Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick According to the newest navel gazing study on racism in Marin, landlords discriminate against applicants by favoring people with white names over Black names. I’m not kidding. This is an actual study courtesy of the Fair Housing Advocates … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Welcome to Marin, ‘Hunter’ … hit the road, ‘Darius’
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Properly Subversive: When it comes to homelessness in Marin, no good deed goes unpunished
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick After all that Sausalito residents went through to do what the town’s moms and dads thought was the compassionate and right thing to do for the homeless, it ended last month with taxpayers paying the Homeless Union $500,000 in a settlement, part of which … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: When it comes to homelessness in Marin, no good deed goes unpunished
Properly Subversive: Raid of the century and the Berkeley Barb
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick Pardon me if, as a civil libertarian, I’m still shocked by the news that the Joe Biden administration raided political rival Donald Trump’s home and confiscated boxes of documents the government said belonged in the National Archive. Before we get … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Raid of the century and the Berkeley Barb
Properly Subversive: News flash, democracy requires effort
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick At the risk of sounding like more of a Luddite than I really am, may I please push back (just a little) on the trend that seeks to make voting easy as pie – minimum effort, little sacrifice, and no sense of duty required. Some want a system in which … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: News flash, democracy requires effort
Properly Subversive: We’re living in the age of the $20 burger; support your local restaurant
Properly Subversive: Sherman R. Frederick A guy I know who owns a sports bar told me that the price he pays for a box of frozen fries just doubled. The cost of beef also hit new highs. In my anecdotal experience, this has made the over-and-under price for the American staple of a burger and … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: We’re living in the age of the $20 burger; support your local restaurant
Nibbe Sermon: The sweet little girl on the platform
The Rev. Thomas Nibbe/Holy Cross Lutheran Church CROSSOVERTHE TIME: "THE PARTITION""No Man's Land" - August 14, 1947 [...a railroad station somewhere on the newly established border between India and Pakistan, near Amritzer and outside Lahore...]On this day, August 14, 1947, fifteen … [Read more...] about Nibbe Sermon: The sweet little girl on the platform
Properly Subversive: Anyone else hearing economic thunder?
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick The signs clearly call for caution in crafting government budgets. Consider these two storm clouds. The retirement fund for public school teachers posted negative returns for the fiscal year ending June 30. The kitty that funds teacher … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Anyone else hearing economic thunder?
Properly Subversive: ‘Karens,’ Nazis and the old woman who yells ugly things in Downtown Mill Valley
Properly Subversive: Sherman R. Frederick A local “Karen” spit fire at this humble little newspaper for a headline we ran in February. Yes, February!. The headline “Karen” objected to was this: “The ‘pandemic’ is over.” She told us it was “misleading” and “false” and … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: ‘Karens,’ Nazis and the old woman who yells ugly things in Downtown Mill Valley
Properly Subversive: Is Joe Biden too old?
Properly Subversive: Sherman R. Frederick How old is “too old” to be president of the United States? Our readers might have the answer to that because Marin County residents skew demographically “old.” By the end of this decade, the fastest growing age group in Marin will be … [Read more...] about Properly Subversive: Is Joe Biden too old?
Thomas Nibbe Sermon: Mary, Martha and Vince Lombardi
The Rev. Thomas Nibbe Holy Cross Lutheran Church 1165 Seville Drive Pacifica, California The gospel lesson for today takes place in a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Jesus into her home. Martha had a sister named Mary. Later to be a focal point … [Read more...] about Thomas Nibbe Sermon: Mary, Martha and Vince Lombardi