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  • Our Declining IQ Numbers

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 20 June 2018.] Listeners to these commentaries over the years have heard me report on the advance of America’s national dumbth – a term coined by the late Steve Allen to describe the overall state of our understanding, interests, and intellectual acumen. …

  • Separating kids from parents

    George Rebane Now that the just released IG report about Russian collusion and Hillary’s emails took the wind out of Democrats’ sail, their next bag of hot air is blowing across the land from a timely pivot to blaming the Trump administration for separating illegal alien kids snuck over the border by their illegal alien…

  • ‘A copernican answers Fermi’ (updated 21nov18)

    “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – A.C. Clarke’s Third Law George Rebane Last month we were encamped with two other couples at Hat Creek in northern California.  It was a delightful trip – the weather was fine, the food, drink, and the friends superb.  Actually, we’re all experienced “road warriors” having traveled…

  • Monopsony and the travails of capitalism (updated)

    George Rebane Monopsony – the market condition that exists when there is one buyer. Nobody has said that capitalism is the perfect way to organize society and commerce; it has just beat the bejeezus out competitors since King Louis XVI lost his head in 1793.  But capitalism does have its inevitable warts.  I was reminded…

  • Kalifornia’s new service tax

    George Rebane State Senator Ted Gaines reports in the 9jun18 Union – ‘New bill slaps Californians with tax on services’ – of a piece of surreptitious legislation (SB993) quietly wending through Sacramento that will install yet one more layer of taxes that the people must add to the tribute that they already submit to succor…

  • Scattershots – 8jun18 (updated 9jun18)

    George Rebane That Ted Cruz is a strong anti-abortionist was claimed by a liberal friend and RR reader.  Moreover, the Texas Republican believes that “the continuum of human life begins at the moment of fertilization”, which means at conception.  By reasonable extension, this also means that Cruz is against any and all post-coitus contraception, since…

  • Ruminations – 30may18 (updated 5jun18)

    George Rebane Politically incorrect and nationally syndicated economist Dr Walter Williams offers his thoughts on ‘Why Capitalism is Morally Superior to Socialism’.  The short essay is worth a read, as are some of its leftwing comments.  The US poverty level has been a political football for years.  The Left keeps upping it regularly in order…

  • Mr Boardman’s dabble in STEM education

    George Rebane Our irrepressible Union columnist George Boardman’s Memorial Day contribution (here) took a swipe at those of us who “are always griping about the lack of emphasis on the STEM subjects, the math and science course that can get you a good paying job in our information-based economy.”  It’s not clear what Mr Boardman’s…

  • Sapir-Whorf on the Art of Coding and the Communications Conundrum

    George Rebane In his ‘Code to Joy’ essay (featured in the Jun-Jul 2018 issue of 1843, the Economist’s bi-monthly features magazine), science writer and author Andrew Smith almost discovers Sapir-Whorf.  But not quite, and therein lies a tale.  The man had been writing about computer technology and its impact on our lives for most of…

  • George Boardman’s California

    George Rebane Intrepid left-of-center columnist George Boardman is one of our county’s recognized students of the human condition who regularly shares his observations and interpretations in the op-ed pages of The Union.  RR is proud to also number him among our regular readers and commenters.  In his 14may18 column – ‘California shines again, much to…

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