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Category: Critical Thinking & Numeracy

  • Lurching from Win-Win to Zero-Sum

    [This piece appeared in the op-ed section of the 12aug26 print and online editions of The Union.] America’s sociopolitical landscape is undergoing a profound and dangerous transformation. We are witnessing a systematic departure from the principles of mutual benefit, moving rapidly toward a society fractured by envy and defined by a zero-sum mentality. At the…

  • Wildfires Are Decreasing

    George Rebane The ‘science’ of climate change, as reported to an ignorant public, has been and continues on a deluge of lies and hysteria.  Globally it is undoubtedly the most widespread and influential scam ever perpetrated by special interests in politics and, yes, science to make money and gain power.  The most prevalent m.o. is…

  • Let’s talk negotiations

    George Rebane In an effort to settle a claim, the insurance adjustor says to the claimant, “We’re prepared to offer you $100k.”  Looking obviously unsatisfied and avoiding eye contact, the claimant hesitates and finally responds, “Well, I don’t know … .” and trails off.  The adjustor considers this and offers, “OK, I can go as…

  • The Science behind Capitalism and Collectivism

    George Rebane The central thesis of this article is that capitalism finds robust support in scientific principles governing complex systems, whereas collectivism lacks comparable empirical or theoretical backing. This fundamental differences with observable natural processes underlie many of the societal divisions we observe today. A clearer public understanding of this would help bridge divides and…

  • A Dark Age of the Mind Threatens

    George Rebane Intellectual savant and libertarian Jeffery Tucker offers us some very insightful conclusions about “intellectual obesity” in his ‘The Backlash Against the Screen’.  He points the finger directly at the way high tech and specifically AI is being misused and well on its way to creating an entire generation of double dummies.  The downturn…

  • Tenets of Collectivism and Capitalism

    George Rebane On this Memorial Day 2026 it is appropriate to remember and honor the uncountable thousands of Americans who have sacrificed their lives to preserve the capitalistic structure of our governance as bequeathed us by our Founders.  These principles must be understood in stark contrast to collectivism, the opposing principles of governance that has…

  • The Left’s Continued Attack on America

    George Rebane Correlation is the gateway to causality. Nationally and locally the corps of our loyal Lenin’s lads and ladies continue their anti-American drumbeat.  Locally we read a stream of revisionist lies and TDS-powered diatribes in The Union.  An example is the vituperation heaped on Barry Pruett for his recent piece illustrating the parallels in…

  • Mines Muddled in the Hormuz

    George Rebane President Trump, as is his wont, has again been sending a bevy of mixed signals on the disposition of the Strait of Hormuz.  First it’s sealed to all traffic, and then it’s going to be open to traffic not benefiting Iran.  First, it’s mined and we have to clear it, and then it’s…

  • The American People – where are they?

    George Rebane We are assured daily by politicians and media mavens of all stripes that the “American people” support this or oppose that.  Each one of these worthies attempts to convince us that they have divined the will of the American people who supposedly make up a cohesive cohort of the population that share in…

  • Socialism is intrinsically unsustainable

    George Rebane If sustainability of a government program is defined as its ongoing budgets not increasing their share of the country’s GDP for non-diminishing levels of service, then which of our government’s entitlement programs are sustainable? Which of the EU governments’ programs are sustainable? I presented the above prompt to SuperGrok AI.  And after its…

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