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  • Picking a Politically Proficient Heritage

    George Rebane Kamala Harris’ insistence that she is African-American, in spite of the Jamaican detour of her father’s lineage, raises an interesting and, perhaps, important point on how we claim our racial roots in this age of political correctness. (more here)  Not imposing any reasonable limits on climbing up our ancestral tree would, of course,…

  • Ruminations – 1jul19 (updated 2jul19)

    George Rebane George Boardman writes ‘Trump wants to turn the 4th of July into a political rally’ in the 1jul19 Union.  Students of American history know that patriotic holidays, especially the 4th of July, have been used by politicians – incumbents and wannabes – to meld their message within a patriotic mantle.  It is the…

  • Scattershots – 24jun19 (updated 27jun19)

    George Rebane The Left wants nothing measured the public reporting of which it cannot control, or that goes against their established narrative. Our intrepid progressive pundit and Union columnist George Boardman is all exercised in his ‘Double dipping at the public trough, in the spotlight, and just the facts’ published in the newspaper’s 24jun19 edition. …

  • ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ (updated 24jun19)

    George Rebane Yes, that is the advertised name of the event in public libraries, including our own, during which a man, who dresses and wears make-up to look like a woman, will gather children ages 3-8 around him and read them stories.  Our 21jun19 Union reports (here) on the program and the community’s reaction.  Therein…

  • Scattershots – 14jun19 (updated 20jun19)

    George Rebane Proto-socialists on parade.  I noticed in the 14jun19 Union’s lead op-ed another example of a good-hearted, light-thinker wailing about our country’s unequal distribution of wealth, and its pitifully inadequately small government.  A Ms Becky Goodwin laments that no “millionaire” attended her kids’ college graduations to pay off their student loans, and why should…

  • Alabama Abortion Law

    George Rebane OK, here’s the drill.  The Left opposes the recent Alabama law that is being replicated in its essential elements by a growing number of heartland states.  The crux of the opposition is preserving the mental health of the mother, not her physiological health or other factors about which most on both sides agree. …

  • ‘Religious Freedom in Islam’

    George Rebane That’s the title of the new book by political science professor Daniel Philpott of Notre Dame.  It appears to be another anxious attempt at understanding and reconciling global Islam.  The book has an excellent review by Thomas Howard (history professor at Valparaiso University) in the 14may19 WSJ (here). Philpott divides the non-Islamic world…

  • Like likes Likes – once more (updated 13may19)

    George Rebane Dr Mark Moffett of Harvard and the National Museum of Natural History writes ‘The Social Secret That Humans Share With Ants’ (and other social critters), an essay derived from his The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive and Fall (2018).  Therein his main thesis is “building giant communities of strangers requires ‘markers’…

  • Ruminations – 30apr19 (updated 3may19)

    George Rebane Pluralism is always favored by immigrant minorities who in their native countries will countenance none of it. “All power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” – Mao Zedong.  Our Left creates, supports, and inflames divisive (identity) cultures that produce high gun murder rates in order to promote ever stricter gun controls…

  • Scattershots – 24apr19 (updated 25apr19)

    George Rebane We’ve all seen countless thrillers from Hollywood in which the plot line has a department or agency of Big Government that has gone rogue, and threatens to bring down the country or even the world.  And against great odds our hero/heroine manages to overcome them and triumph.  These movies are made by leftwingers…

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