Actual knocking-on-doors candidates of every stripe appear to be hearing about one thing more than any other (gasp): Rent control. Everybody wants affordable housing in the abstract but political leaders are stuck in cement shoes when it comes to concrete solutions. In 1978, coinciding with the rise of the Reaganauts, Sparks-Reno was as much a boomtown as today. Eight … [Read more...]
The Twitter bird feed
Biggest news for the nation last week was the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk. The man who seems to have the golden touch said he was buying the social media company so that more voices could be heard. As everyone knows, Twitter has been the PR arm of the Democrat party for years. To illustrate how Liberal it was it is interesting to note that of all the Twitter employees … [Read more...]
Frederick Column: Time to resolve the separation of powers issue in Nevada, otherwise known as can public employees vote for their own pay raises?
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly SubversiveIt’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 … [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...]
Current events
WHAT IS THE END GAME? With Russian troops decimating most of the cities they attack in Ukraine, what is the possibility of Russia occupying those cities once the war is over? Certainly those cities will have to see massive rebuilding before they can offer adequate living quarters. In addition, it is doubtful that the four million Ukrainians who have fled the country will have … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: ‘Equity’ in America means what, exactly?
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive 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 … [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 Column: New thinking required on American gun violence
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive The shootout in downtown Sacramento that left six dead and scores wounded once again underlines the irrefutable fact that one-trick-pony progressives who blame guns first for everything do not have a common-sense answer to American violence. Look, with each episode over the years of mass violence, legislators have enacted … [Read more...]