It’s been a burr under the saddle of good governance in Nevada for as long as we’ve been a state – can public employees also serve as legislators? In 2020, the think tank Nevada Public Research Institute (full disclosure – I was on this organization’s board many moons ago) filed suit contending that public employees cannot also be legislators under the separation of powers … [Read more...]
Equity is what, exactly?
May I draw your attention this week to the word “equity,” the increasingly popular idea that in American culture it’s not enough to maintain a society of opportunity, it must also have “equity.” Exactly what “equity” might look like in a free America is blurry. I was on a website recently that took a stab at defining it. Marin County, just north of San Francisco is a … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: Questioning science is how science is done
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive The Nevada Legislature meets once every two years, making it half the clown show of the California Legislature, which meets every year and has a knack for talking about something insanely stupid on a weekly basis. This week it is AB2098, a COVID-19 “misinformation” bill. This bill actually seeks to censor medical … [Read more...]
Judging art by the frame
“Keep an open mind; but not so open your brains fall out.” No one is quite sure who first said that but, hoo-boy, it’s the perfect admonition these days. Consider what the Hollywood elite plan to do to the Oscars. To get consideration for “Best Picture,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will mandate minimum standards for diversity and equity. By 2024, those … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: Way beyond puppy-dog’s tails
We have much to worry about these days. The worldwide pandemic featuring a bat virus developed in a shadowy Chinese lab with the possibility of U.S. money involved certainly moved to the top of my “OMG” list in 2022. And, while it is early, another worry is the specter of nuclear war in Ukraine. It channels a deepseated fear for those of us who were told to hide under our … [Read more...]
If Joe Biden goes …we’re in a world of trouble
Joe Biden’s the most snake-bit president in two centuries. In little over a year in office, he’s faced a worldwide pandemic, scary inflation followed by a botched Afghanistan withdrawal and now the potential start of World War III in Ukraine. If Americans could magically start all over again, I have no doubt they’d pick someone else — anyone else — to lead us through these … [Read more...]
Sherman R. Frederick Commentary: If Joe Biden goes …
Joe Biden’s the most snake-bit president in two centuries. In little over a year in office, he’s faced a worldwide pandemic, scary inflation followed by a botched Afghanistan withdrawal and now the potential start of World War III in Ukraine. If Americans could magically start all over again, I have no doubt they’d pick someone else – anyone else – to lead us through these … [Read more...]
Frederick Column: She checks all the boxes
While the world watched the war in Ukraine, President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. As with all appointments to SCOTUS, Judge Jackson was a purely political appointment. But President Biden took it a step further, putting qualifications secondary to the right gender plumbing and skin color. This appointment had to be a Black … [Read more...]