“Populist” and “populism” seem to be taking on meanings I never associated with them. I’m an old man, and “populism” as I understand and remember it was a political and economic movement starting places like here (Husker Nation) and producing people like William Jennings Bryan and Sen. George Norris. Bryan was a joke, but Norris gave us things like the unicameral, nonpartisan legislature and, more important, public power. I’m strong for capitalism, but will defend public power, at least as practiced in Nebraska, as one of the most useful innovations of the past century. Meanwhile, Go Big Red.