Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick Kudos to Keri Brenner who covers the goings on at the Mill Valley school board for the Independent Journal. If I’m reading the nuances of her reporting correctly, she’s nibbling around the edges of a disturbance in the force surrounding the burg’s public … [Read more...] about Something ain’t quite right at Mill Valley schools
Opinion
Was it the shipping containers or the dance club that caused California’s two latest mass shootings?
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick It’s part of human nature to lay blame in times of tragedy. Chunli Zhao, 66, a Chinese national killed seven people when he snapped at the mushroom farm he worked at Half Moon Bay. It stemmed from a beef with his supervisor. A day before, Huu Can … [Read more...] about Was it the shipping containers or the dance club that caused California’s two latest mass shootings?
Here’s what inclusion means to me: Tommy Miller
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick In the wake of Mill Valley’s new rules to force little league coaches to undergo yearly training on “diversity, equity and inclusion,” let me take a moment to tell you what inclusion meant when I was a kid. In the late 50s and early 60s, my … [Read more...] about Here’s what inclusion means to me: Tommy Miller
What a long, strange trip to kill four dams
Rocky Barker/Writers On The Range Finally, after a 50-year effort, four massive dams on the Klamath River in northern California and Oregon will start coming down this July. For the Yurok, Karuk, Hoopa, Shasta and Klamath tribes living along this river since time immemorial, there’s much to … [Read more...] about What a long, strange trip to kill four dams
Climate change, reparations … and taco equity?
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick (Spoiler alert: For the humor impaired the following is offered at year’s end for your reading pleasure to poke a little fun – just a teenie-weenie bit! – at our insatiable drive toward ultimate enlightenment and wokeness.) It’s as plain as the … [Read more...] about Climate change, reparations … and taco equity?
Oh, how we abused the dying and the elderly during the crazy COVID years
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick A lot of water has gone under the bridge since COVID-19 hit the scene in 2020. One of the great regrets of this time will certainly be how we treated the elderly and the sick. In my own experience, I lost a good friend who fell ill during the … [Read more...] about Oh, how we abused the dying and the elderly during the crazy COVID years
Properly Subversive: Has the FBI again become public enemy No. 1?
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick Americans in our divided state will no doubt argue endlessly about the number of angels that can vote on the head of a pin. But, one thing should unite both the Blue Team and the Red Team. The alleged role of the FBI in suppressing the Hunter Biden … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Has the FBI again become public enemy No. 1?
Properly Subversive: Do you believe the president when he says food prices are headed down?
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick With apologies to Art Linkletter (Google him, kids) President Joe Biden says the darndest things. Last week he said this with an absolute straight face: "Like we were doing before I got elected president, inflation at the grocery store is, thank … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Do you believe the president when he says food prices are headed down?
Properly Subversive: Is Marin really saving the planet one leaf blower at a time?
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick At the risk of sounding like a lone wolf howling at shadows in Marin’s vast wilderness of virtue signalling, may I respectfully ask for a smidge of sanity to show we’re not as delusional as we sound when we claim to save the planet one gas-powered leaf … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Is Marin really saving the planet one leaf blower at a time?
Properly Subversive: Bill Clinton remains a tired relic of a time when women in the White House were prey
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick Once again the hypocrisy of politics trotted out the former womanizer-in-chief Bill Clinton to rustle up votes to re-elect New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. And, it worked. Good for Gov. Hochul. Very bad for society. I mean, honestly, Bill Clinton? We know … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Bill Clinton remains a tired relic of a time when women in the White House were prey