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Month: March 2013

  • He is Risen!

    As Christmas is the promise, Easter is the fulfillment.  Oblivion vanquished, rejoice!

  • Blue State Blues (updated 30mar13)

    “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.”  Sir Winston Churchill George Rebane There’s good news and bad news about liberal states going to hell in a handcart.  The good news is that the faster they implode, the more chance there is for even the most minimally informed…

  • Marriage by any other name (updated 5apr13)

    George Rebane California’s Prop8 rescinded gay marriage in the state.  The will of the people may now be overturned by the Supreme Court which is hearing the appeal to uphold Prop8 that in the interval was overturned as unconstitutional by lower courts.  In this debate we recall that under California law, gay couples can already…

  • In the Beginning was Code (aka ID) [w Addendum3]

    “… invoking an infinity of unseen universes to explain the unusual features we see in this one is just as ad hoc as invoking an unseen Creator.”, Paul Davies, physicist George Rebane  On these pages I have long advocated intelligent design (ID) as the most compelling idea that unifies science and certain philosophies/religions (here).  A…

  • Ruminations – 18mar13

    George Rebane You know you’re old when you realize that there’s a good chance that your pets will survive you. Benghazi is not going away.  Hillary’s ‘what difference does it make?!’ tantrum in front of the Senate is coming back in spades to haunt (and worse?) this administration.  Meanwhile, the WH continues to lie through…

  • Madness of the Green and Tort Kinds

    "… there is no weakness without its admirer, so be not discomfited because your ways displease some, for they will not fail to be pleasing to others; nor let their approval of them make you vain, for still others will condemn them."  Gracian #101 George Rebane Britain’s biggest coal fired power plant is being forced…

  • The New Pope and Christianity’s Challenge

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 15 March 2013.] Cardinal of Argentina and Jesuit, Jorge Bergoglio, was elected Pope last Wednesday, the first from the Western Hemisphere to hold the Holy Office of Catholicism.  He chose to be known as Pope Francis (the First), a name that fits…

  • The Liberal Mind on Choices and Fortune

    George Rebane Capitalism works best when corporations must woo their customers instead of government. There is something in the liberal mindset that does not understand ‘choice’ when applied to individual responsibility.  In a recent comment stream one such reader stated – “Do people actually choose to be poor? How many poor people would refuse a…

  • “Come, let us reason together …”

    “The time has come,” the Walrus said./ To talk of many things:/ Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—/ Of cabbages—and kings—/ And why the sea is boiling hot—/ And whether pigs have wings.”  Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll George Rebane Older readers will recall President Lyndon Johnson’s famous use of that phrase as he invited opposing…

  • Surviving healthcare better at home

    George Rebane Watching the news we were reminded that 20% of post-op patients are back in the hospital within 6 months at a marginal annual cost of almost $100B nationwide.  It is one of the biggest components in the expense of healthcare.  And we know that hospitals are very dangerous places for your health –…

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