BACK TO THE FUTURE DEPT. The Washoe County Commission this week is considering a raft of voting “reforms” (aka voter suppression). The Nye County Commission recently passed similar requirements, several of likewise questionable legality. Both would require a return to old-fashioned handwritten ballots. Washoe Commissioner Jeanne Herman and her extended family, the five … [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...]
Is this you? The surprise and magic of ten bucks
I wonder? What’s the largest amount of money you have ever found? When I was a kid my parents were on a bowling league and on Friday nights they took all three of us kiddos to the alley, saving paying a babysitter. We were allowed to run amuck because it was like a giant daycare. Well night care really. One night while jumping up and down the stairs from the alleyways to the … [Read more...]
How Renown stole our county hospital
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking.Everybody knows that the captain lied.Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died.Everybody talking to their pockets.Everybody wants a box of chocolates And a long stem rose.Everybody knows. The overlords of the number one local monetary vacuum cleaner, aka Renown Health, are in a tizzy. They fired their … [Read more...]
Davis Cup comes to town
Big time tennis competition returned to this area for the first time in more than 56 years when a Davis Cup match was held between the United States team and Colombia on March 4th and 5th at the Reno Downtown Events Center. The last time players of this caliber were seen was in 1965 when the Tahoe Racquet Club opened at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe. That event drew the likes … [Read more...]
If Joe Biden goes …we’re in a world of trouble
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...]
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...]