Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive Atlanta is no doubt a good and modern city. Fine people call it home. Sadly for them, however, the city’s reputation has taken it on the chin lately because its most infamous resident, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, has become the No. 1 … [Read more...] about Lawyers from Marin to New York can’t be happy with Fani Willis — ‘The Pride of Atlanta’
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Election 2024: Closer, and less important, than you probably think
By Thomas L. Knapp Depending on whom you listen to about the constantly shifting horse race we call a US presidential election, either Joe Biden or Donald Trump is always ahead or behind by a nose ... nationally. For example, a March 7-13 Ipsos/Reuters poll has Biden at 39% and Trump at 38%, … [Read more...] about Election 2024: Closer, and less important, than you probably think
Another ‘Beat Up The Sheriff’ meeting in Marin
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive Marin County held another “Beat Up The Sheriff” meeting the other day. This time relatively new Marin County Sheriff Jamie Scardina was in the hot seat explaining why he cooperates with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when illegals are … [Read more...] about Another ‘Beat Up The Sheriff’ meeting in Marin
Art Buchwald and me
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive Those of a certain vintage will know the name Art Buchwald. A Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper columnist for the Washington Post, he was widely syndicated into hundreds of newspapers. In the 1940s, he was a correspondent in Paris and knew Hemmingway … [Read more...] about Art Buchwald and me
Biden gets his mind right on calling the ‘undocumented’ ‘illegal’
When President Joe Biden identified the alleged murderer of Layken Riley as an “illegal,” I couldn’t help but think of that iconic bowling scene in “The Big Lebowski” in which Walter Sobchak corrects the Dude about using the word “chinaman.” “I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, … [Read more...] about Biden gets his mind right on calling the ‘undocumented’ ‘illegal’
Joe Biden juiced for the SOTU?
I suspect he was, but NOT the kind of juice his detractors hope for. Check out my thoughts here. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden juiced for the SOTU?
Joe Biden’s scouting report
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive You probably didn’t have time to review the report on President Joe Biden’s physical. He took it on Wednesday, Feb. 28. I read every word, so allow me to recap the high points. – He’s developed obstructive sleep apnea, so the good docs at Walter Reed … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s scouting report
Electrify Marin ‘roadmap’ is about as bureaucratic and eye-glazing as it gets; I defy anyone to make sense of it
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive I tried -- I mean I really, really tried -- to make sense out of the document Marin County is holding up as a "roadmap" to push all Marin buildings, houses and cars into 100% electric use. Here's a blurb that pretends to explain it all. Please, click … [Read more...] about Electrify Marin ‘roadmap’ is about as bureaucratic and eye-glazing as it gets; I defy anyone to make sense of it
Marin suffers from U.S. immigration policy, or lack thereof
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive As the bard of our times, Bob Dylan, famously said: You don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing. And right now the wind is blowing against President Joe Biden on the mess at the southern border. A bad hombre from Venezuela … [Read more...] about Marin suffers from U.S. immigration policy, or lack thereof
Opinion: Then there was the time Tom Cotton bemoaned ‘extremism’
Thomas L. Knapp On February 25, Aaron Bushnell live-streamed the following statement: "I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force. And I will no longer be complicit to genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest. But compared to what people have been experiencing … [Read more...] about Opinion: Then there was the time Tom Cotton bemoaned ‘extremism’