Of all the problems and challenges facing Nebraska’s overall tax system, the inheritance tax is not at the top of the list. It affects a relatively small number of individuals and families, many of whom could minimize the impact — or avoid it entirely — if preparations were made in advance w…

Death is the one human experience that connects everyone, regardless of color, creed, class or bank account. The inequity comes only in its manner and timing.

I wasn’t going to write a second column on the passing of Rush Limbaugh but given the reaction from hostile and snarky individuals — even from a few self-styled conservatives — explaining his influence is key to understanding him and more importantly the movement for which he was such a powe…

Washington, D.C., is not, counter to what you might think, a war zone.

Incoming presidents routinely clean house in the Justice Department ­— especially when it comes to U.S. attorneys, the top prosecutors in the Justice Department who represent 93 districts throughout the country and its territories

President Joe Biden, promising them multimillions of dollars, said he was going to open all schools in his first 100 days.

President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package was introduced last month in the U.S. House. Maybe not so surprisingly, it rewards Democratic states and has little actual “stimulus” despite its name. Also not surprising, many Republicans have objected to it.

Last week, actress Gina Carano made headlines when Disney+ and Lucasfilm decided to cancel her from their hit series “The Mandalorian” over controversial social media posts. It is perfectly obvious that the corporations had been looking for an excuse to get rid of Carano thanks to her conser…

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive memorandum reinstating DACA. For those who may have forgotten, DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It is the policy that protects around 800,000 young people in the United States illegally whom the nation…

One of my favorite allegories is the one about the frog in the pot of water, who got used to the slow rising temperature of a warming pot and ended up boiled to death.

Whether it’s a group of employees, members of a team or the industry members that make up a trade association, there’s a collective desire to put one’s best foot forward. No one wants to see the so-called “bad egg” bring everyone else down with it.

Everything old is new again. The corruptocracy of the Obama administration is back with a vengeance in the White House. Once more, the “S” in “DHS” stands not for security — but for sleaze. Our nation is back for sale to the highest foreign bidders and their “America last” cronies.

The acceleration of vaccinations for COVID-19 means — we hope — that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic will soon lessen.

It’s an old political trick to make an easily achievable goal sound vauntingly ambitious in order to brag about it when it’s inevitably met.

Perhaps he didn’t mean it after all.

It’s not often that you can watch a major event playing out on the national stage and predict with certainty how it will end, but recently I had two.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released its long-awaited road map for getting students back to classrooms amid the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.

It was only a matter of time before Cicero got canceled.