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Candidate Profile: Jon Bruning for Governor

It wasn't so long ago -- only two years, in fact -- that Jon Bruning was campaigning for a seat in the… [more]

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Candidate Profile: Tom Carlson for Governor

Due to other commitments which tend to monopolize my time these days, I've been hesitant to continue… [more]

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Nebraska’s Primary Election, May 13th, SAMPLE BALLOTS

Each election season, GiN posts links to the sample ballots well before election day so our readers can… [more]

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Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

I got a call a week or so ago from a former neighbor who was excited about Ben Sasse's candidacy for… [more]

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Nebraska Lawsuit a True “Chicken and Egg” Question

California's state government is so concerned about the survival of an obscure species of smelt that… [more]

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OBAMACARE: When You Put Out a Fire, What Do You Replace It With?

No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: “But… [more]

OBAMACARE: When You Put Out a Fire, What Do You Replace It With? OBAMACARE: When You Put Out a Fire, What Do You Replace It With?

Health Care Law’s Achilles Heel? A Growing Legal Morass

There are a number of well-kept secrets about the health care law, but I think the increasing legal morass… [more]

Health Care Law’s Achilles Heel? A Growing Legal Morass Health Care Law’s Achilles Heel? A Growing Legal Morass

Nebraska

Candidate Profile: Jon Bruning for Governor

Jon Bruning as Wile E. Coyote

It wasn’t so long ago — only two years, in fact — that Jon Bruning was campaigning for a seat in the U.S. Senate.  He lost the primary contest to Deb Fischer and the rest, as they say, is history. But [...] Read more »

Candidate Profile: Tom Carlson for Governor

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Due to other commitments which tend to monopolize my time these days, I’ve been hesitant to continue the GiN tradition of publishing candidate profiles for fear I could not do them justice.  However, it occurred t[...] Read more »

Nebraska’s Primary Election, May 13th, SAMPLE BALLOTS

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Each election season, GiN posts links to the sample ballots well before election day so our readers can bone up on all the candidates and all the races, not just those that gain the attention of the mainstream media.  I[...] Read more »

Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

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I got a call a week or so ago from a former neighbor who was excited about Ben Sasse’s candidacy for the Nebraska U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mike Johanns.  After explaining why she’s so enthused by wh[...] Read more »

Nebraska Lawsuit a True “Chicken and Egg” Question

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California’s state government is so concerned about the survival of an obscure species of smelt that it has effectively rendered some of the most productive farmland in that state a desert wasteland devoid of water[...] Read more »

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Federal

Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

spilled milk

I got a call a week or so ago from a former neighbor who was excited about Ben Sasse’s candida[...] Read more »

OBAMACARE: When You Put Out a Fire, What Do You Replace It With?

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No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: [...] Read more »

Health Care Law’s Achilles Heel? A Growing Legal Morass

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There are a number of well-kept secrets about the health care law, but I think the increasing legal [...] Read more »

Principles

NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

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I am in receipt of your recent Chairman's Report update, and would like to report an injury; I have some bruising of the chin area, sustained when my jaw hit the floor fr[...] Read more »

Dr. Benjamin Carson — Speaking Truth to Power

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The phrase “speaking truth to power” is actually of Quaker origin from the fairly recent past — 1955 to be exact.  It was the title of a pamphlet publi[...] Read more »

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"Nothing is easier than spending the public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody."

~ Calvin Coolidge, Fourth Annual Message, December 7, 1926

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Follow the Money

NE Teachers Union Funded Term Limit Extension Ads

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Radio ads advocating for the extension of the current limit on Nebraska State SenatorsR[...] Read more »

Local: Lincoln & More

Who’s Hate-filled and Bitter? Marriage, Domestic Partner Benefits & Fairness Ordinance

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On December 2, 2011, we published an article entitled “NU Domestic Partner Benefits: Trying to Keep Up With The (Immoral) Joneses”, about the Nebraska Board of Regents’ con[...] Read more »

How to Vote on City of Lincoln Charter Amendments on May 7 Ballot?

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The Tuesday, May 7, City of Lincoln General Election ballot has two proposed amendments to the City's Charter. Understandably, voters are looking for additional information about those amend[...] Read more »

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History Has Proven Nullification a Failure – Just Look at REAL ID

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This is Part 2 in a continuing series on nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. In Part 1, I explained that in the past year, I’ve come to realize that nullification is not a solution that should be pursued by the states. That change of opinion, the result of much […] Read more »

Why Process Matters

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A great deal has been said in the Lincoln Journal Star and elsewhere about the "fairness" ordinance passed by the Lincoln City Council. It is a great mistake to say that the process by which the Council amended the ordinance does not matter. It matters a great deal. Read more »

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