Lincolnite

Many of you will remember Michael Weisser, the former rabbi at Lincoln's South Street Temple who befriended and converted Larry Trapp, the Grand Dragon of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Nebraska. Rabbi Weisser was profiled in yesterday's New York Times.

Yikes. Our big brother down the road saw 44 murders last year. How many did Lincoln see in 2008? Four? Sometimes it's great having a city like Omaha so close. When it comes to news like this, it's too close for comfort.