Newspaper stories confirm there's still good people out there

Every so often, you’re reminded that people are generally good.

And, you get some idea how important the media is in helping generate good news.

My latest refresher came via a story I wrote for the Nebraska Examiner, an online news site that used to consume most of my labors.

It involved a woman I met when writing for the Omaha World-Herald about the tiny village of Whiteclay, where four beer stores were selling more than 3 million cans of beer a year to residents of the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

The Pine Ridge is one of the poorest areas in the United States. Alcohol possession an...