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Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive One of Barack Obama’s election gurus, Dan Pfeiffer, recently shamed the New York Times for failing to get with the program of defeating Donald Trump in the upcoming election.  “They (the NYTs) do not see their job as saving democracy or stopping an … [Read more...] about Who’s the authoritarian — Biden or Trump? The New York Times just got the answer

Ted Williams/Writers on the Range Unlike the rest of modern wildlife management, killing bobcats is unregulated, driven not by science but by fur prices. We’re stuck in the 19th Century when market hunters, for example, shot boatloads of waterfowl with 10-foot-long, 100-pound “punt … [Read more...] about Bobcats need protection, not killing for their pelts

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive If another Washington politician — Democrat or Republican — lies one more time about how they are working oh-so hard to lower prescription drug prices, I’m going to send them a bill for my latest incredibly high prescription with a note that says: “You Pay … [Read more...] about Drug prices going down? — Not in this universe

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive As pro-Hamas protesters overrun American universities, endangering Jewish students, we once again we see President Joe Biden unable to rise to the occasion.  He won’t respond to questions shouted at him and we all know why. He’s not all there … [Read more...] about Extemporaneously, Biden’s not with us any more

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive In a previous column, I raised the hope that Nevada’s senior U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Mastos might be in a perfect position to lead her party out of the current crisis on the Mexican border.  Ms. Cortez Mastos’ grandfather immigrated from Mexico … [Read more...] about Drunk illegal immigrant kills Senate staffer — time to stop looking the other way

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive And now for something completely different: A Bay Area District Attorney taking child endangerment and fentanyl death seriously.  This is the sad case of an 18-month-old girl by the name of Winter (pictured above). Her life ended with a fentanyl … [Read more...] about Baby Winter is dead, mom, dad and druggie housemates charged

Wendy Keefover/Writers on the Range It’s legal in Wyoming to chase coyotes and run over them with snowmobiles, but recently, a man used his snowmobile to run down a wolf until it was disabled. Then he taped the wolf’s mouth shut and paraded the animal around a local bar, taking photos to … [Read more...] about In Wyoming, tormenting a wolf is not a big deal

Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive I may not know a damn thing about virology, but I know a coverup when I see one. It’s clear now – thank’s to the doggedness of Sen. Rand Paul – the source of COVID-19 came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. You will remember that in the beginning the … [Read more...] about COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab and the U.S. had something to do with it

Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick Everybody I’ve ever known who worked at National Public Radio came from the left side of the political aisle. I’m not exaggerating. Every single person.  I considered them friends. And good news people when reporting on topics in their wheelhouse of … [Read more...] about NPR’s big blind spot