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Month: April 2018

  • Ruminations – 30apr18 (updated 1may18)

    Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.  Winston Churchill George Rebane George Boardman, our favorite left-leaning columnist and reader, writes a solid piece (here) in the 30apr18 Union on the effects of taxation on pot in California and our…

  • Sandbox – 27apr18

    [A great place to continue the discussion of America's horses.  Last man standing wins.  gjr]

  • Scattershots – 26apr18 (updated 29apr18)

    George Rebane Our American public mind has been taking some hits in recent decades, and is now in a power dive into the mud if we see what is happening in academe and in content of popular entertainments.  After having devastated K-12 education, the Left is now in the process of delivering a coup de grace…

  • Sandbox – 22apr18

    [All those vilifying President Trump should read the latest essay by historian and commentator Victor Davis Hanson on a whole new look at the role of this president in our life and times (here).  gjr]

  • Scattershots – 19apr18 (updated 24apr18)

    George Rebane Democracy and Morals.  In the 17apr18 WSJ there was an exemplary letter on this topic, and it is posted below. It is hard to disagree with William Galston’s contention in “The Perpetual Battle for Freedom” (Politics & Ideas, April 4) that in liberal democracies the preservation of freedom for all rests on a…

  • Gun Violence Community Dialogue & Town Hall Update (updated 21apr18)

    George Rebane Silly me.  And here all along I thought I knew what is a community dialogue in a town hall format.  You know, a gathering for which they make a big announcement for everyone interested to gather together, hear some speaker(s), and then everyone has a chance to be heard.  Au contraire mon ami. …

  • Iffy Science and Public Policy

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 18 April 2018.] Will Rogers, humorist and keen observer of American life, once said, “It ain’t whatcha don’t know that worries me, it’s whatcha know that ain’t so.” A lot of government procured science, especially science on which politicians base public policy,…

  • Debating Par Force et al

    George Rebane My recent commentary on Par Force (here) invited discussion and debate, and the invitation has already been accepted.  PF represents an important perspective which some, like me, consider to be the quintessential reason for the Founders’ inclusion of the Second Amendment in our Constitution.  Others disagree, and their points of disagreement are important…

  • Sandbox – 16apr18

    [Well, the topics du jour are Comey and Cohen,…, well OK, throw in the Syria attack, lame as it was.  gjr]

  • Par Force in the Second Amendment

    George Rebane On the morning of 19 April 1775, the communities surrounding Boston were awakened by riders alerting the colonial Americans that a battalion of British were marching out of Boston toward Lexington and Concord.  They were coming to confiscate a cache of arms and ammunition that the colonials had collected for the anticipated mounting…

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