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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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VOTE! It’s Weasel-Stomping Day!

For those of you who have lost your sense of humor during this interminable election season — or who never had one to lose — we offer the following DISCLAIMER: No animals were harmed during the production of this video or the post in which it is embedded. Any resemblance to actual people, living or […]

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Who’s Attempting to Legislate Morality?

We encourage visitors to read the transcript from or listen to the audio of a brief statement from Pastor Bryan Clark of Lincoln Berean Church: “As I’m sure you’re aware, this is an election year. I’m sure you’re also aware that we are very divided as a nation. Our Pledge of Allegiance says that we […]

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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 RP were British.  Upon learning of the outcome of the election, the gamers began to […]

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NE Primary 2016: Last Minute Voter’s Guide

You could say I threw together this article for my family and myself — because I did. So, you’ll forgive that it is rather haphazard and not at all typical of how we handle anything like election guides here at GiN. It’s less even-handed and more opinionated. Bottom line is, I thought since I was […]

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Nebraska 2016 Primary Election Sample Ballots

By popular demand1Based on the amount of traffic to our site, specifically the number of visitors to election and sample ballot pages and articles and on traffic coming in from searches for sample ballots., we’re providing a broad selection of sample ballots for May 10th’s Primary Election. To avoid confusion regarding the samples below (yes, […]

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Christmas Wishes From George Washington

“May the Father of all Mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way, everlastingly happy.” – George Washington Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, 1790 And from us here at GiN, a song of the […]

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Obamcare’s Gruber: It’s Not About Calling You Stupid

Economist Jonathan Gruber gained wide notoriety in November when it seemed that each new day revealed a new video of the MIT professor arrogantly crowing about his uber-insider participation in what he portrayed as deception of “too stupid” American voters and Congress in the effort to get the health care law passed. I think it […]

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