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  • The Liberal Fear of Gaia

    George Rebane Russ Steele and I are a constant thorn in the side of local liberals.  Yesterday Russ addressed the ad hominem vitriol that comes from our neighbors on the left (here and here), and again raised some excellent points on the reception of our writings and ruminations.  As Russ points out, the overwhelming feedback…

  • Even Babies Profile

    George Rebane [This piece appears in the 10jul10 Union as my regular column for this month (here).  It was unfortunately retitled as 'Even babies practice profile'(sic).  This is the submitted version.] Profiling has been an American bugaboo for over a generation now.  Most people don’t really know what it is exactly, but they do know it…

  • And they are our neighbors

    George Rebane This drivel, dear reader, cannot be made up.  You have to read and fully savor ‘Separating Church and Hate: Irrationality and Anti-Muslim Stereotyping’ so you can fully comprehend the distance that separates us.  Least of all, do not discount it, for it informs and confirms the beliefs of at least a third of…

  • Hayek on Obama

    George Rebane “It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.” David Hume Nobelist F.A. Hayek wrote the 1944 classic The Road to Serfdom which is strongly recommended to all Americans, including non-calcified progressives, who care about the path our nation is on today.  Friend and RR reader Tony Medler sent…

  • ‘You Are Not a Gadget’

    George Rebane Thus argues secular humanist author, musician, and self-educated techie Jaron Lanier.  His cleverly titled book came out earlier this year, and I received it as a birthday present from old friends in soCal who are of a similar philosophical vein.  The book is a fascinating cobble of various articles and pieces Lanier has written…

  • Gun Rights Staunch the Tide

    George Rebane The Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 ruling declaring that private ownership of guns is indeed a constitutionally guaranteed right (here).  Again, the courts have let the total control collectivists know that the “well regulated militia” phrase in the Second Amendment is not the comprehensive gun ban that they have been working towards…

  • A Uniquely Internet Colloquium

    George Rebane Here’s something that came with the explosion of weblogs, street corners and soap boxes of opportunity that people can take advantage of as a matter of convenience.  Last March I posted a piece – ‘The Sad Tale of Anna Haynes’ – on the unseemly in-your-face tactics of our local advocate of man-made global…

  • Economic Enlightenment

    George Rebane A lot of the ideological dust ups, both locally and nationally, involve understanding and interpreting some pretty fundamental economic factors.  Zeljka Buturovic and Daniel B. Klein published research (‘Economic Enlightenment in Relation to College-going, Ideology, and Other Variables: A Zogby Survey’) of Americans based on a survey of over four thousand American adults…

  • Why the West is Losing

    George Rebane Western civilization is under attack from many directions.   One of the reasons that we are measurably losing on most fronts is that we have lost the moral authority to defend ourselves.  So argues Shelby Steele, author and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, in the 21jun10 WSJ (here).  He writes – “……

  • Re Jeff Pelline – For the Record

    George Rebane RR does its best to avoid referencing the self-aggrandizing postings on Mr Pelline’s blog, nor do I respond to his incessant and ongoing vitriol extended to me personally.  Perhaps the time has come for a short response. This morning I received an email from a reader who sent me the latest example of the…

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