Mari Sandoz, a Nebraskan who chronicled American frontier life, called Lincoln, the state capital, her Greenwich Village. Carson Vaughan, another writer with Nebraska roots, explores the city where Sandoz found fertile creative ground. nyti.ms/3VG8v4A

Transgender protestors in the Capitol Rotunda are singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

Wyuka Cemetery- Memorial Day

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With the Legislature scheduled to wrap up its 2023 session today, Sen. Tom Brewer will be on his way to Ukraine on Saturday.

Jeff Zeleny sends this photo of Gov. Pillen at the dedication of the statue of Willa Cather in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

Who are you?

Summertime

What a performance of America the Beautiful during the 1998 World Series. RIP to the legendary Tony Bennett. ❤️

Best Twitter X posting from a Husker fan: Hello darkness my old friend.

Dozens of TV commercials occasionally interrupted by football.

None of the 5 best teams in baseball based on their season records is in the World Series. MLB has broken the system, leaving the best teams inactive and waiting while it pursues more tv revenue.

The losses have moved from disappointing to brutal.

Liz Cheney’s new book, “Oath and Honor,” is must-reading and super-revealing.

Are we really going to abandon the people of Ukraine?

Is Congress going to slow-walk aid to Ukraine into a free pass for further Russian aggression?

Ben Sasse gave up his seat in the U.S. Senate and the presidency of the University of Florida to be there for his family as husband and father.

Moo loo I