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  • ‘Pay for Delay’ – a capitalist quandary

    George Rebane Big pharma has been playing a very dubious game that doesn’t speak well of free markets, and free enterprise.  Over the years its lobbyists have convinced Congress to put in place some pretty dodgy laws that allow it to skirt the legal edges of what most people understand about anti-trust strictures in this…

  • Ruminations – 26apr13 (updated)

    George Rebane Lady Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, I keep coming back to it.  The occasion was one of those rare opportunities to recognize a giant in the pantheon of modern world leaders, and nations sent their most distinguished there to honor her achievements for her country and for demonstrating to the world the art of the…

  • Boston and pan-Islamism – some early ruminations

    George Rebane The end of round one in Boston’s latest experience with pan-Islamic jihad brings to mind several observations before round two gets under way.  My working name for round two is ‘Positioning for political justice’.  But here I’d like to put down some thoughts about two aspects – the larger frame of the Boston…

  • Teach them to code (addended)

    [This is the addended transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 19 April 2013.] OK, those of you out there in radio land who want to help a young person find an awesomely interesting and well-paying career, pay close attention to what follows.  The jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM areas,…

  • Feds should reimburse visit costs

    George Rebane As presidents before him, President Obama’s flitting around the country raising monies for various political campaigns has hidden costs to the communities where he sets down.  A most recent illustration is the little town of Atherton in the Bay Area where his holiness touched down to raise a few million at a fancy…

  • Ruminations – 13apr13

    George Rebane A socialist believes that human nature can be legislated. IEEE reports that ‘Robots are not killing jobs’ in an interview with Dr Henrik Christensen, Director of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at Georgia Tech.  His argument to support the proposition is to invoke the same ol’ same ol’ – technology, including…

  • Ruminations – 9apr13 (updated 10apr13)

    George Rebane California 2013 Job Killer Legislation.  The state’s chamber of commerce released a list of bills that would continue California’s economic misery as the Democrats pander to the dimwit cohort of their constituency.  All of these pile on to the mother of idiotic job killer laws already on the books and wreaking havoc – …

  • More complex than ‘Illegal Immigrants’

    George Rebane An illegal alien by any other name … For years I have advised against labeling all illegal inhabitants in America as ‘illegal immigrants’.  In any reasonable discussion of the illegal alien and illegal entrant problems, this catch-all label will cause confusion.  Now this is coming to pass as we attempt to get real…

  • Ruminations – 4apr13 (updated 5apr13)

    Have just a touch of the commercial in you.  Do not merely shop, but trade a little.  Gracian #232 George Rebane Been on travel with some friends for the last couple of weeks.  We attended the Mercatus Institute’s annual retreat in Scottsdale.  The big issue discussed was socialism’s onslaught on capitalism – ‘Can American Capitalism…

  • Blue State Blues (updated 30mar13)

    “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.”  Sir Winston Churchill George Rebane There’s good news and bad news about liberal states going to hell in a handcart.  The good news is that the faster they implode, the more chance there is for even the most minimally informed…

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