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  • ‘Why Do Americans Stink at Math?’

    George Rebane That is the title of a major piece in the 23jul14 NYT by “education journalist” Elizabeth Green of chalkbeat.org that one of my east coast correspondents pointed out.  In it she highlights the record of American students and adults on international placement tests and our own regular surveys of adult literacy and numeracy.  Longtime…

  • Systemic unemployment – what the future holds (addended)

    George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast today 9jul14, two days early because this weekend the station is covering the World Music Festival from the county fairground.] The Wall Street Journal is one of the remaining success stories in print publishing, this week celebrating its 125th anniversary since it…

  • The Democracy Dilemma (Addended)

      Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. (Winston Churchill from a House of Commons speech on Nov. 11, 1947) George Rebane On its centenary we revisit the world shaking impact of WW1.  The first of modern international wars did change…

  • SBC, in their own words

    [For some years now the Sierra Business Council (SBC) has been a center of interest and amusement in regional conservative circles.  The non-profit NGO has drawn this attention primarily through its somewhat untoward selection of its name, and the longstanding and determined defense of that moniker by its CEO Steven Frisch.  Mr Frisch has maintained…

  • ‘The Giver’ – A progressive nirvana

    George Rebane I just finished reading The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry, and then sat there staring into space, letting the ending wash over me again, reviewing how the author brought me there, and of the many ways one could interpret the book’s conclusion.  This is a story written primarily for teen-agers, and I would…

  • State of Jefferson: A long shot, but …(Addended)

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 27 June 2014.  As promised, here I have addended additional information and thoughts to the aired commentary.] Our Founders were right, unbridled democracy does not work as the basis for a stable government.  James Madison said it best – “Pure democracies have…

  • Ruminations – 3jun14

    George Rebane On this election day I remind you to vote, and am also reminded by all that is going on in a Washington that now sidesteps what I have voted for over the decades – the imperial presidency ascendant. We just heard about EPA’s new initiative to cite a little-known, otherwise-purposed Section 111(d) of the 1970 Clean…

  • Public Service Unions, the VA scandal, and Zombie Agencies (updated)

    George Rebane People who have trouble connecting the dots are often missing some dots. WSJ’s Kimberley Strassel has shined a light on ‘Big Labor’s VA Choke Hold’ – an aspect of the scandal not yet exposed.  She lists a series of audacious malpractices that have become embedded in the VA, and presumably across the federal bureaucratic terrain…

  • How Real is Voter Fraud?

    George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 30 May 2014.] Next Tuesday June 3rd Californians vote in their mid-term primaries.  And the question of voter fraud resurfaces as regularly as clockwork.  Traditionally conservatives are concerned and see it as problem that needs fixing, and liberals see nothing to…

  • Obama prepares for nationwide Islamic radicalization

    George Rebane From the Washington Times – Directive No. 3025.18, “Defense Support of Civil Authorities,” was issued Dec. 29, 2010, and states that U.S. commanders “are provided emergency authority under this directive.” “Federal military forces shall not be used to quell civil disturbances unless specifically authorized by the president in accordance with applicable law or…

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