America Pass: A Smarter Way to Rethink Tariffs, Trade, and Global Leverage
“Free trade is a good thing, when it’s fair. Unfair trade cheaters must pay a price.” -Peter Navarro What if we stopped pretending that global trade was some…
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The Rain Didn’t Stop. Neither Did the Pressure on Farmers.
I just finished watching Clarkson’s Farm Season 4, and wow, it made me think. Congratulations to the entire crew. Well done, all. It’s easy to be entertained by Jeremy Clarkson as he barrels across muddy fields or argues with Caleb about cows and piglets. But this season, something changed. The weather turned. The laughter slowed….
Let the Market Tell the Story
Act I: The Camera Pulls Back Hollywood is at a crossroads. It is not the kind you write in a script, with a hero staring into the sunset and wondering which road to take. No, this is a real one. A financial one. An existential one. Studios are laying people off. Writers are scrambling to…
Earth Day and Disneynature!
Fix Earth First: Before We Colonize Other Worlds, Let’s Save This One – Lynn Scheid This Earth Day, Disneynature’s Sea Lions of the Galapagos introduces us to Leo, a wide-eyed sea lion pup growing up in one of the most wondrous and fragile ecosystems on Earth. Narrated by Brendan Fraser and captured in sweeping underwater…
Leave Katy Alone!!!
Leave Katy AloneBy Lynn Scheid In 2007, a teenage boy sobbed into a webcam and screamed, “Leave Britney alone!” He was ridiculed then, but over time, people realized he was reacting to something real: the public’s love of building someone up just to tear them down when they misstep. That’s where we are again. This…
The War That Words Won’t End
There is a strange silence at the heart of this war. It is not the quiet of ceasefire. Nor the stillness of peace. It is the silence of stalemate — one that hums with drone strikes, artillery barrages, and the sound of closed diplomatic doors. This week, the Russo-Ukrainian war entered yet another phase of…
America’s Grapes of Wrath: The Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore.
April 17, 2025 When John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath in 1939, the reaction was swift and controversial. While some celebrated its unflinching portrayal of hardship during the Great Depression, others bitterly condemned the novel, accusing Steinbeck of distorting reality and smearing America’s reputation. Book burnings and bannings were common as many refused to…
Memorandum: Framework for Creation of the Federal Social Impact LLC (FSI-LLC)
To: Legislative Counsel / Policy Development TeamsFrom: Lynn ScheidRe: Legal Structure and Regulatory Framework for a Federal Social Impact Limited Liability CompanyDate: April 12, 2025 Executive Summary This memorandum outlines the proposed statutory and regulatory structure for a new federal business entity: the Federal Social Impact Limited Liability Company (FSI-LLC). The FSI-LLC is a mission-aligned,…
Purpose, Meet Profit: Reinventing Business at the Federal Level
Forty years ago, I opened my first business. Since then, I’ve launched and operated more than a hundred others—from a dance studio and a café to property management, production services, office cleaning, and media ventures. Each one was built to be profitable. But they also shared a deeper belief: that business can—and should—do good. Back…
Everyone Is Responsible for the Box Office—Even the Actors.
The failure of Disney’s Snow White didn’t come from nowhere. It came from a culture that’s forgotten what professionalism looks like. “With great power comes great responsibility.”— Voltaire The Implosion We All Saw Coming If you’ve been in this business for any amount of time, you know what it feels like to watch a film go…