Editorial

Your New Year’s Resolutions For 2023

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/03/2023 - 3:00am

New Year’s resolutions are all about habits. Breaking some bad ones (smoking, drinking excessively, binging on fast food) and starting new ones (working out, eating more Brussels sprouts).

Businesses, like individuals, develop bad habits over time that need correction, while success in business over the long run usually means adopting good management habits and sticking with them year after year.

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For The Good Of The State, Nebraska Senators Need A Pay Raise, A Healthy Pay Raise.

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 01/02/2023 - 2:00am

Since 1988, the state’s 49 senators have been paid $12,000 a year, an amount so low that it produces a Legislature that is far from representative of the state that is serves.

Demographically, the average age of a Nebraska lawmaker is 57. The average age of all Nebraskans is 36.

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Insects May Feel Pain, Says Growing Evidence – Here’s What This Means For Animal Welfare Laws

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 3:00am

At least a trillion insects are killed annually for food and animal feed. Routine slaughter methods include extreme heat and cold, often preceded by starvation. By comparison, “only” around 79 billion mammals and bird livestock are slaughtered every year.

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The Blame Game Is A No-Win For Landlords

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 1:00am

If you have spent more than 30 seconds in the last year watching cable news, you are more than familiar with something called “the blame game.” Regardless of political party affiliation, age, race, gender, sexual preference or any of a host of other categories, it appears that our society has become a place of great divide. As a landlord you are not immune to this growing epidemic of blame and in fact, you’re likely to take more than your fair share of blame when it comes to tenants and their problems. After all, t

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Immigration Key To State’s Future Prosperity

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 1:00am

There are close to 80,000 unfilled jobs in Nebraska.

The birth rate in the state is continuing to decline as are the number of students in elementary and high schools and enrolled in the state’s colleges and universities, demographic changes that will ensure a continuing employment crisis well into the future.

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Getting Involved In A ‘Turnaround’ Company

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/27/2022 - 2:00am

“I have been unemployed for some time and have come to the conclusion that corporate America no longer wants me.

Recently I heard about a local manufacturing company that’s fallen on hard times. Their once-popular product line is no longer in retail stores, the owners can’t stand each other and the CEO has tons of credit card debt that sucks up all of the company’s free cash.

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The Curious Case Of Self Sabotage

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/27/2022 - 12:00am

I often tell the story of a study where a job ad was placed with a $50,000 salary offered. There were many applicants. The study then re-ran the ad, with the exact same requirements and duties with a salary of $250,000 offered. No applications were received.

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Did Rail Strike Threat Matter? Just Maybe...

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 12/26/2022 - 1:00am

As the clock ticked down after Thanksgiving toward a possible U.S. rail strike, union members at North Platte’s Bailey Yard were pushing Congress to endorse their North Platte-generated solution to a key issue: paid sick leave.

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It’s Always The Season To Serve Others In Nebraska

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/23/2022 - 1:00am

The holiday season is full of examples of Nebraskans taking the time to help one another.

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Is The Global Housing Market About To Crash?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 12/22/2022 - 3:00am

Amid all the current geopolitical conflicts and economic events, investors are watching the real estate market with bated breath. If recent headlines around the world are anything to go by, they are right to do so. With prices down by 15% from their peak, Sweden’s housing market is said to be in “free fall”. Germany’s could nosedive by 25% from peak to trough. Meanwhile, the foundations of the world’s most expensive market, in Hong Kong, are starting to wobble.