Froma Harrop: Trump economy fails to wow many investors
A rich guy I know really, really dislikes Donald Trump.
Froma Harrop: The charges against Weinstein and O’Reilly need sorting
It would take a really big jerk to steal the sexual predator headlines from Harvey Weinstein. Defrocked Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly apparently has what it takes.
Froma Harrop: Trump’s long contentious history with health care
The story of Donald Trump and health coverage rightly starts with the story of Donald Trump and William Trump.
Froma Harrop: A Nobel Prize for cosmetic science?
Warning: What follows here is of no national consequence whatsoever.
Froma Harrop: Chuck, Nancy and Donald: the part that mattered
Donald Trump’s deal with “Chuck and Nancy” has rained new angst on his party (the Republican Party).
Froma Harrop: Meeting the people through disaster
Politicians, celebrities and the rich often set the world’s idea of their cities and regions. It takes a disaster to meet the regular folks.
Froma Harrop: Michael Moore and the Democrats’ burden
Michael Moore’s one-man show on Broadway is at times hilarious, at times tedious.
Froma Harrop: The need for a more coherent immigration policy
Let us avert our eyes from the president’s display of instability in Phoenix. We knew what to expect.
Froma Harrop: Women united refuse to be dishes on cad’s buffet
Let us briefly rest from the obscene world of politics and turn to the more wholesome subject of hookups at bars.
Froma Harrop: Trump no longer shocks. Helpers who know better do
An insane woman was madly swinging her pocketbook at strangers on the street. No one tried to shame or reason with her.
Froma Harrop: Read this and weep: Pence for president
President Mike Pence. The words do not trip lightly off the tongue.
Froma Harrop: Not enough exercise, too much: Americans differ here, too
The boarding process for a recent flight required going up a modest set of stairs. Greatly slowing it all was a woman carrying at least 80 more pounds than were optimal. Every step was a labored exertion.
Froma Harrop: Trump’s New York rat pack continues to grow
Anthony Scaramucci is two things Jeff Sessions is not. One, he is a New Yorker. Two, he is a New Yorker who made a bundle in finance.
Froma Harrop: America’s addiction to abusive drug pricing
Consider what got Martin Shkreli in trouble with the law.
Froma Harrop: The apology tour
Barack Obama much annoyed many of his critics when he noted less-than-stellar moments in American history during his trips abroad. They called it Obama’s apology tour.
Froma Harrop: Morality tale at Uber: Reputation still counts
Travis Kalanick helped found and build Uber into a corporate giant worth more than Ford Motor Co. On Tuesday, Uber’s board effectively fired Kalanick.
Froma Harrop: Trump’s lousy numbers
Thing about Donald Trump is he doesn’t have the numbers.
Froma Harrop: Can Americans be happy again?
America is not a very happy place, and it is getting less so.
Froma Harrop: Campus liberals are too easy to bait
“Rising to the bait” is a fishing term.
Froma Harrop: Can Americans get their democracy back?
Boy, wouldn’t it be great to get that mentally unstable thug out of the Oval Office?