Ben Sasse

We lack an educated, resilient citizenry capable of navigating the increasing complexities of daily life.

Living in a republic demands a great deal of us.

Republicans must sell a big-cause, problem-solving vision - low-ego and happy-warrior in tone.

The #MeToo movement doesn't belong to Republicans or the Democrats. The #MeToo movement belongs to women who are having the courage to come forward and say this is wrong. People should be protected. We want that for all of our daughters and all of our sisters. We also want there to be rights for the accused.

We ought to have the courage of our convictions and confidence in our own ingenuity. After all, that's what America is all about. Either that, or learn Mandarin.

With a population of 1.4 billion, China is a lucrative market. But getting into that market isn't cheap. At best, the price of doing business in China is silence; at worst, it's reading talking points straight from the Chinese Communist Party. Beijing is not subtle about it.

Planned Parenthood can't hide their sickening abortion business behind a 'safe, legal and rare' slogan.

From the first-year students' fall orientation to the board's annual budget-approval meeting, everything a healthy college does requires a shared sense of mission.

As a former college president, I am well aware that every university is a complicated ecosystem, not a linear widget factory.

Reducing everything immediately to good and evil is bad history - not only because it isn't true, but because reductionism is unpersuasive; it is boring. Good history, on the other hand, demands that one talk socratically - that one can present alternate viewpoints, not strawman arguments.

It doesn't matter whether the challenge we face is large or small, whether it's a statewide disaster or a crisis just on our own block - Nebraskans face it with courage, goodwill, and the unwavering conviction that we are part of one community of neighbors and friends.

Becoming a reader grows our horizons, our appetite for the good, the true and the beautiful, and our empathy.