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  • Feedback is the virtue that turns democracy with all its vices, into the least-worst political system.  (And) feedback is turning the incalculable Trump into a tractable, potentially successful president.  Holman W. Jenkins Jr. George Rebane The latest Muslim terrorist attacks in European cities continue to change the cultural landscape of western civilization.  Ground level attacks…

  • George Rebane Voice from behind the curtain – ‘Pay no attention to the correlation.’ [update]  A reader has pointed out that the above crime map is inaccurate and cites and article in the 16nov16 WaPo (here) that claims to present better data in the map below.  The article’s conclusion is italicized. The violent crime map shows…

  • George Rebane This evening the latest report from Fox News on the Michigan recount just came in, and I’m sad to say that progressives have been right all along that requiring voter IDs diminishes the minority voice and vote.  The latest piece of evidence comes in from Detroit, a solid minority leftwing city under Democrat…

  • George Rebane The Russian Hacking Pot keeps on bubbling without any clear resolution in sight.  Our Left laments Hillary’s loss, and is now relieved to have found a deep dark reason for it – Russia colluded with Trump to hack her illegal server and the DNC, put the damning emails in the public domain through…

  • George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 14 December 2016.  The addendum contains graphics and links relevant to the arguments of the commentary.] It is again time to take a look at how America’s future is shaping up with respect to the most important measure available – the…

  • George Rebane The recent election did nothing to unite us as Americans.  Half of us are still shocked that the election didn’t turn out as ‘everyone’ was told it would.  And as the shock wears off, the losing side is not about to take President-elect Trump and the victorious Republicans lying down.  At all levels…

  • George Rebane Recently a thoughtful RR reader disputed my ascription of a university that he reported had “illegally paid the expenses for students to participate in an anti-Trump rally, … .”  I characterized the people behind such institutional and institutionalized behavior as ranging “between amoral and evil”.  My assessment was dismissed as being not “even…

  • George Rebane People who don’t agree with the Left are bigots and racists – Progressive mantra Alt-Right??  Does anyone know what that is?  I might throw in ‘white nationalist’ for good measure as another pejorative label that is heavily bandied about in the media today.  Perusing the usual sources provides little resolution since no one…

  • George Rebane Dear reader, if my vindicated contempt for the Left’s protesting our election results with street demonstrations and riots shows, then you will have correctly deduced my mindset regarding these know-nothings be they of the planned-and-paid-for or spontaneous kind.  As the dust begins to settle, some very telling stats are being compiled on the…

  • George Rebane RR has long maintained that not all franchised American citizens should exercise their right to vote (e.g. here).  For the good of our republic, they should just stay home, watch, learn, and prepare themselves for the next election.  As a public service we again issue the same appeal to all voters on the…