Man, we wish Tom Brewer were the leader many voters had hoped. He’s the only Native American senator in the legislature. He knows the horror of violence, having been shot multiple times in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, instead of working to decrease gun violence or address inequality in the state, he is taking oil industry money,…
Pat MeGroin–er, McPherson–Is a Handsy White Supremacist and Nebraska Deserves Better
Why don’t girls and women report the men who assault them? A 2003 case involving District 8 School Board Member Pat McPherson will tell you why. Here are some facts not in dispute: On February 7, 2003, Douglas County Election Commissioner and former Douglas County Republican Party Chair Pat McPherson and his friend, Omaha City…
Pete Ricketts’s Campaign Funding is Sad and Obscene
You should check out donations to Pete Ricketts’s campaign(s) for governor of Nebraska. Don’t bother with his run for U.S. Senate–on which he spent $12 million of his own money. Just look at who has been giving money to Pete Ricketts so that he can maintain control over the little fiefdom we call Nebraska. First–a…
Something Smells in Jeff Fortenberry’s Office
“Why do men feel threatened by women?” I asked a male friend of mine… “I mean,” I said, “men are bigger, most of the time, they can run faster, strangle better, and they have on average a lot more money and power.” “They’re afraid women will laugh at them,” he said. “Undercut their world view.”…
A Theory about Ricketts’s Execution Strategy: Moore is the Guinea Pig for Sandoval
This is speculation–but it seems plausible enough that I want to float it ahead of the execution of Carey Dean Moore. It’s possible that the Ricketts administration is rushing the execution of Moore in order to eliminate a grounds to stop the execution of Jose Sandoval, whom Ricketts would also like to execute in advance…
Pharmaceutical Company’s Request to Delay Execution Is Denied
Seeing Red attended the hearing in United States District Court today in which pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi sought a temporary restraining order delaying the execution of Carey Dean Moore scheduled for Tuesday, August 14 at 10:00 a.m. Moore will be executed with a cocktail of four drugs. This is a summary of the hearing. In their…
What Is Going on with the Execution in Nebraska?
In four days, Nebraska is scheduled to execute Carey Moore by lethal injection. Moore murdered two taxi drivers in Omaha in 1979. He is not fighting his own execution, saying he believes he will be forgiven by Christ upon his death. Because he is not fighting it, the main legal avenue that typically delays or…
Homophobia and Free Speech at UNL
This piece was co-authored by Amanda Gailey and Julia Schleck, both of whom have interest in free speech and academic freedom. Ron Brown is returning to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as Director of Player Development under new head coach Scott Frost. In 2012, when Brown used to work at UNL, he made anti-gay comments at…
Pete Ricketts, Spoiled Boy
I’m not sure people outside of Nebraska understand what a petty tyrant Nebraska’s Governor Pete Ricketts is. To me it seems like a classic case of affluenza–the kind of personality you develop when everything was bought for you and you earned none of it. Lacking the satisfaction of your accomplishments, you try to assert your…
An Empire of Misery, Headquartered in Grand Island
The National Rifle Association’s Board of Directors includes one Nebraskan, Steve Hornady of Grand Island. Hornady owns Hornady Manufacturing, which manufactures ammunition. The company is financially very successful, so they enjoy awards and recognition in the state and national business community. Such recognition aggrandizes and normalizes them, and does not critically examine where this wealth…
