How schizophrenic are we about the need to wear masks? One picture last week on CSPAN illustrates. Testifying before the Senate Health Committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke to legislators without a mask. Dr. Rochelle Walensky followed him wearing a doubled-up N-95 mask. Remember, this was Jan. 11 – the height of the Omicron surge. So which is it? Should we model the … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: And now the virus tyrants face the music
On Oct. 7, Gov. Steve Sisolak said "I'm hopeful that the worst is behind us. But you never know with variants that are coming forward. I'm not anticipating any more mandates.” That didn’t age well because along came Omicron and inside 60 days the governor who ruled like a tyrant in 2020 decreed mandatory mask wearing for all Nevadans in indoor settings in … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: The night I met Desmond Tutu
As a snot-nosed reporter fresh out of college and working the night shift at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, I had three assignments – monitor the police scanner, re-write obits and dig up at least one story each week for the Saturday religion page. These were the jobs for the newest reporters in the 1970s. Believe me, I could tell you some stories from that era. Holding … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: Biden stumbles through COVID-19
The Biden Administration’s war on COVID-19 is beginning to look like the Biden’s Administration exit from Afghanistan – inexplicably sad and screwed up. I’m not sure where to start in chronicling the mess. December alone has brought a flurry of assertions from the president and the vice president that just don’t make sense. Vice President Kamala Harris in an … [Read more...]
Frederick: Bail ‘reform’ equals more crime
Ladies and gentlemen, behold the amazing response of California politicians to rising crime in their state. San Francisco Mayor London Breed, leader of a city so under siege by crime that residents there have taken to leaving their car doors unlocked and their trunks wide open when parking on the streets so that criminals can see there is nothing to steal in the car. … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: Have we lost all personal shame?
When I think about the brazen crime taking place in our big cities these days, I’m reminded of a story Royce Feour used to tell. Now, unless you are a boxing aficionado, you won’t know the name. But in his day, Royce was a highly recognized boxing writer. He covered all the big fights of the day in Nevada. Anyway, Royce, who died in 2018, liked to gather young … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgibleting: Grueling gruel from the cruel
Apparently, only God herself can come to the aid of local bus passengers and workers. I am thus sending this column to every religious organization in the area. Please dispatch prayers/emanations/ vibrations/meditations for picketing workers at bus garage central across from Wooster High and Reno’s E. 4th Street bus station. Four of six were hit with BB gun rounds from a red … [Read more...]
Floods & Route 66
The recent huge floods in the northwest corner of our country, reminded me of the turbulent floods that troubled the Biggest Little City in the past. As I mentioned before in this space, one of the favorite disciplines of journalists is the use of alliteration. Below is an example that was written long ago about how the Truckee flooding literally cut Reno in half. The … [Read more...]