the vast reaches of outer space.
Enter the Kindle Fire. At $199, it fit right into the budget I was comfortable with in terms of want and need. Plus, it left some money on said budget for a case and screen protection.
Being unprepared could cost you the chance to live your dream.
Columnist Gary Brown has some random thoughts about Super Bowl XLVI.
It is a well-known, documented fact that I have toilet paper issues. I have written a number of times about my family’s inability to recognize when a roll of toilet paper is empty and needs to be changed. Sadly, I have accepted that this is my lot in life at home. But what is a toilet paper detective to do when she encounters a toilet paper misdemeanor in someone else’s house?
Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on insurance and land investments.
Hello and welcome to the Newton Leroy Gingrich Moon Base, the United States of America’s first fully functional moon colony and condominium complex! We’re sure you will find living here to be enjoyable and relaxing, without hordes of former homeowners clogging the streets like in your neighborhood back home.
So far, no one has found a suitable replacement for newspapers that seem perfectly designed for this avian use. We should include puppies, along with birds, as newspapers’ and man’s best friends.
Even more surprising, the majority of millionaires also agree the income tax gap needs to be narrowed. An October survey from the Spectrum Group found that 68 percent of millionaires support increasing taxes on millionaires.
While numerous advances in school facilities have taken place over the last quarter century, to what extent have educators teamed up with other facets of the community to consider how a school can become more of a community center?
