Does oafish behavior appeal to the base? That would be an interesting study in macho-insecurity. Pushing the Montenegro Prime Minister out of camera range in order to be front and center, now seems like normal behavior and perfectly encapsulates the person. Of course, “America First” and the rest of you get in line! Lecturing […]
Read MoreOur Mad Man?
The U.S. appears to be out of step. Our guy is a Mad Men era character with the grabbing, stream polluting, and sclerotic thinking about us against them. Canada seems so much more evolved and now probably France. Sure, if you are in the “us” camp you can look forward to tax breaks but pity the […]
Read MoreThe Greeks had their Metics
What is so vile and scary about a “path to citizenship”? Amnesty, from Greek amnēstía, “forgetfulness of wrong” seems like a good concept. Who wants to hold on to resentment for someone who bravely escaped a hard and often dangerous life and crossed a border? Could it be simply a dislike and fear […]
Read MoreNobody Loves a Wall
Hard Schell Report, Evanston, IL Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Build that Wall…Build that Wall…And who is going to pay for that wall? You..and me and every tax payer in the US. Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to […]
Read MoreChinese president Xi Takes Trump to School
April 13, 2017, Evanston, IL……. Apparently, Trump came into his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in early April, convinced that China could simply eliminate the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear program. However, after listening for 10 minutes to President Xi patiently explain Chinese-Korean history to Trump —” I realized it’s not so easy,” […]
Read MorePharma Drama!
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is about granting the people the right to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion. I guess Big Pharma has some claim to the 1st but: Why do we allow them to bombard us with dramatized ads attempting to convince us to start using their remedies […]
Read MoreProtect the Open Internet-Enforce Net Neutrality
April 11, 2017, Evanston, IL……Last week, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai — a former Verizon lawyer — met with cable- and phone-company lobbyists to outline his plan to get rid of Net Neutrality.He wants to ditch the strong FCC rules that protect the open internet and instead ask internet service providers to “voluntarily” enforce Net Neutrality. […]
Read MoreToo Much Temptation For A Self-Centered Person
April 10, 2017, Hardschellreport, Evanston, IL……….Investors seem to be betting President Trump’s decision to retaliate against Syria after the chemical attack on Syrian citizens earlier this week may mean the Pentagon will need more Tomahawks. The Department of Defense is asking for $2 billion over five years to buy 4,000 Tomahawks for the U.S. Navy […]
Read MoreSmall Fingers on the Buttons
The motives are suspect, “beautiful babies” notwithstanding. Now he has a taste and with no semblance of strategy or thoughtful engagement can feel the power he has at his tiny fingertips. This was a win, win, win, win for him: major distraction, demonstration of toughness and new sheriff in town, favorability bump and awesome sense […]
Read MoreTrump’s Wall Folly
April 9, 2017, The Hard Schell Report, Evanston, IL …..Let us hope that concerns over diplomatic fallout, the disruption to local communities and the enormous cost of this ill-conceived Trump idea, estimated to cost the US anywhere from $22 billion to $40 billion will give rise for GOP leaders and legislators to push back against […]
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