Editorial

An Epiphany In Nebraska Politics

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 09/04/2026 - 12:00am

Watching all the political ads on TV these days, I had an epiphany.

Well 2 epiphanies, really, and the first one isn’t very deep or insightful.

My first epiphany is that polling must show Pete Ricketts is really trailing Dan Osborn. Ricketts and his surrogates have got to be running at least twice as many commercials as the Osborn campaign. And we are still over 60 days from the election. It almost smells like desperation.

Speaking of political commercials, my second epiphany has to deal with that topic as well.

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Slash – A Serialized Disaster: Part 7

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/02/2026 - 12:00am

I left the two idiots back in the concourse. They had just about got the bleeding to stop. Just as they described, there were two more goons in the executive suite. One was sitting right next to the governor, talking animatedly. The other was standing at the front of the suite where floor to ceiling windows looked over the arena, but he was looking back at the door, where I had just stepped in. The gun in one hand was poking out from under his crossed arms. His eyes narrowed in confusion for just a moment, but he didn’t react otherwise. He just stared.

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Let’s Talk About Minimum Wage

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 12:00am

I’ve always thought the minimum wage topic was really a non-issue. The people that benefit from this discussion are not the minimum wage earners, but the politicians and the political consultants who make it such a big deal.

And it’s because of those folks that I now find this non-issue an interesting subject to talk about.

By now you know that the voters voted to increase the minimum wage in Nebraska. The Unicameral in their infinite wisdom decided the voters didn’t know what they were doing so they modified the voters decision.

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Is This Paranoia?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/31/2026 - 12:00am

Some might say I’m paranoid. To that I say, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.

Yes, I am worried, concerned, and, some might even say, paranoid about what might happen in Nebraska if we elect Scott Petersen as Secretary of State this November.

Scott Petersen is an election denier who would oversee our elections. Scott Petersen was just endorsed by Seth Keshel, a man who travels the country casting doubt and fear in the safety and security of our elections.

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The Heartland Honors 9/11 Wants To Help Unite Us Again

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/27/2026 - 12:00am

What do you remember about 9/11/2001? Do you remember anything at all?

I’m sure you’ve seen the yard signs popping up all over town. They say The Heartland Honors 9/11. It’s to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

I was at the press conference where Mayor Ewing, Police Chief Schmaderer, Fire Chief Kathy Bossman, and others announced the plans to commemorate those events.

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Slash – A Serialized Disaster: Part 6

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 08/26/2026 - 12:00am

I followed Officer Brown as he walked quickly through the concourse. Jadey scurried behind us. She tugged at my sleeve.

“Jadey,” I said sternly, “I told you if you were going to follow…”

“I know. I know,” she protested. “I just thought – these guys don’t know who you are or what you look like. Maybe it’d be better if you weren’t right on the cop’s hip.”

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Lindstrom Still Showed Up To Speak Up

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/24/2026 - 12:00am

Just when you think politics in Nebraska can’t get any stranger, the Secretary of State says, “Hold my beer.”

Last Friday, Bob Evnen, the Secretary of State, announced that Brett Lindstrom didn’t have enough valid signatures to qualify to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for governor. Three petitioners who have already been charged with a felony for falsifying signatures on a separate issue allegedly falsified signatures for Brett, causing him to not meet the necessary threshold.

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Improving The Petition Process

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 08/20/2026 - 12:00am

Governor Pillen, Secretary of State Evnen, and others who call for legislative change in how signatures are collected to get issues on the ballot have a valid point. The way we currently pay petitioners per signature doesn’t seem to be working.

Governor Pillen wants to stop paying people to get the names. But we can’t throw the baby out with the bath water. In our Unicameral system of government, with a weak Democratic Party, the petition process is the only way to get some important measures before the people.

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Slash – A Serialized Disaster: Part 5

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 08/19/2026 - 12:00am

“Dad! You’re freaking me out!” Jadey cried as the speedometer just touched 90 miles per hour.

“Yep,” I growled through gritted teeth as I took my foot off the gas and eased it onto the brake pedal. I pushed harder until we started to quickly decelerate right up to the front of the convention center. Despite executing my stop in a completely safe manner, a handful of passersby scurried as if I were going to hit them. Jadey gasped in response.

“Dude, chill,” I shot back. “They’re like thirty feet away.”

I threw the car in park and quickly got out.

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First District Race

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/17/2026 - 12:00am

A year and a half ago, I testified before a Unicameral Committee when they held a public hearing on making Nebraska a winner-take-all state. Donald Trump, Jim Pillen, and the Republican Party in general want to make Nebraska like 48 other states and stop dividing our Electoral College votes by district.