George Ayoub: ‘Silly season’ moving right along

By: George Ayoub

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: September 21, 2026

Words: 772

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that the voting chops of 11 Nebraska counties (and millions of other Americans) casting their ballots by mail are legit, let’s get on with this election already.

And at long last, too. Today’s political campaigns use modern technologies to employ well-worn strategies such as innuendo, character assassination, oversimplification, cherry-picking and a host of other fallacies of logic. In the “vote for me” sweepstakes, we …

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