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Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive I’ve written hundreds of newspaper endorsement editorials over the years. Here’s how it usually goes: You write something sunny about all the candidates and then heap a pile of even sunnier praise on the candidate of your choice, which you probably knew … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive Commentary: All is sunny with Marin County District 5 supervisor candidates?

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive The California Legislature has a knack for talking about something insanely stupid on a weekly basis. This week may I draw your attention to AB2098, a COVID-19 “misinformation” bill.  The proposed law actually seeks to censor medical professionals … [Read more...] about Frederick Commentary: California seeks to silence ‘heretic’ doctors – c’mon man! 

Sunday, May 1, 2022  The Third Sunday in Easter "The Son is the radiance of God's glory  and the exact representation of His being,  sustaining all things by His powerful word."   (Hebrews 1:3) The Message Good morning, dear friends!  The day … [Read more...] about Thomas Nibbe Sermon: God so loved the world

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive In case you missed it, Elon Musk delivered a stinging rebuke of California “wokeness.”  California used to be the “land of opportunity,” he told humor  website Babylon Bee in a televised interview. Now the state has become the “land of … [Read more...] about Frederick Commentary: Elon Musk takes on California ‘wokeism’

Sunday, April 24, 2022, 11 a.m. The Second Sunday in Easter - 2022 "'...and we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into His likeness from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit...' The Holy Spirit transforms us … [Read more...] about Thomas Nibbe Sermon: What’s missing?

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive May I draw your attention this week to Marin County’s equity task force?  While the group’s website is aspirational (a good thing), it also contains a, well, let me say this delicately, a “kooky” streak.  Consider these three statements-of-belief … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive Commentary: Equity in Marin is … wait, what?

(Editor's note: This is part of a future commentary column by Sherman R. Frederick entitled "Properly Subversive." Stay tuned to MarinLocalNews for the full future column and past columns.) FOUR YEARS? Carolyn Marie Allen, 72, of San Anselmo was out walking her dogs when James Carleton … [Read more...] about Commentary: Four years for killing a woman? What a travesty

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive The shootout in Sacramento that left six dead and 10 wounded once again underlines the irrefutable fact that one-trick-pony progressives who blame guns first for everything do not have a common-sense answer to California violence. Look, with each … [Read more...] about Frederick Column: New thinking required to mitigate California violence

“Keep an open mind; but not so open your brains fall out.”  No one is quite sure who first said that but, hoo-boy, it’s the perfect admonition these days. Consider what the Hollywood elite plan to do to the Oscars. To get consideration for “Best Picture,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and … [Read more...] about Frederick Commentary: Academy’s descent into woke hell — judging a picture by its frame