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  • Common Core Test Results – ‘Schools Get an F’

    George Rebane My 21jun13 KVMR commentary ‘Common Core is Coming’ invited an intense and long debate in the comment stream of its transcript posted here.  Well, time has passed and the early results of Common Core testing are beginning to come in, and the results aren’t pretty.  The kids are scoring markedly lower on the…

  • The Liberal Mind – Expendable Dead for More Votes

    George Rebane Through extreme cynicism (read evil) or utter stupidity, the liberal candidates for mayor in NYC are again attacking the city’s ‘Stop, Question, Frisk’ policy which has been the centerpiece of policing that has dramatically reduced crime rates in that large metropolis.  Last year SQF was material in dropping crime another 30% from the…

  • Atheists need chaplains too (updated 28jul13)

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 26 July 2013.] New levels of social justice are being sought in our military.  The very same people who militate for separating church and state in all corners of public life are now demanding to have their fair share of padres in…

  • “… honor the memory of Treyvon Martin.” (updated 26jul13)

    George Rebane The memory of Treyvon Martin has now been honored by everyone from the President to the punks smashing windows and setting fires to demonstrate their outrage at the acquittal of George Zimmerman and the nation’s legal system.  In doing the latter I’m tempted to join them. According to our legal system as exercised…

  • Mindbending Marijuana

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 5 July 2013.] For years I straddled the fence on the legalization of drug use, especially seemingly benign versions like marijuana.  Then I finally got off the fence in favor of making the whole catalog of drugs legal since the war on…

  • A Cultural Experience Countered

    George Rebane Last weekend Jo Ann and I attended an international gathering in San Francisco that celebrated the historical role of a culture over the last two centuries.  This event is held every five years in a different part of the world, and its nearby venue this year made attendance convenient for us.  People from…

  • Rationale for Elephant Rides at a Fair??!! (updated 24jun13)

    George Rebane The 22jun13 Union joined the animal rights activists’ kerfuffle in their attempt to stop elephant rides being offered at this year’s Nevada County Fair, the theme of which is ‘Under the Big Top’.  I about fell off my chair when I saw the paper’s editorial position getting exercised about the Fair Board’s politely…

  • Ruminations – 14jun13 (Addended)

    George Rebane A new democultural milestone has been passed.  More whites now die than are being born in America.  Analyzing Census Bureau data, the Brookings Institution and others report that white women are now bearing 1.9 children on average, and as we all know, population stability occurs somewhere around 2.1 children to account for the…

  • The Liberal Mind – Ol’ RL nails it, again

    RL Crabb’s cartoon filched from the 28may13 Union.

  • Ode to Deflected Dialogue

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