Atop our voices: Listening, learning, and acting for community As individuals in a larger system, we can help nurture a culture of caring, consideration, and...
George Norris, the Great War, and political courage Though I grew up 90 miles away in Grant, probably the first time I heard about McCook’s...
Shopping locally: a source of civic power Our democracy gives us the opportunity to elect our public officials at a local, state and national...
In business or in civic life, it’s innovate or die I recently read an article titled “This phrase will kill your business!” The phrase is We have...
Everyday check-up There is so much to do. Many of us are called to participate in community, family, and work-related...
Leadership beyond agendas and the status quo I am ashamed to say that I’m a member of a bad board of directors. No one on the board is a bad...
For this future, no DeLorean is necessary Look down 19th Street on Geneva’s eastern edge and you’ll see a concrete street poured so...
Here’s how to supercharge civic education in Nebraska My first job out of college was teaching social studies at South Platte High School in Big Springs....
To sound out real change, get un-com-fort-a-ble Her name was Liza. She was 8 years old and a second grader at Burton Elementary on the south side...
Civic service in the sharing of grief (and pie) As a child, Diane Jansky knew almost immediately when someone in her hometown passed away. Word...
Navigating Nebraska’s future: grit, tenacity and imagination Last December, the New York Times wrote rural America’s obituary. Citing three decades of...
What’s the message? At the beginning of every school year, students of all ages and their families meet at their...