A tip of the hat to a trusted friend, mentor

Much to my father’s surprise, it was a hand-shake deal.  When Butch Furse offered to sell this newspaper to Paula and I 22 years ago we were living in Fremont, where I was pursuing a goal to become a daily newspaper publisher.

Husker Nation swallows tough pill, hoping tide will soon turn

Husker Nation watched with a mix of nostalgia and gloom Saturday as a once proud rivalry played out again in Lincoln, demonstrating in real time just how far both teams have evolved, in different directions.

Breaking up is hard

Sigh. This is hard.  Scott Frost was hired as Nebraska’s new head football coach on a sunny Saturday in December of 2017. It was a dream hire, one nearly every Nebraska fan, media member and booster put full support behind.  My excitement was palpable.

After 50 years of writing, columnist signing off

For the past 50 years I’ve been facing a deadline and now it’s time for me to move on while I’m still able to move. Putting it in blunt words, this will be the final issue of my Around the Square column.

State Fair offers up a genuine snapshot of Nebraska

Twelve years after lawmakers made a bold decision to move the Nebraska State Fair out of Lincoln, the event has become an anchor piece of the late summer calendar from its grand, Grand Island venue.

A special moment for the Boerkirchers

I had this nagging feeling watching the Nebraska game on Saturday that I was in the wrong place.  With too much going on around here, I decided against going to the game as a media member and instead watched from home.

How many times a day do adults pretend?

A close friend Minnesota journalist Gerrie Anderson wrote a scrapbook of life in 1999 that contained over 50 years of her columns. She is now deceased, but her book, My Say,  brought me lots of smiles.

Pillen has far more to lose by not stepping on debate stage

Nebraska’s Republican candidate for governor in the November general election remains the best choice for the job, though he is making a mistake by rejecting an invitation to debate Democrat Carol Blood.

For many, President Biden’s loan forgiveness program is a miracle

Dear Editor: After 35 years of marriage, we finally paid off my wife’s college loans... two years into her retirement.  It made Social Security go that much further :)  still, we don’t resent those who might benefit from this move to provide loan forgiveness.

Sixty-three years and still counting with my gal

You know you are in trouble when you answer the phone to an early morning call from your son in Texas and you answer , “What’s  going on?” The son’s  answer: “Just wanted to tell you and mom,  ‘Happy wedding anniversary.’” Oops. . . I didn’t realize this was Aug.