May 2024

Like many Americans, Joe Arterburn’s money doesn’t go as far as it used to. On the one hand, it’s being whittled away by inflation. On the other hand, Arterburn is spending a disproportionate share of it on his Nebraska state property taxes, which are going up as property values rise.

The older I get, the smaller this big blue marble we call earth seems to become. I suspect if you are inquisitive at all, you’re pondering what experience I might recently have had that could possibly have prompted that sentiment. I recently returned from the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) conference in Cascais, Portugal. Not only was it my first time attending the CIC, it was also my first trip to Europe.