“For a Nebraska kid in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Nebraska football was a quasi-religion, so I ran out to get The Omaha World-Herald every morning, salivating for the sports page. My dad, however, required that I read one front page story and one editorial before I was allowed to turn to the sports.”

American politician and academic administrator

Benjamin Eric Sasse is an American politician and academic administrator. He served as a United States senator from Nebraska from 2015 to 2023 and later became president of the University of Florida. He is a member of the Republican Party. Sasse is known for his public criticism of Donald Trump. He was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection in Trump’s second impeachment trial.