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  • Autocracy in our future (updated 1nov12)

    The lesson for Americans is clear enough.  Our growing size and diversity make republican government, whether democratic or oligarchic, impossible.  Thomas Fleming George Rebane Wholesale democracy across a diverse nation is an enduring goal for collectivists, and the bane of those conservatives and libertarians who understand the functions of a republic.  Long have I lamented…

  • Abortion and the Two Bodies Problem

    George Rebane The nonsense claims that Republicans want to ‘deny women the right to their bodies’, or even more egregiously to ‘deny women healthcare’ completely swamps any reasonable discussion of the abortion issue – its legalization and its funding by government or private means.  The issue seems to always come back to what a woman…

  • Keeping out the smart ones

    George Rebane [This is the submitted form of my regular column that appeared in print and online in the 13oct12 edition of the The Union.  This column continues the RR series on America’s unaddressed systemic jobs crisis.] Recently we again learned that there are millions of jobs in America that are going unfilled – three…

  • Jim Lehrer, Moderator – RIP

    George Rebane For several decades I have been a fan of PBS liberal journalist Jim Lehrer.  He is one of the few remaining professionals in that industry.  Last Wednesday he committed an unforgivable error. Mr Lehrer has long been a national icon of the broadcast industry, the former Marine having made his bones on the…

  • Columbus Day 2012

    George Rebane Today we observe Cristofo’s grand achievement in 1492 that started the European conquest of the Americas – the Vikings blew their attempt about 500 years earlier.  This national holiday is specifically eschewed in Hawaii, Nevada, and, of course, California.  Nevertheless, I was reminded by a reader that RR would be remiss in not…

  • Debate1 Thoughts (updated 8oct12)

    George Rebane In presidential debates I haven’t seen a better performance than Romney’s since Reagan took the stage in the 1980s.  While everyone and their brother is publishing voter sentiments on the debate, Gallup is strangely silent.  It’s as if the debate never happened when you look at their website.  I was hoping to use…

  • Ah yes, the religion of tolerance and peace …

    George Rebane One wonders if western progressives will ever come to understand Islam and its impact on people who hold it dearest in their hearts.  I don’t think so, since they have invested too much of their intellectual capital in their home countries as apologists for that religion.  After all, Islam is the most available…

  • What makes a good community? (addended 25sep12)

    George Rebane It all depends on your definition of how is it ‘good’ for whom.  The notion (meme?) of assessing and/or building a good community started as a thread in my ‘… = Sleazebag’ post.  But it deserves its own venue, because the arguments from the Left and Right will reveal much of what is…

  • Remembering 11 September 2001 (more updated 12sep12)

    George Rebane 9/11 was a horrific day in American history, when we were attacked by Islamic religious zealots who willingly sacrificed themselves in the service of their jihad against western civilization and its “Great Satan”, the United States. A similar surprise attack occurred on 7 December 1941 when Imperial Japan decided to disable America so…

  • Ruminations – 21aug12

    Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. – John Adams George Rebane So where’s all the wildlife? asks a visitor to a local pond and hiking trail here in Nevada County.  Our cartoonist RL ‘Bob’ Crabb drew this little funny filched…

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