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...]
Frederick Commentary: The Academy’s descent into woke hell — 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: Our untethered president
There’s a garden-variety gaff and then there’s a world-class blunder. Addressing a crowd in Reno and telling them that it’s good to be in Bakersfield is a gaff. Calling for regime change in a nuclear-armed Russia in front of an enthusiastic NATO crowd is a blunder. Unforced mistakes of substantial consequence have become a trademark for President Joe Biden. As a … [Read more...]
Kudos to Kerschen
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 for his … [Read more...]
Frederick Column: We’re 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 comes in the specter of nuclear war in Ukraine. It channels a deep-seated fear for those of us who were told to hide … [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...]