Sherman R. Frederick Battle Born Media When the state’s chief law enforcement officer -- the attorney general -- wears his politics on his sleeve, it erodes public confidence in his ability to enforce the law.  Nothing clearer than the way AG Aaron Ford conducted himself during this election. He did everything but dress up in a cheerleader outfit and yell … [Read more...]

Sherman R. Frederick Battle Born MediaJ In the past month I had occasion to drive about 3,000 miles through Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona and New Mexico. I saw a number of “Trump/Pence” signs in all those states.  I did not see a “Biden/Harris” sign. Not one.  Of course, this (and three bucks) will get you a medium coffee at a fancy coffee shop. The … [Read more...]

Please release the famous Sanders-Biden manifesto in its entirety so that the voting public can see what is in store for them should you be elected. At one point, at one of your recent train stops you seemed unable to remember the name of the document you co-signed. Fortunately one of your staffers was on hand to give you a hand. If you have a socialist agenda it would be … [Read more...]

Remember those pointy-headed pseudo-intellectuals who told us that we were at the end of history in a post-racial society? They should subscribe to my Barbwire Confidential e-mail list. A week or so ago, I put out a bulletin from Reno-Sparks NAACP President Lonnie Feemster recruiting volunteers to make calls motivating infrequent voters. Well, you got trouble, folks, … [Read more...]

I’m reluctant to criticize any public official who did what they thought right during the COVID-19 pandemic. It hit us from left field, it was mysterious and it most definitely was not a hoax.  But there must be a time when we review how we handled it all. We suspended our “inalienable” civil rights without much of a discussion. We banned worship services, weddings, funerals … [Read more...]

Donald Trump is within striking distance of winning Nevada and if he does, union members may well be the deciding factor. Zounds! For decades, one of the deep dark secrets of organized labor has been that roughly four in 10 union members are registered Republicans. Look no further than retired Southern Pacific/Union Pacific workers in the Rail City known as … [Read more...]

About the only thing that we learned from the first Presidential debate was that Donald Trump and Joe Biden do not like each other very much.  Even the adept Chris Wallace seemed overwhelmed at the tempestuous tone of the proceedings. At one point Trump actually said that he felt like he was debating two people. In fact, it looked as if Wallace was trying to help Biden … [Read more...]

I don’t often do book reviews for a couple of reasons. They are one, if I write an overly Reader’s Digest review I probably kill some sales of the complete tome. Secondly, if I am too laudatory and they disagree I might inhibit others from purchasing a copy.  So, in this instance I am going to report on a prestigious award that my grandson, Paul Kerschen, received … [Read more...]