My Turn/Andrew Moss The state of labor this year is so fraught, so weighted with issues and problems, that a single day of homage and reflection doesn’t seem enough. It’s as if a year or more is needed to engage the issues, challenges, and possibilities facing American workers today. Consider the … [Read more...] about My Turn: One day for Labor Day is not enough
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It was not a ‘soiree,’ it was a lunch with libertarians and the governor’s office
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick I want to tell you that I sat in on an intimate soiree with Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s Chief of Staff Ben Kieckhefer for a Q&A on the state of the state. But as a young writer I had an editor once who jumped down my throat for incorrectly using … [Read more...] about It was not a ‘soiree,’ it was a lunch with libertarians and the governor’s office
Requiem for the Mohave’s Joshua tree
By Pepper TrailWriters on the Range Disheveled, gangly, the Joshua tree is surely one of the West's strangest — and most recognizable — plants. Named by Mormon pioneers for the prophet Joshua,whose upraised arms pointed to the promised land, Joshua trees are more likely to remind people today of … [Read more...] about Requiem for the Mohave’s Joshua tree
Marin is about to learn once again that in federal court the homeless are always more equal than permanent residents
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick You don’t need the powers of Nostradamus to know what’s likely to happen to San Rafael over its attempt to regulate homeless encampments. Homeless advocates asked for, and received, a temporary restraining order from a federal judge last week. … [Read more...] about Marin is about to learn once again that in federal court the homeless are always more equal than permanent residents
No. 1 rule in Marin: Don’t mess with seniors in the wild, especially when startled or threatened, or ‘how I got booed while speaking at the Novato Rotary Club’
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive I don’t often get booed when speaking publicly. That's mostly because I don’t often speak publicly. But, I was at the Sunrise Rotary Club on Tuesday talking to Rotarians at Moylan’s in Novato. The meeting started at 7 a.m. I arrived half an hour … [Read more...] about No. 1 rule in Marin: Don’t mess with seniors in the wild, especially when startled or threatened, or ‘how I got booed while speaking at the Novato Rotary Club’
Binford Road progress, more Nazi flyers in Marin and John Kerry is the wrong guy for Joe Biden’s ‘starve people to save the planet’ message.
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick Life ain’t fair. We know this from a number of things. Joe Biden, who can’t find his way off stage and habitually mixes up Ukraine with Iran as he reads major speeches on a teleprompter, is the leader of the free world. How in a just world did … [Read more...] about Binford Road progress, more Nazi flyers in Marin and John Kerry is the wrong guy for Joe Biden’s ‘starve people to save the planet’ message.
100 years ago: Novato canal nears completion
Mike Read/Pages From The Past 100 Years Ago August 1923 – Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeLong, old friends of judge Herman Rudolff, and former Novato-ites have taken up their summer residence in San Rafael. – Novato Canal Nearing Completion – The canal being cut through the Wright & Owens … [Read more...] about 100 years ago: Novato canal nears completion
Novato school marms visit Lake Tahoe, via Auburn
Mike Read/Pages From The Past 100 Years Ago July 1923 – Improving Property - A.H. Anderson is changing the appearance and greatly improving the recently acquired town property. The awning of the old Community House has been removed, the building given a coat of paint, a neat sign painted on … [Read more...] about Novato school marms visit Lake Tahoe, via Auburn
Our overly ripe vegetables in Congress
Sherman Frederick/Properly Subversive At what point does something like the spectacle going on right now in the halls of Congress with Dianne Feinstein become unbearable? How about today? Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not against old people in Congress. But, if you reach a … [Read more...] about Our overly ripe vegetables in Congress
My Turn: The problem that just won’t go away
Stephen Trimble/My Turn When I read the Salt Lake Tribune editorial on July 2, my heart sank. A Utah man with severe mental illness had died in a poorly regulated care home, with a mere $8,000 fine levied against the managers. The editorial was fierce: “It doesn’t seem to matter how horrible … [Read more...] about My Turn: The problem that just won’t go away