Brian Gongol
(10.11.2005)
Burglar Makes Two Big Mistakes at Check-Cashing Joint
First, make sure they actually keep money on the premises after hours. Second, wear pants.
(10.11.2005)
Married-Priest Debate Openly Being Discussed at Vatican Meeting
(10.11.2005)
First Arrest in Recent Bali Bombings
(10.11.2005)
45,000 Birds to be Killed in Romania Over Bird Flu Scare
(10.11.2005)
Daylight-Saving Time Ends October 30
DST is an annoyance, though the proposal to replace it with two giant time zones, two hours apart, would just annoy everyone in the middle of the country
(10.11.2005)
Swiss Re on Nanotechnology
Concerned that they don't have a way to project the risks of very small particles. Doesn't make them harmful, but it does reduce their ability to forecast the potential risks.
(10.11.2005)
World Food Prize Laureate Improved Aquaculture
If the poor can raise more fish, they can move beyond subsistence and into surplus. As they achieve surplus, they can sell for a profit. With profits, they can afford medicine and education. With medicine and education, they can move out of poverty. Winner Modadugu Gupta also wins special praise for doing it outside the scope of government. He's certainly done more good for the world than the misguided souls (link not exactly safe for work) who think they're saving the world by getting naked.
(10.11.2005)
The Dangers of Government Regulation of Online Political Speech
Interview with an FEC commissioner about McCain-Feingold
(10.11.2005)
Applying Market Thinking to Big Questions
Internal futures markets, open-source software, and an open business experiment are all examples of technology-leveraged tools that convert lots of people's small ideas into very successful large ones
(10.11.2005)
Using XML to Capture Terrorists
Flexible technology for managing data allows counter-terrorism analysts to review all kinds of data (phone taps, bank statements, intercepted letters) all in one place.
(10.11.2005)
Japan's Postal-Privatization Bill Approved by Lower House
It's not just the postal service, it's also the country's biggest bank
(10.11.2005)
A Case for Proximity Theory: Most Auto-Parts Suppliers Within a Day's Drive of Auto Plants
(10.11.2005)
Should Journalists Stop Trusting the Audience?
Some journalists lie, and much of the audience is fickle. What happens when the audience becomes the media?
(10.11.2005)
Intelligent Design: Reductio ad Absurdum
(10.11.2005)
Most Americans Aren't Getting Their Vitamins
Most-missed nutrients: Vitamin E, Magnesium, Vitamin A, and Vitamin C