Opinion/Editorial

The “Days of Yore” column a couple of weeks ago noted that several county men had been inducted into their

I know that I have mentioned this before.  Helen Thomas, who died recently at the age of 92, was married

The recent death of Charles Schlicker ended one era of old Company B of the l34th Infantry, Nebraska National Guard.

Last Friday Oklahoma was inundated with another round of tornadoes. Through the weekend we learned of a mother and her child being sucked out of their car and killed as well as veteran storm researchers Tim Samaras, his son Paul and Carl Young. Every life lost is as valuable as the last but Tim Samaras was a face a lot of us came to know and respect.

Several weeks ago the Journal ran a photo/story about a dilapidated crate which Louie Fritz of Verdon had found when

Some bits and pieces. The May—June issue of “Nebraska Life” has an excellent feature story with the headline, “Broadcaster Lance

In the olden days, back when I was a kid, this would’ve been called “airing your dirty laundry.”  In today’s age of sharing every detail of our lives on Facebook, most people would call it a status update.  I prefer, however, to follow the lead of Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, and call it, “Making My Mess My Message.”  And since I had a really big mess, I also have a really big message.

The Sweet Sixteen Louisville-Duke basketball game in Indianapolis and the emotion which took over the arena when Louisville’s Kevin Ware

When you’re an old geezer like yours truly there aren’t all that many adrenaline rushes left. But I experienced one

This is some turning back the clock stuff. A couple of years back when Del and Shirley Bowers were living