Judiciary not the end-all source of truth in America

Dear Editor:
I have no idea whether Mr. Burger’s responses to my arguments are due to ignorance, dishonesty, or a combination of the two.  I do know he has no idea how to make coherent, cogent points in a debate.
Initially he objected to my reasons for vehemently disapproving of Senators Sasse and Fischer voting to accept fraudulent Electoral College votes stating they are “meaningless because [I] failed to cite [my] resources. Without source information, it is impossible to verify [my] claims because [I] don’t get to claim something as true just because [I] say it is, or [I] read it somewhere.”  “... no rational person will take [my] arguments seriously if it is not possible to verify the source....”  He then proceeds to present his “evidence” without any citations! Accusing others of doing something, in reality, you are doing is called projection!   
In our next exchange, he proclaims, without any supporting evidence, my sources don’t count because of “confirmation bias,” they are “extremely conservative,” and they are derived from a “limited” and “narrow” view.  Further demonstrating his psychological expertise, he claims the reason President Trump had such huge crowds at his events was “to feed his ego.” In the same meticulously reasoned article, he brushes aside my argument regarding Article II of the Constitution being violated by at least four states when the executive and judicial branches of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin violated their own legislature’s laws articulating the “manner” in which federal elections are to take place. Those violations of state law and Constitution render those elections illegal and fraudulent. Mr. Burger didn’t address this point “because the sentence didn’t have a conclusion that could be addressed.”
My words: “The states that violated this constitutional mandate, by definition, conducted illegal and fraudulent elections.” “Either the Constitution matters and must be followed ... or it is simply a piece of parchment on display at the National Archives.” Texas v. Pennsylvania et al.  Personally, I would question your reading acumen, sir.
In his latest exposition, he asserts “no amount of factual evidence will ever suffice to change [my] position on any of the conspiracy theories to which [I] subscribe. First, Mr. Burger, you have presented NO “factual” evidence, and absolutely NO sources. Another example of projection!  
I will briefly address your indefensible and pejorative assertion of my bias. I am neither a Democrat or Republican. I did not vote for either Bush Sr. or Jr., in fact, I actually actively campaigned against both. I did not vote for McCain, Romney in the general, or Trump in the primary. My complete allegiance, to the best of my ability, is to TRUTH, wherever that may lead me. For the last 50 years, I have pursued truth relentlessly; to that end, I have accumulated a library of over 4,000 books. If there is something I want to know about, I read everything I can get my hands on regarding that subject. That includes this election. It is quite likely I have read exponentially more in volume and breadth than you on this subject.
After failing to convincingly present your case with cited evidence or effectively refute my documented evidence, you want to inject the Judiciary as the end-all and be-all for determining truth. Again, I don’t know if you are ignorant, or dishonest. The judiciary is made up of human beings -- no better at virtue than the rest of us. I remind you it was the Supreme Court, in 1973, that created the constitutional “right” to murder the unborn.  Neither you nor they can find that “right” anywhere in the Constitution. In fact, the God-given “right” to life precludes such an eggregious proclamation.
There is enough evidence that Hillary Clinton violated federal law by using personal, non-government electronic equipment to conduct government business and had subpoenaed evidence destroyed that any law student could have prosecuted the case.  But she remains unindicted. Judge Emmet Sullivan, in violation of both law and judicial precedent, refused to drop the case against Gen. Michael Flynn when the DOJ ended the prosecution due to illegal activity by the prosecuting attorneys. James Comey, Andrew McCabe, John Brennan, James Clapper, and a host of others are demonstrably guilty of perjury, but no indictments. And you seriously want me to accept the Judiciary as the arbiters of truth?
While you have been “extensively” studying educational psychology, I have been studying theology, history, political science, economics, English (literature and writing).
Finally, Mr. Krueger, you also need to sharpen your reading and reasoning skills. I said nothing about the “scientific method.” Your assertion that my research and conclusions “are and will forever be nothing more than opinion” are, indeed, nothing more than your opinion unsupported by any evidence or documentation. I, on the other hand, have presented a multitude of documented evidence, not the least of which is the violation of our Constitution by four states in the recent election. That, my friend, is not speculation or opinion, but a matter of public record.
It is instructive to note that Noah Webster defined politics as: “the science of government; that part of ethics which consists in the regulation and government of a nation or state...”  Note, not a matter of opinion, but science!
Irl Gilliland,
Henderson

Sasse a proven, genuine leader
    Dear Editor:
Ben Sasse has rankled the Keith County (and other counties’) GOP for not falling in line behind the flagrant devotion to the high office of Donald
Trump. Sen. Sasse has committed the crime of independent, analytical, and critical thinking. He has chosen to weigh his own sense of ethics and propriety over those evinced and demonstrated by the former president. If you are against such principles that define Ben Sasse’s character, and prefer the self-interested antics that make Donald Trump a character, I can appreciate your rush to judgment.
I feel a kinship to Ben Sasse, whose father was a teacher in a Nebraska farm town, who grew up in an environment not all that different than Ogallala, who went on to become, like Donald Trump, an Ivy League snob.
I’ve often wondered how men of the land became enamored with Trump. I trust Ben Sasse could name the parts of a combine. I want to believe Sen.
Sasse has had the dirt and grease of Nebraska agriculture on his hands and his pants, as I have.  That he’s had blisters from honest work, before and after the similarly lonely hours in an Ivy League library, pursuing his PhD.
I have no doubt he’s forgotten more history than Trump ever learned. Sen. Sasse has written his own books. I am a little surprised that Sen. Sasse held onto his Christian faith as he became an intellectual.
Trump hasn’t troubled himself with any biblical scholarship, or even a half-hearted attempt at a confirmation anchored by the fuzzy explication of a verse or two, as I recall from my days in 6th Grade in the basement of the Ogallala Methodist Church. Trump has made a religion of his own greed and hedonism. He can’t even make a joke at his own expense. I wouldn’t trust him to teach a 10th Grade social studies class. I certainly wouldn’t hire him to run the school. And I can’t imagine working for him, keeping myself close enough to throw under the bus so he could avoid taking any responsibility or blame.
There’s never been any farm or ranch dirt on Trump’s hands, and the closest he’s ever been to a Nebraska farm is the MAGA banners taking up barbed wire fence space where an itchy bull could be profitably scratching.
Ben Sasse has stood tall in his own convictions of right and wrong while so many have chased the self-infatuated idol. I truly thought Ben Sasse represented the Nebraska I grew up in... was of the people who knew to applaud good football, even if it was being played better by the other team.
 You have a senator with genuine leadership qualities, a true servant of his people, and I’m sad so many of you want to abandon him because he lacks idolatry.
I’d rather play ball for a leader like Ben Sasse than a frightened child like Donald Trump who would use me and every one of my teammates as a scapegoat to soothe his fragile ego. Take a harder, more careful look at Ben Sasse. He’s not collecting golf courses; he’s selling Runzas. In 30 years he may well have in common with Trump that he’s a former U.S. president. And like my grandfather’s embarrassment by his fealty to John Birch, you won’t be bragging or even confessing that you were once greedy for Trump’s Big Lie back when Ben Sasse was man enough to state the maddening and outrageous truth.
Eric Ottem, Boulder, Colo.
Ogallala High School 1981