Solely because 2010 was a regrettable stinker-of-a-year, 2011 was a measured improvement, insofar as we’re more likely to forget it altogether than remember it with remorse. Greenbacks Make Us Blue In a year that finally saw the birth of resistance to radical wealth distribution to the greedy few, nobody will pity Hollywood for the failure […]
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Remarkably Unremarkable
Solely because 2010 was a regrettable stinker-of-a-year, 2011 was a measured improvement, insofar as we’re more likely to forget it altogether than remember it with remorse. Greenbacks Make Us Blue In a year that finally saw the birth of resistance to radical wealth distribution to the greedy few, nobody will pity Hollywood for the failure […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Dec. 22-Dec. 28
Merry Christmas! As one of Santa’s fulltime helpers, I can assure you that everyone gets exactly what they deserve for Christmas — and every other day of their lives. There are no mistakes. Peace and love shall conquer all. —MOJOPOPlanetPower.com j CAPRICORN (12.22-1.20) At last! Wasn’t that a crazy month? Please bring some stability into […]
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Eggs-tended
Restaurant Neighbor Award Deadline Extended Each year, the National Restaurant Association and American Express awards $5,000 each to four restaurants — one small business, one mid-size business, one large business/national chain and one Humanitarian of the year — through its Restaurant Neighbor Award, an awards program that recognizes outstanding community service efforts among our nation’s […]
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A-list Safe & Sound
If it’s true that all art is political in one form or another, one thing certain can be said about the visual arts in Omaha in 2011, and that is, very little of it was political, or for that matter, controversial. In a year dominated by politics and predictions as prelude where were the arts […]
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Cutting Room for December 21
After the hustle and bustle of the holidays, we all deserve some Play Time and Film Streams (filmstreams.org) is going to give it to us. They will literally be screening Play Time, the 1966 comedy by legendary French director Jacques Tati, at 7 pm on Thursday, Jan. 12. Together with daOMA (design alliance OMAha) and […]
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2011 in the Rear View Mirror
That was a fast one, eh? Seems like the beginning of the second decade of this millennium has whipped by like a scalded hound in Jackson. But a notable year it was. As one looks back, there are some echoes that remind us that 2011 was an eventful year. Pediatric pill pushers. Already by January, […]
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Lawmakers call for state to take control of child welfare
The state of Nebraska should take back responsibility for managing child welfare cases from private contractors. And it should create a new department to handle children’s services. Those were the recommendations of a legislative committee investigating the state’s efforts to reform the child welfare system. Read more.
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Arizona Sheriff Commits Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. Histor
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office didn’t just commit racial profiling of Latinos, according to the findings of the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation. Rather, Arpaio oversaw the worst pattern of racial profiling by a law enforcement agency in U.S. history, a DOJ expert concluded. Read More.
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Kid-Friendly Without The Crayons
When I was pregnant, I was amazed and frightened by how many people told me that I should go out as much as possible now because once the baby was born, there wouldn’t be any time to eat out or try new restaurants. So when my daughter was born, I made a firm decision that […]