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  • Unclear on the Concept

    George Rebane ‘Link Journalism’ is fast sweeping the internet, and yet its meaning remains hazy to some.  The intent of sites like Drudge Report and RealClearPolitics that practice link journalism is to provide links from their originating site to other sites that contain the material in its originally published form.  Providing such content connectivity makes…

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  • We Miss You Harry

    George Rebane Old Harry got more than he bargained for in April 1945 when they handed him the schnitzel, told him FDR had died, and that he had the watch now.  The Allies in Europe were closing in on Berlin, and Okinawa – one of the greatest battles of the war – was starting in…

  • ‘No Representation Without Taxation’

    George Rebane In ‘A Fair and Just Tipping Point’ RR covered the issue of what happens when most of our citizens become wards of the state – i.e. wards of those who pay taxes.  Now the cry rising from the successfully employed part of the nation is that the tipping point has already been passed,…

  • How We Got Here

    George Rebane A current poll shows that 71% of Americans believe Obama’s economic policies will serve the country better than McCain’s policies.  Now I’m not even sure that 71% of Americans know what an economic policy is, let alone differentiate between those of the two senators.  But that really doesn’t matter does it?  The main…

  • The Truth Gap of Journalism

    George Rebane Two articles worth reading highlight the near-Orwellian state of communication and popular understanding in our nation. The first by Michael Boskin titled ‘Our Next President and the Perfect Economic Storm’ will appear in tomorrow’s (23oct08) WSJ.  It starts – With their economies in recession and a credit crunch steepening the slide, policy makers…

  • A Fair and Just Tipping Point

    George Rebane Carnegie-Mellon economics professor Adam Lerrick is the first to warn that Obama’s tax increase plan will finally make the payee Pauls outnumber the paying Peters in the country (Peter/Paul here).  RR readers are familiar with this possibility.  In his 22oct08 WSJ op-ed piece he writes – Sen. Obama is promising $500 and $1,000…

  • Ruminations – 21oct2008

    George Rebane PBS Frontline tonight aired ‘Heat’, its investigative report on global warming.  We were looking forward all last week to see how that left-wing medium, that claims to ask and answer “all the questions” we have, would balance such a report.  We were especially interested since lately the climate data disclosures and the reports…

  • What Free Markets?

    George Rebane The greatest weakness of capitalism is that it will game whatever system it finds itself in.  And that is also its greatest strength. Viewed with a discerning eye, the above cartoon by liberal cartoonist Matson says it all about the state of our country’s markets.  But I don’t think it’s the message Matson…

  • Obama’s Unassailable Context

    George Rebane There is very little of Obama’s written record save his two presumptive autobiographies.  There he makes some statements which are outlandish to conservative ears, yet cause no discomfort to the liberal.  An example of these statements is found in a well-balanced entry in snopes.com here.  Clearly, the circulating emails containing the Obama quotes…

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