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  • Yes, Liberal Nostalgia

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my bi-weekly KVMR commentary that aired on 24 June 2011.] Many of us small time political philosophers have long maintained that progressives are really not all that progressive.  That most of their ideas are pretty moss-backed, have been around for more than a few centuries, and have been…

  • ‘Estonia, the little country that could’

    George Rebane A friend and RR reader emailed me the link to a Washington Times article by Richard Rahn that summarizes the economic history of Estonia.  Readers may recall my posts from our 15-29jun08 visit back to the old sod (see posts under ‘My Story’, right column).  Misplaced modesty prohibits my adding anything to the Rahn…

  • Ruminations – 18jun2011

    George Rebane – Wynton and the boys come to town– Nevada City Soapbox Derby premiers Last night Jo Ann and I joined friends George and Christine for a delicious and well-served dinner on Holbrook Hotel patio, and then drove to the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Auditorium for a world class event.  We and an SRO audience were delighted…

  • Ruminations – 15jun2012

    The experiment that said “the bigger the state, the more just the society” clearly failed. There is no point pretending that it didn’t. – Tony Blair George Rebane – It’s the Sun, stupid!– Dems put bad stuff on hold til 2012– Mexican right of return Russ Steele at NC Media Watch reports here the latest real…

  • The Jobs of Texas

    George Rebane Just a short update on how individual states can still affect their own fortunes as long as they have the brains and will to do so.  After all, allowing the several states to improvise and compete in how they solve their own problems of local governance is part of the genius of our…

  • ‘Meathead’ Majors

    George Rebane Apropos to the lively discussion at ‘True Value of Work and Caring Economics’, Harvard professor of government Harvey Mansfield contributed a telling piece about the “poor choices … students made in selecting their courses and majors.”  In ‘Sociology and Other Meathead Majors’ Dr Mansfield points out the distinction between education based on facts…

  • Hollywood Synthesized – Another Step Closer

    George Rebane In ‘Avatars – Lauren and Bogie Together Again’ I described the progress toward a new film industry wherein old actors would become immortal and continue to star in new films as long as audiences were willing to pay for them.  Accelerating technology has taken another giant step in this direction as described here in…

  • ‘True Value of Work’ and ‘Caring Economics’

    George Rebane KVMR news director Paul Emery commenting on ‘Right Wing Extremism in Action: Tea Party Houston’ introduced Riane Eisler’s Caring Economics into the wide-ranging discussion in that post’s comment stream.  Paul Emery’s concern there was that Eisler’s ideas are so compelling and, at the same time, revolting to conservatives, that they find it too…

  • ‘All Political Violence is Wrong’

    George Rebane That is a thesis put forward in the comment stream of ‘Rightwing Extremism in Action: Tea Party Houston’.  And I believe this strong and important statement deserves an examination in its own right.  First, let us understand political violence to be the use of force in the pursuit of a political end.  What’s…

  • Remembering and Providing for Sacrifice

    George Rebane Today we remember and honor the military service men and women who died for us, and those who have yet to come home.  We sent them into harm’s way to keep harm away from us and our loved ones.  They went willingly again and again to do the work of war with the…

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