Main topic of conversation at last week’s coffee klatch was President Biden’s State of the Union address. The general consensus of the group, both left and right, was that it was a complete dud. What Biden sought to do was to say that by working together we could solve all of America’s current problems. This after over a year of doing everything wrong, he is proposing a … [Read more...]
Frederick Column: Old is new: Incarcerate the homeless
After decades, and hundreds of millions of dollars down the drain, our touchy-feely neighbors in California are now talking about a “new” solution to chronic homelessness. Although leaders there shroud the concept in euphemistic language, it is actually a very old idea: Incarceration. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week that he is calling for the mentally ill and drug … [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...]
Frederick Column: He’s all about ‘the science’
Here we go again. Gov. Steve Sisolak lifted mandatory mask wearing in Nevada saying he did so because, you know, he’s very much a scientific kind of guy. Careful, my friends. Take care not to step on that plop of Carson City horse apple. Look, if we don’t start being honest with ourselves about what Nevada did during the pandemic, we’ll not have learned our … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: Hold Nevada’s weak pandemic leaders accountable
The days of poorly thought out mandates and anti-American restrictions in the name of public health are probably over. It’s been a hard two years for the once free society that is Nevada. Lockdowns, mask mandates, and social distancing morphed into silly rules and outright oppression. No visiting mom in the rest home. No touching dying loved ones in the hospital. No … [Read more...]
Rittenhouse in Reno & rationality in Sparks?
I first saw an online post about Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooter Kyle Rittenhouse having moved to these parts. Ho hum, another Internet rumor. Last week came a tip from a reader saying someone identifying himself as Rittenhouse has been shopping big ticket items around town. The teen who shot two men dead during riotous mayhem was acquitted of murder charges. Unlike the three … [Read more...]
Tennis & Covid
This time of year is a sports fan’s delight with the NFL playoffs, preparation for the Winter Olympics, the NBA reaching the halfway point and the Australian Tennis Open. Strangely enough, recent press coverage was almost dominated by the tennis event. It concerned the plight of the number one men’s player, Novak Djokovic. Because of the fact that Novak refused to be … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: Clear as mud, no joke
I have officially run out of enough serenity to accept the things I cannot change about the Joe Biden Administration. This became apparent after watching President Joe Biden’s two hour press conference marking his first tenuous year in office. Mr. Biden should not be unleashed to answer questions off the cuff – ever. He can say “let me be clear” all he wants. He can lean … [Read more...]





