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Sioux City school district will look at getting bulletproof glass 7 Feb 2013 | 07:41 pm
As always, the first question ought to be: If we are intent upon spending this money in order to achieve a particular goal, is this the most efficient and rational expenditure? Suppose it turns out th...
Lights out -- not just in New Orleans 7 Feb 2013 | 07:40 pm
The power outage at the Super Bowl was embarrassing, but the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities warns that we could have rolling blackouts in a couple of years because new environmental rules are...
So if the New York Times has been under attack by the Chinese government... 5 Feb 2013 | 11:23 pm
...at what point do we need to start drawing a clearer "line in the sand" about the national defense of American interests? Is cyberwarfare, because it does not involve tanks and aircraft carriers, co...
The value of a good brand name 4 Jan 2013 | 04:13 pm
How much is a good brand name worth? And why doesn't Congress do something about the economic war between the states?
Some far-out questions for your consideration 4 Jan 2013 | 04:13 pm
Why do we give free health care to the elderly instead of to children and young adults? Why don't we fire Congress for not balancing the budget? Why are Congressional districts ten times larger than i...
How old will you be in 2050? Ready to share the country with 440 million other people? 4 Jan 2013 | 04:11 pm
America's infrastructure -- not just the "roads and bridges" that President Obama is always talking about, but also the dams and water-treatment plants and airports and harbors and power plants and se...
Better than branding, and far better than social media 26 Dec 2012 | 04:38 am
Fast Company takes a brief look at how Patagonia builds itself around the premise of being bigger than just making a profit -- while still making a profit. It's really a subject straight out of the bo...
Radio show notes from September 30, 2012 10 Oct 2012 | 07:53 am
Instead of politics or current events...a look at future events
Radio show notes from October 7, 2012 10 Oct 2012 | 07:53 am
Listen to the second segment, a discussion about what would happen if we inverted Social Security and instead gave it to young people in a lump sum
A sad anniversary for America 10 Oct 2012 | 07:53 am
On this date in 2002, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in Eldred v. Ashcroft, a case challenging the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act, which preposterously extends the length of...
