The Death and Rebirth of Tariffs & Level Playing Field Perspective John Fraim What’s New One of the areas that the White House communications might have put more time in explaining is the idea of tariffs. It has to be made visual, a story given to the message. Perhaps how they were the first source […]
John Fraim Show Me ________________________________ (Above, one of my favorite photos I took while living in Palm Desert, California. The painting of Marilyn seen through the reflection with the street. Next door to a tailor shop. I know this part of Palm Desert as my mother took me down to the antique and consignment shops […]
Houthis tried to hit US fighter jet … which was a big mistake. The Houthi attack on two US aircraft on February 19, 2025. This attack marks a marked escalation in the current conflict with the Houthis and is the first time a manned aircraft has been fired upon. The video will analyze the various […]
Sunflower _____________________________ (A note to readers: this article weaves and spins back and forth and tells a few stories at once. It talks about the mportance in satire in my and leads off by a satirical article from the great political satire site: The Babylon Bee. The article argues for a bilateral committee in Congress […]
AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF MOTELS (Photo by Richard Yost/Edited by John Fraim) Theme from Route 66 / Nelson Riddle Park Plaza Courts were a chain of six motel courts built by Milton Stroud, Sr., and his brother Lemuel Stroud of Waco, Texas, with the first location opening in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1942. Lemuel supervised […]
THE REAL ELEPHANT IN THE OLD ROOM John Fraim (Petaluma, CA on a rainy night in 2022) Black Magic / Frank Sinatra ____________________________ Efficiency is feared by the bureaucracy. Yet efficiency is the basis of technology. Is it any wonder the bureaucracy is concerned about being examined by technology? Not just technology but the leading […]
Elon Against the Bureaucracy Anthem to a New Land ________________________ John Fraim The Psychology of Change Technology Against the Bureaucracy John Fraim “A benefit of technology is efficiency. What is political about this? Unless you don’t want efficiency.” The study of change in a culture is an interesting concept itself. Yet it is seldom given […]
John Fraim Anthem to a New Land New Albany is a quiet, comfortable town five miles NE from the outer belt of Columbus. Stories of its history are well known in the city. Basically, it was a project in the life of a great retail genius Lex Wexner. But, with Easton and the idea of […]
I confess. My old friend Rich is a large contributer to this site. The most interesting posts of all my 350 per day are always from Rich. Not to mention all the great music he directs our way through his massive knowledge of music. One of the most interesting posts of Rich above. Caught in […]
That Ultimate Sidekick / Gabby Hayes Red Clay / Freddy Hubbard _____________________________________ John Fraim I had lunch with my nephew the other day. It is always so good to catch up with him in person as we send a lot of links to each other on political stuff off the well beaten track. He talked […]
