Former U.S. Senator Sasse faces death with an appeal for hope

It’s the question believers have asked for centuries when wars threaten nations, storms ravage cities and diseases strike loved ones: “Why, oh God, why?”

Former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, 53, elected not to ask that question in an X post just before Christmas that said: “I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die.

“Advance…