Great Gig this Public Service

Being a member of congress is a great gig, despite all the “sacrifice and exhausting public service.”   Why do some of these characters hang on for decades? I agree with Randy Bryce, Paul Ryan’s long shot iron worker opponent. They should trade places – an excellent idea.  Rand Paul is warning his colleagues that […]

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The Team versus The Country?

  According to Fred Barnes in an opinion piece in WSJ 7/17/2017: “Politics is a team sport…. legislative success depends on operating as a team”. Wouldn’t a better measure of success be based on legislation that works for the country rather than winning as a team for political benefit? Granted, there are times when having […]

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Responsibility – Article 2 Section 2

  The Commander-In-Chief has given “total authorization” to the military. This seems better than having a man-child making decisions to shoot or not, but does represent a fundamental dereliction of duty. There is a reason that tradition and the constitution assign the authority (and responsibility – that is the rub) to the President for control […]

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Holocene, we hardly knew you!

  The US is going to quit the Paris Climate Agreement for no clear or consistent reason – the latest is that the impact would not be significant enough. Aside from being ignorantly incorrect, this misses the benefits of working with the 194 countries in the agreement. Abdicating leadership and turning our back to the […]

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Macron….Excellent Fake Right & Go Left

HARDSCHELL REPORT, May 27, 2017, Evanston, IL..…. Mr. Macron, Sir….We had no idea what an agile athlete you are and praise your improbable move to avoid the clumsy Trump arm wrestling. The way you left America’s fake president hanging was priceless. https://www.yahoo.com/news/emmanuel-macron-swerves-donald-trump-101549987.html

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