We know what you did in the summer of 2020, Gov. Steve Sisolak. You shut down Nevada churches in the teeth of the COVID-19, while letting a myriad of other businesses gather. The governor and Attorney General Aaron Ford were taken to court and summarily admonished for the blunder. Now, the governor wants to be re-elected. You gotta be kidding. A governor with so light a … [Read more...]
Leak of the century
Who leaked the Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade? I suspect the court already knows, or has a damn good idea, who the leaker is because if you zero in on the three minority justices and staff who gain the most from the leak – Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Stephen G. Breyer – the list of likely suspects becomes very small. Also, there wasn’t … [Read more...]
Another ‘Kamala-ism’
I’ve tried to let a significant passage of time go by before commenting – again – on our incredible vice president. Now’s the time. The ever-bizarre Kamala Harris went down to the bayou (Sunset, LA, to be precise) to talk up her federal initiative to bring greater broadband internet access to rural America. It’s needed, as rural Nevadans know. But, how in gawd’s green Earth … [Read more...]
Time to resolve this conflict
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...]