Shoulder surgery has me feeling lucky, blessed

Sometimes it takes challenges or temporary setbacks to make us appreciate even the everyday things that we take for granted and then we realize how lucky we really are. I’m now speaking as a voice of personal experience.

On a roll ...

The numbers keep going up on Aurora’s busy Highway 34 corridor. Not only is the traffic count high on one of Nebraska’s primary east/west roadways, so too is the investment being made by businesses that see opportunity in locating and/or updating facilities there.

Points not bias, but inductive reasoning

Dear Editor: Trying to track Mr. Burger’s reasoning skills is an exercise in cognitive dissonance. First, he assails the validity of the evidence I presented of an illegal and fraudulent election, because they are “... meaningless because you failed to cite your sources.

1st responders always there when needed

It may come as little surprise to those of you that know me, but I appreciate first responders beyond measure. I have a soft spot in my heart for them all -- firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, etc.

All we can do right now is laugh at Ol’ Man Winter

Each year we find it more difficult to like cold weather. Looking at the calendar and future weather forecasts it looks like we’ll have some tough days ahead of us. There’s not much we can do other than try to laugh at Ol’ Man Winter. And that’s what we are going to do.

People prefer reassurance to research

Dear Editor: I applaud Mr. Gilliland for citing his sources for his claims that the recent presidential election was fraudulent and I partially agree with him on one of his statements which I will address later. However, citing sources is not the only requirement to proving or disproving assertions.

Tattoos: an artistic form of expression

There are many things in life that are painful and for the most part, we all do our best to avoid them. But at certain points, you find something that hurts and you say, “Let’s do that again.” This was my logic when I decided to get my three tattoos.

Stash of treasures now looking more like junk

How many times have you tucked away something thinking that item ought to be worth some bucks to a collector someday? In our basement and crawlspace we once believed we had an undervalued trove of items ranging from toys, books, stamp collections, magazines and our list that goes on and on.

Common ground

More than an estimated 100 million-plus people tuned in Sunday night to share an American experience, watching Super Bowl LV between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs.

The truth is Biden won election fair and square

Dear Editor: Words cannot express the sadness that I feel over what has happened to our country these last four years.