Brian Gongol



That's going to hurt

The European Union: Quashing individual initiative in the name of a glorious (but wholly imaginary) technocratic future

One of the worst things to do to a fighting force is to leave them with inadequate supplies. For instance, many US troops in Iraq don't have fire-retardant clothing. Given the number of car-bombings, IED incidents, and other fire-related attacks in use, that's inexcusable on the part of the civilian leadership. With many troops going in for second and third tours, this is ridiculously late in the game for them not to have comfortable but life-saving clothing.


Certainly fallible, it's still a decent concept. Even better, though, is for people to think about what they're doing online and to use an alternative browser

Just getting 12,000 construction workers into and out of downtown New York will be a massive undertaking

President Bush confirms a long-standing suspicion that terrorists have wanted to hit Europe's biggest airport for some time now. Discussions about the best way to conduct air security in Europe are still leaving people unsettled.

