Ceding the humane high ground

Ceding the humane high ground

A “SNAP welcomed here” sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Getty Images)If you make a living telling stories, the narrative is never far from your focus. So when I read that members of the House of Representatives were “racing” back to Washington to vote on a measure that would reopen a shuttered U.S. government, I giggled. Imagine: Nebraska’s House trio in a heated competition against the other 432 House membe…