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Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Originally published September 16, 2011, By Linda. Updated November 6, 2014. 6 Comments

Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all other […]

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Moral High Ground: It’s Not Just for Progressives Anymore

Originally published August 11, 2011, By Linda. Updated May 26, 2013. 9 Comments

Moral High Ground: It’s Not Just for Progressives Anymore

In what was overall a very thoughtful, well-delivered speech, Sen. Marco Rubio reacted to the passage of the bill increasing the debt ceiling by describing two competing visions for the future of our country. “Patriotic, country-loving Americans can disagree on their future vision of what kind of country we should be. But this division, this […]

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Fur Flying Over Journal Star Column on Progressivism By Shelli

Originally published October 21, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 21, 2010. 2 Comments

Fur Flying Over Journal Star Column on Progressivism By Shelli

By Shelli Dawdy The publishing of my editorial in the Lincoln Journal Star on Wednesday and resulting comments on the paper’s website is a good time to recall other GiN members’ articles and urge GiN members and site visitors to engage in the debate. At the beginning of October, the Lincoln Journal Star published three […]

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Whose Side ARE the Founders On? Easy.

Originally published July 9, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 24, 2011. Leave a Comment

Whose Side ARE the Founders On? Easy.

By Shelli Dawdy This is the third and final in a series examining an article in the Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Just click one of the titles to read the first part: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!” or second […]

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Efforts to Muddle History of the Founding Don’t Change Its Facts

Originally published July 8, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 26, 2011. Leave a Comment

Efforts to Muddle History of the Founding Don’t Change Its Facts

By Shelli Dawdy This is the second of  a three part piece examining an article in the Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Just click the title to read the first part: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!“ There is a related […]

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The Founding? Move Along Folks NOTHING To See There. Onward Progress!

Originally published July 4, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 26, 2011. 2 Comments

The Founding? Move Along Folks NOTHING To See There. Onward Progress!

By Shelli Dawdy This is part one of a two part piece. The Lincoln Journal Star featured a piece in their Independence Day edition entitled “Whose Side Are the Founding Fathers On?” The piece was written with a bottom-line message: there’s no clear answer. It’ll be a topic of perpetual debate. According to the article, […]

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