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    There’s an acronym that has been stirring things up in government for the last 30-plus years. It’s called TEEOSA and the mere mention of its name sends senators to consult with staff, lobbyists to check their wallets and school administrators to check with their budget gurus.

      Every day, 2.4 million people tune in to watch Dr. Phil give mental health advice. Described as the top mental health show on TV, it is widely trusted by many Americans because Dr. Phil examines some of our society’s difficult issues.

      His name is unknown to most, but few have done more for higher education than the late Claiborne Pell, a six-term senator from Rhode Island. It was Pell who sponsored a 1972 bill that reformed the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant, which provides financial aid to American college students.…

      The hallmark of a safe boater is knowing how to practice restraint. If weather and water conditions threaten the safety of his crew, the safe boater knows better than to venture out. As the saying goes, there are old sailors and bold sailors, but no old, bold sailors.

      It’s a well-known saying — strike while the iron is hot — but that good advice has been mostly ignored by our elected representatives in Congress. If those lawmakers had struck boldly and decisively, they would have produced meaningful gun safety legislation. However, it has been 29 years si…

      Gun owners have vigorously defended their Second Amendment right to own guns, and we can’t blame them. The constitutional protection for gun owners is under constant assault because most Americans are emotionally and spiritually exhausted by our nation’s plague of violence and our inability …

      Americans are giving President Joe Biden low marks for his job performance. He’s scoring poorly in both urban and rural America. Where Nebraskans are concerned, there are justifiable reasons to be dissatisfied. According to a recent message written by the Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Board of Dire…

      Young parents and many teachers have been treading down a long dark path with their children and students, and it all adds up to a deeply traumatic time. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been the lead story on newscasts for the past several weeks. All of that on-screen chaos comes on the hee…

      This will make us unpopular among the Hub’s many conservative readers, but we have grave concerns about the conceal-carry proposal that’s barreling through the Nebraska Legislature, so we’re compelled to speak out.

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