Climate Change: Predicted Sizzle, Got Fizzle

Climate alarmists can’t catch a break these days, it seems.  First, about 5,000 more of those pirated emails that launched what’s commonly referred to as “Climategate” were released just before the United Nations convened its most recent climate conference in Durban, South Africa.  In the Hollywood spirit, publication of this most recent spate of damning… more

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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 [...]

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Mayor Beutler: Crafty Politician, Walter Mitty, or Just Going Rogue?

By Shelli Dawdy As I noted yesterday, Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler held a press conference earlier this week wherein he announced a methane gas drilling project that was just beginning at the Bluffs Road facility. The City’s Public Works department had commenced drilling 60+ wells and installing a piping system to capture methane gas from [...]

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Heating and Air Conditional? LES May Decide For You

I was minding my own business at home the other night following an afternoon and early evening spent outside doing some chores and enjoying the brisk fall weather. It’s that time of year when Lincoln residents begin the transition from the air conditioning that, by many, is considered a necessary part of summer comfort to [...]

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Federal Funding Tap Dance: Are States Puppets Or Partners?

When considering how to get out of the way of the growing red ink tsunami gushing out of D.C., one of the first questions that comes to mind is what states can do about it. Many federal programs could be rejected by states, but they aren't. Obviously, they want the money. Prior governors and legislators have opted to accept federal funds in an effort to tout how much they accomplish while in office, handing the strings and increased obligations to the next set of officials.

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