Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/28/2025 - 8:13am
Remember when you were in school and one of the bad kids would do something wrong and if the teacher didn’t catch them, she’d ask the rest of the class who did it? If the rest of the class remained silent the whole room would get punished with detention or extra homework.
I’m reminded of that when I see what’s currently happening to the Republican Party. Not only nationally but here at home.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/25/2025 - 6:00am
Let’s pretend for the sake of argument that all members of the Unicameral are intelligent, compassionate human beings. I know some of them really are, but you’ll have to use your imagination for the others.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/21/2025 - 6:00am
During the first term of the Trump administration, I heard many Republicans say something to the effect that they didn’t like his personality, but they liked his policies.
Perhaps you said or convinced yourself of the same thing.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/18/2025 - 6:00am
We haven’t even had the mayor’s election yet and the race for the Nebraska Senate seat is already heating up.
Last week, shortly after independent candidate Dan Osborn announced he had a poll showing him in a statistical tie with Pete Ricketts, President Trump announced his endorsement of our incumbent senator.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/11/2025 - 6:00am
Kudos to Congressman Don Bacon for his attempt to regain control of tariffs. Congressman Bacon proposed a bill to return the power of adding tariffs on foreign goods to the House and Senate where it used to be and take away power from the President.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 04/07/2025 - 6:00am
If truth be told I’m kind of bummed that Mike McDonnell didn’t make it out of the primary.
Now don’t get me wrong, as an Omaha citizen I’m very happy knowing that there are two decent qualified candidates running for mayor. If either John Ewing or Jean Stothert wins the general election Omaha will be in good hands.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/04/2025 - 6:00am
What do you do when you hate the possible solution to a problem but can’t think of a better one? Is it best to accept the bad solution or just realize you’ll have to live with the problem?
That’s the situation members of the Unicameral find themselves in right now as they try to find a solution to the red light runners.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 03/27/2025 - 6:00am
In a number of recent columns, I have expressed my firmly held belief that getting rid of dividing our electoral votes and going to “Winner Take All” is bad for Nebraska and, more specifically, Omaha.
So, when Jean Stothert was a guest of the Free Speech Society last Saturday, I asked her the first question, and it was why she supports “Winner Take All.”