[2] Rubens ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 1994, challenging Ralph Hough in the Republican Party primary election.

[7] Rubens in 2010 published a non-fiction book, OverSuccess, Healing the American Obsession with Wealth, Fame, Power and Perfection [1].

One of the book's theses is that success benchmarks and competition for social status have sharply escalated over past decades, shrinking space for personal recognition for many Americans, leading to documented increases in several forms of individual, societal and cultural pathology.

Rubens serves on the board of American Promise [2] which seeks ratification by 2026 of a constitutional amendment restoring power to Congress and the States to set reasonable limits on campaign spending and contributions.

Rubens serves as New England chair for Take Back Our Republic [3], the nation's leading conservative anti-corruption organization.