The Fairfaxian/Mike Ghiringhelli The Holiday season is officially here, as families and friends gather to spend quality table time together, giving thanks, appreciating and recognizing all that we have to be grateful for. It's a great time to celebrate, to love, to laugh and smile, to be … [Read more...] about A Fairfax Thanksgiving
Opinion
The talk parents should have with their kids
Lew Tremaine/The View from The Hill Back when I was teaching a life skills class in middle schools around Marin, I always included a conversation about how to deal with the police. I think, Bruce Springstien put it most succinctly: “41 shots, Llana gets her son ready for school/ She … [Read more...] about The talk parents should have with their kids
Imagining the unimaginable
By Jonathan KlatePeace Voice I am a Jew. My father and all of my grandparents emigrated from the pale of settlement in eastern Europe, as did my wife’s Jewish father. It was difficult to know where they lived exactly and for how long; Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Hungary, Belarus… the borders … [Read more...] about Imagining the unimaginable
We paid money to find this out?
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive Forty-three thousand dollars. That’s what the County paid Polco/National Research Center to find out that Marin-ers value the natural environment of Marin and want to protect it, the desire to stay vigilant in disaster preparedness and to provide … [Read more...] about We paid money to find this out?
Replace Biden now; he won’t get better
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive David Axelrod, the brains behind Barack Obama's rise to the presidency, spoke truth to power. It all went down last week as Mr. Biden celebrated his 81st birthday. First, Axelrod has been very public advocating Biden gracefully move aside and … [Read more...] about Replace Biden now; he won’t get better
‘Brown Shirts’ in the making
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive If you like what Nazi Germany did to Jews, you’ll love the Hamas slogan “From The River To The Sea.” It is used to mean death to all Jews in the region. Of this, there is no dispute. So, it was disappointing in the extreme to see about 35 Marin high … [Read more...] about ‘Brown Shirts’ in the making
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 … [Read more...] about Art Buchwald and me
A little more attentive patience and generosity in Bay Area public meetings, please
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive I follow a lot of public meetings in Marin. Perhaps the source of most public angst expressed in those forums comes when elected officials impatiently limit the time for public comment. The norm in Marin is 3 minutes. It’s sometimes shortened to 2 … [Read more...] about A little more attentive patience and generosity in Bay Area public meetings, please
In Marin’s District 3 it’s been a good and vibrant year
Stephanie Moulton-Peters (Editor’s note: Stephanie Moulton-Peters is the Marin County supervisor for District 3, including Sausalito, Floating Homes, Marin City, Mill Valley, Tam Valley, Almonte, Alto-Sutton Manor, Strawberry, Tiburon, and Belvedere.) Dear Friends and Neighbors, As we … [Read more...] about In Marin’s District 3 it’s been a good and vibrant year
Truth to power: Thumbs down to Fairfax’s new ‘disruption’ rule
Thumbs up and thumbs down is all we have left to express ourselves in Fairfax. My very good attorney looked carefully at the “decorum guidelines” adopted by the Town Council on Nov. 1. It is borderline a violation of the First Amendment of our Constitution. It infringes on our freedom of … [Read more...] about Truth to power: Thumbs down to Fairfax’s new ‘disruption’ rule