I am neither Republican nor Trumper. I am an independent. If only more journalists were.

I vote for the person and their policies––not the party––based on my Cornhusker common sense and Buddhist compassion for those who bear the brunt of our foreign misadventures: the poor and forgotten.

Lately, there has been some confusion about where I stand politically. As we enter the heart of Election Season, it’s time again to set the record straight.

People mistake me most profoundly if they think I am a Republican or Trumper. I am neither. I am an independent. That holds unless voting for my preferred candidate in a primary necessitates tem…