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  • The Generosity of Americans Under Assault

    George Rebane [This commentary was broadcast today 11May 2010 by KVMR FM85.9 as the latest of my regular bi-weekly contributions.] In times thick and thin we Americans are world champion philanthropists – by any measure our voluntary contributions to charities and worthy causes have been unbeatable.  But our federal and state governments are working hard to…

  • Ruminations – 7jun2010 (updated 9jun2010)

    George Rebane – British PM blows socialism’s cover– The AB32 bamboozle under full steam– What if tornadoes were earthquakes?– Obama does something right?– The Dixon Cruickshank Celebratory Fishfry The new British PM David Cameron today announced “drastic cutbacks” in Great Britain’s budget.  This is the first revelation by a leading British politician that socialism is not sustainable in that island…

  • Of Brownies and Obamacare and …

    George Rebane To get an idea of the impact of the new federal tsunamis headed our way, tsunamis that may finally swamp this dear land of ours, take a look at this 26 page recipe for brownies from the US Air Force cookbook – MILITARY SPECIFICATION, COOKIES, OATMEAL; AND BROWNIES; COCOLATE COVERED.   Can you imagine…

  • Culture Counts

    George Rebane  [The following piece was submitted as my monthly column in The Union.  It appears today 15 May 2010 in the newspaper's print and online editions (here).  I also do a bi-weekly radio commentary on KVMR FM 89.5.] We just returned from a trip to the eastern Mediterranean during which we had a chance to see…

  • La Raza at UCLA, or Great Divide continued

    George Rebane Some marginally informed people, mostly of the left persuasion, continue to believe that the Great Divide debate is fueled only by conservatives and free marketers wanting to separate from the socialist left.  RR serves as a forum for such debates.  Here is a factually confused yet dedicated Hispanic Los Angeles School District teacher rallying…

  • Arrivederci Roma

    George Rebane   We have visited three continents on this trip and have learned a lot.   One of our stops was Athens which we were able to just barely get in and out of between riots.  As I write, the Dow has taken a 900 point dip and bounced on worries that the Greek disease…

  • Big Government, Big Business

    George Rebane Big monopolies and oligopolies are no better in the private sector than they are in the public sector.  Both types of organizations suffer systemic failures in the feedback necessary to keep them on the straight and narrow as far as their customers are concerned.  Of course, big government can do more damage to its…

  • KVMR commentary – ‘The blue of the grass’

    [This commentary was recorded last week at KVMR FM 85.9 for its postponed airing today 9 April 2010.] ‘The blue of the grass’ is the color green in an African language.  That’s a lot of letters compared to the five letters in the word ‘green’ to get across the same message.  But it’s also getting harder…

  • MSM Viewership (updated)

    George Rebane MSM nightly news viewership is down 14% in the last year.  But the sad news is that about 20 million Americans are still being fed a steady diet of bull pucky every night.  H/T to RR reader.   [update]  Russ Steele thought that the following March stats really drive home the point.

  • For Stress-free Work Environments

    H/T to RR reader.

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