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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Who’s Attempting to Legislate Morality?
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
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