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Obama Versus Someone Who Actually Knows What He’s Talking About

Originally published January 23, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Obama Versus Someone Who Actually Knows What He’s Talking About

I’ve been studying economics this school year along with my two teenaged sons in our homeschool.  We listened to a lecture the other day during which Nobel Laureate economist Robert E. Lucas, Jr., was quoted.  After hearing our president’s remarks on the occasion of his second inauguration, I felt compelled to go back and listen […]

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Unemployment Rate Confusion Explained in 2 Minutes

Originally published October 16, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated August 17, 2015. Leave a Comment

Unemployment Rate Confusion Explained in 2 Minutes

I think about 120 seconds is all it is likely to take to understand what’s going on with the unemployment rate. Let’s say 30 seconds seconds per image and any accompanying text: Let’s start with something that confirms skepticism expressed about the unemployment number reported on October 5, 2012, which was 7.8%, and provides necessary […]

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Presidential Debates: A Question That Will NOT Be Asked

Originally published October 3, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Presidential Debates: A Question That Will NOT Be Asked

Note: This article was written before the October 3, 2012 Presidential debate in Denver, but my belief that it will remain unasked in the next two debates persists, and the subject, still relevant. This is only one of the questions (I’m fudging…it’s two) I, as a voter would like to have answered in either tonight’s […]

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Does Democracy Balance the Income and Influence Equation?

Originally published December 10, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Does Democracy Balance the Income and Influence Equation?

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Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?

Originally published October 14, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?

Some bits of information noted in our articles about the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project: Many Nebraskans who oppose the pipeline project or who simply want the route changed are citing environmentalist jargon in making their case. Nebraskans who call themselves conservative are working with or supporting groups and individuals with whom they would normally […]

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Deserving of Darts: President Obama and “Some rigid idea”

Originally published September 9, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

Deserving of Darts: President Obama and “Some rigid idea”

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Increasing Executive Power: Progressively Making Congress Irrelevant

Originally published August 4, 2011, By Linda. Updated May 4, 2018. Leave a Comment

Increasing Executive Power: Progressively Making Congress Irrelevant

Author’s Note: This article was originally drafted in mid-June, before the debt ceiling debacle even began to unfold.  I have revised parts of the article to reflect events which have occurred in the interim, but I want to point out that the deal Congress just passed with respect to the debt ceiling is yet another […]

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Debt Ceiling Debacle: 2% TALK, 98% DUMB A$$ Suicide

Originally published August 1, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated March 9, 2012. 7 Comments

Debt Ceiling Debacle: 2% TALK, 98% DUMB A$$ Suicide

The rhetoric surrounding the debt ceiling deal could only come from the “Funkytown” that is modern day Washington, D.C. Speaker of the House John Boehner said late Sunday night: “We got 98% of what we wanted” A question for the Speaker: Just who is WE? With friends like these we sure don’t need enemies. One […]

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Egypt and the History of Revolutions

Originally published February 15, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated February 15, 2011. 1 Comment

Egypt and the History of Revolutions

Possibly one of the better interviews seen on television in a while, if for no other reason than it is a comical illustration of how our media jumps on a bandwagon and considers anyone who points out potential problems to be, at best, outrageous and, at worst, a lunatic.  Their reaction when the “outrageous lunatic” […]

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Thanksgiving Day: Presidential Proclamations Past

Originally published November 25, 2010, By Shellinda. Updated January 23, 2011. Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving Day: Presidential Proclamations Past

Grassroots in Nebraska wishes you and yours a blessed and meaningful Thanksgiving holiday. As we all reflect upon the meaning of Thanksgiving, we thought we’d share the first Thanksgiving Proclamations. First Thanksgiving proclamation, 1777 FOR AS MUCH as it is the indispensable Duty of all Men to adore the superintending Providence of Almighty God; to […]

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