Who leaked the Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade? I suspect the court already knows, or has a damn good idea, who the leaker is because if you zero in on the three minority justices and staff who gain the most from the leak – Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Stephen G. Breyer – the list of likely suspects becomes very small. Also, there wasn’t … [Read more...]
Another ‘Kamala-ism’
I’ve tried to let a significant passage of time go by before commenting – again – on our incredible vice president. Now’s the time. The ever-bizarre Kamala Harris went down to the bayou (Sunset, LA, to be precise) to talk up her federal initiative to bring greater broadband internet access to rural America. It’s needed, as rural Nevadans know. But, how in gawd’s green Earth … [Read more...]
Time to resolve this conflict
It’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 legislators under the separation of powers … [Read more...]
Equity is what, exactly?
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 it. Marin County, just north of San Francisco is a … [Read more...]
Gun violence: New thinking should be required
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 ever-tightening gun laws. California leads the league … [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...]
Sherman Commentary: Words get in the way for our untethered president
There’s a garden-variety gaff and then there’s a worldclass 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...]
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...]