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  • George Rebane Another indication of the ongoing feckless demise of the EU is its handwringing about the fatalities among people attempting to illegally enter Europe from the northern shores of Africa.  Before going any further, I submit that any reasonable person will admit that Africa is essentially a failed continent comprised of failed and dysfunctional…

  • George Rebane The lamestream has been extra silent about the Raisin Takings.  You do, of course, know about Horne v. USDA that started wending its way through SCOTUS last week?  This is where the government trucks pull onto your farm and demand that you fork over a percentage of your harvested crop for which they…

  • George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 22 April 2015.  This commentary is apropos to the recent RR posts 'Constitutional Convention – the debate continues' and 'Suddenly SoJ has become real' and their respective comment streams.] Most people around here have probably missed what is happening with the efforts to…

  • George Rebane Reading the papers this morning before running some errands in the flats, three little topics tickled my ire – which readers know is easier done than said. Columnist and nationally known analyst of international affairs Bret Stephens shared an insight about the liberal way of lying from our national scene.  He attributes the…

  • [This piece was published in the April 2015 issue of The Nugget, the periodical of the Nevada County Republican Women Federated.  It is republished here to give RR readers a clear, complete, and concise exposition of the function and conduct of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, which is now wending its way through a…

  • George Rebane Governor Moonbeam’s latest dicta about how Californians should now take showers underlines the years long insane policies under which the Left has governed our state.  The most recently mandated 25% (of what) reduction of consumer water use is the direct result of “decades of environmental excess”. Since 2000 alone the public has expressed its…

  • George Rebane We’re back from a three week trip that took us and two other couples down to Scottsdale in our RVs to attend the annual Mercatus Center conference.  Connectivity was iffy in the various RV parks we stayed on our travels, so apologies for the less than meticulous attention – ha! – I could…

  • George Rebane Indiana’s new law providing for the practice of religious freedom is not really a new law at all, but joined at the hip with bipartisan legislation – Religious Freedom Restoration Act – passed in 1993 and signed by President Clinton.  That law clarified and underlined the Constitution’s provision for not letting government define…

  • George Rebane [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary that was broadcast on 4 March 2015.] The rural counties of America are in economic doldrums.  Whatever recovery that is enjoyed in the populated urban areas is not trickling down very fast to the less populated counties located in our mountains and deserts. …