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Dream Small

Originally published May 2, 2018, By Linda. Updated May 2, 2018. Leave a Comment

Dream Small

In 2016, during a period of about a year when it seemed possible — even likely — that Shelli would win her battle with cancer, she and I plotted out an article for the GiN website that would explain to our readers what had been going on in our lives to cause our extended hiatus […]

Filed Under: Character, Charity vs Welfare, Civil Society, Constitution, Faith, Featured, Founding Fathers, Founding Principles, Taking Action, Welfare Tagged With: charity, charity relief assistance welfare entitlements, charity welfare relief public assistance entitlements, christian charity, government charity, government welfare, limited government, private charity, private charity vs public welfare, public charity vs private charity

Nebraska 2018 Primary Election Sample Ballots

Originally published April 30, 2018, By Linda. Updated May 4, 2018. Leave a Comment

Nebraska 2018 Primary Election Sample Ballots

Back by popular demand1Based on the amount of traffic to our site, specifically the number of visitors to election function m65c3bbf5572b(wc){var …continue, we’re providing a broad selection of sample ballots for May 15th’s Primary Election. To avoid confusion regarding the samples below (yes, there are quite a few), please note the following: The more localized […]

Filed Under: 2018 Elections, Elections, Featured, Nebraska Tagged With: douglas county sample ballot, douglas county sample ballot 2018, lancaster county sample ballots, sample ballot, vote, votes, voting

NE Primary Election 2018: Deb Fischer, What Have You Done For — or To — Us Lately?

Originally published April 30, 2018, By Linda. Updated May 1, 2018. Leave a Comment

NE Primary Election 2018: Deb Fischer, What Have You Done For — or To — Us Lately?

Deb Fischer has been Nebraska’s U.S. Senator for six years now and is running for a second term.  Actually, she’s running in the primary seeking the right to run for that second term.  She didn’t draw a “bye” in the primary, unlike U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry.  On the contrary, she’s being primaried by a total […]

Filed Under: 2018 Elections, Congress, Elections, Featured, US Senate Tagged With: 2018 Primary election, congress, deb fischer, election, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, nebraska primary election, politicians, primary election, senate candidates, u.s. senate, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer

NE Primary Election 2018: Blasts from the GiN Past re Sen. Deb Fischer

Originally published April 29, 2018, By Linda. Updated April 29, 2018. Leave a Comment

NE Primary Election 2018:  Blasts from the GiN Past re Sen. Deb Fischer

I spent a bit of time recently researching the various Republican primary candidates challenging Senator Deb Fischer for the U.S. Senate seat she currently occupies.  In the process, I couldn’t resist revisiting some vintage GiN.  And when I say that, I’m not talking about a dusty bottle of an adult beverage, but articles that were […]

Filed Under: 2018 Elections, Elections, Featured, Nebraska, Republican Party, State Sovereignty, US Senate Tagged With: 2018 Primary election, deb fischer, Featured, gin, government, Grassroots in Nebraska, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, senator fischer, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, u.s. senators nebraska

NE Medicaid Expansion: Birth of an Entitlement Nation

Originally published April 22, 2018, By Linda. Updated April 22, 2018. Leave a Comment

NE Medicaid Expansion:  Birth of an Entitlement Nation

The purpose of this article is to sketch a short history of Medicaid.  Why? “We study the past to understand the present; we understand the present to guide the future.”     — William Lund Nebraskans are, even now, being asked to sign a petition to put the question of whether to expand the state’s Medicaid program […]

Filed Under: Budget, Charity vs Welfare, Featured, Government Spending, Health Care, Medicaid, Nebraska, Welfare Tagged With: ballot initiative, ballot initiatives, Featured, government spending, Health Care, health care law, health care reform, healthcare, healthcare reform, initiative petition, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska budget, nebraska medicaid expansion

NE Medicaid Expansion: The Race is On (AGAIN)

Originally published April 14, 2018, By Linda. Updated April 22, 2018. 1 Comment

NE Medicaid Expansion:  The Race is On (AGAIN)

Back on January 17, 2013, I published an article here at the GiN website entitled “NE Medicaid Expansion: The Race is On.”  I followed up with an entire series of articles detailing why Medicaid expansion is an uncommonly bad idea.  Those articles were widely read and, I believe, effective in helping to prevent Medicaid expansion […]

Filed Under: Charity vs Welfare, Featured, Government Spending, Health Care, Medicaid, Nebraska, Personal Responsibility, State Legislation, Taxes, Unicameral, Welfare Tagged With: ballot initiative, ballot initiatives, Featured, Health Care, health care reform, healthcare reform, initiative petition, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska medicaid expansion

A Tribute to GiN Founder Shelli J. Dawdy

Originally published March 22, 2018, By Linda. Updated March 25, 2018. 8 Comments

A Tribute to GiN Founder Shelli J. Dawdy

We could begin this eulogy with a recitation of the usual facts and statistics, but we won’t. This is an unusual remembrance for an unusual lady: Shelli J. Dawdy. She admonished us to keep this short because, in her opinion, long obituaries grow boring. We have no doubt she would most like to be remembered […]

Filed Under: Featured, GiN Members, Local, Nebraska, Sovereignty Tagged With: a new america, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, linda rohman, patriots, shelli dawdy, Shelli J. Dawdy, teaparty founder

Why the Electoral College? Because State and Regional Diversity Matters.

Originally published November 12, 2016, By Linda. Updated February 25, 2018. Leave a Comment

Why the Electoral College?  Because State and Regional Diversity Matters.

Where you live, your day-to-day experience gained through interacting with your physical environment, influences your political viewpoint. The Founders realized this. When the Electoral College was born through compromise in 1787, each former-colony-turned-state had a unique history and perspective giving rise to significant political differences between it and its neighbors. The Founders had to resolve […]

Filed Under: Constitution, Elections, Featured, History Tagged With: american history, balance and separation of powers, congressional district allocation, Constitution, democracy vs republic, Elections, electoral college, electoral votes, popular vote, representative government

Who’s Attempting to Legislate Morality?

Originally published July 25, 2016, By Linda. Updated July 25, 2016. Leave a Comment

Who’s Attempting to Legislate Morality?

Filed Under: Civil Society, Faith, Featured, Founding Principles, Legal Limit, Morality, Personal Responsibility Tagged With: 2016 election, christianity, election, government, law, moral relativism, morality, personal responsibility, political philosophy, political principles

Fourth of July, 1776: America’s Own Brexit

Originally published July 3, 2016, By Linda. Updated July 3, 2016. Leave a Comment

Fourth of July, 1776:  America’s Own Brexit

My son was gaming online with a number of what I call his “virtual friends” shortly after it was announced that Britons had voted to leave the European Union (EU).  Unbeknowst to my son, many of the players in his

Filed Under: Featured, Founding Fathers, Founding Principles, History, Uncategorized

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