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
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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’
Can elections heal rather than divide?
Melinda Burrell/Peace Voice “Elections, when done right, are tens of millions of tiny healing moments.” I read that line on my LinkedIn feed and immediately stopped scrolling. I’ve been dreading 2024 for several years, in fear of the increasing division in our country. But what if we … [Read more...] about Can elections heal rather than divide?
Fairfax needs brave leadership on homeless encampments encroaching on youth baseball
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive Homeless encampments have long been a burr under the saddle of public officials in Marin. No elected official in Marin that I know of likes it or encourages it. The latest hotspot comes out of the small town of Fairfax, where homelessness has … [Read more...] about Fairfax needs brave leadership on homeless encampments encroaching on youth baseball
Opinion: War comes home to my small town
Matt Witt/Writers on the Range At the coffee shops in Talent, the little Oregon town where I live, the conversation is often about the high cost of housing or the way the weather has been dramatically changing. But lately another topic has crept in—the escalation of violence in Israel and … [Read more...] about Opinion: War comes home to my small town
Opinion: Rosa Parks gives a talk in my small town
By Betsy Marston/Writers on the Range It was 2 p.m. on a recent Sunday in the western Colorado town of Paonia, population 1,500, not an ideal time to gather a crowd to meet the famous Rosa Parks, the woman who kicked off the modern civil rights movement. Yet surprisingly, about 100 … [Read more...] about Opinion: Rosa Parks gives a talk in my small town
Opinion: Sympathy for the Orange One
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive As impossible as it may seem, Democrats have managed to turn billionaire game show host Donald Trump into a legit sympathetic figure. Not because Donald Trump is the genius he thinks he is or is all that likable, but because Democrats have … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sympathy for the Orange One
Opinion: Return of the ‘Student Loan Forgiveness’ vote-buying scheme
By Thomas L. Knapp On February 21, the Biden administration announced a new $1.2 billion round of student loan forgiveness, with president Joe Biden personally notifying the 153,000 beneficiaries by email. "I hope this relief gives you a little more breathing room," Biden wrote. "I’ve heard … [Read more...] about Opinion: Return of the ‘Student Loan Forgiveness’ vote-buying scheme
Opinion: How Christians radicalized the GOP
By Bob Topper American Ideology Thomas Jefferson studied and embraced Enlightenment philosophy, the ideas of the Age of Reason. And they inspired him when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are … [Read more...] about Opinion: How Christians radicalized the GOP