Brian Gongol
What Warren Buffett saw about the mortgage situation three years ago
Ted Turner says he isn't trying to corner the Ogallala Aquifer
He says he's just trying to raise a lot of buffalo
Fort Dodge used to be a big center for stoneware production
In honor of Presidents' Day: The five manliest Presidents of all time
Congress needs to stop wasting time on baseball
Here are ten things that Congress should be spending time on instead of whether Roger Clemens used steroids:
Chinese cyberwarfare
encouraging innovation in energy production and efficiency using inducement prizes
socialism in Latin America
genocide in Darfur
slavery and human trafficking
the re-emergence of Russian militarism
finding cures for cancer
fixing the mess it has made in education
encouraging the development of bioengineered organs
controlling the Federal debt
There are certainly scores of other things that could make up similar lists.
What effects do crops have on climate?
Another dry year is possible for western Nebraska
The best voting method: Optical scanners with randomized audits of paper ballots
Maybe the electric car isn't dead
North Carolina is working on a project to create a plug-in center for electric cars
How creative use of technology helped in the San Diego wildfires
CIA warns that cyberterrorists have held power systems hostage for cash
Not in the United States, but in other countries -- and they obviously think there's a chance it could happen here
REAL ID "replaced 99 years worth of state driver's license work with new federal standards"
Iowa legislators can't wait to give away money we don't have
They're ready to give away $36 million in tax breaks in order to get 50 jobs. That's $720,000 per job -- assuming they even know how many jobs would be coming along with the deal, which they don't. Is there no one in the state who could create 50 jobs for $720,000 per job?
Navy will shoot down the dead spy satellite that's set to crash soon
The National Reconnaissance Office says the satellite's leftover fuel could create a toxic cloud if it reaches the ground, so they'd rather blow it up outside the atmosphere
Graphic of the day: Power Generation
Lake McConaughy rises just a bit
Credit problems: The Fed's fault
Fewer rules mean safer roads
Knee brace lets walkers generate 5 watts of power
Could allow diabetics to run their insulin pumps without batteries or give campers access to electrical power when they're out in the woods. It only takes 20% more effort.
Archbishop of Canterbury suggests letting some people volunteer to live under sharia law
Civil law is and ought to be the only law of the land. Related: Some Mideastern religious scholars have second-guessed the religious permissibility of Islamic bonds.
How much water does Iowa really have?
Creator of Apple's first logo gave up a 10% share in the company
February's Patch Tuesday is huge
It includes six "critical" updates among a total of eleven. Symantec considers them pretty big, too.
How to read Yahoo's internal memos
State auditor red-flags Iowa's budget
The governor still wants to spend $179 million that the state doesn't expect to receive in taxes and fees. And, worse, the state is issuing bonds to cover operating expenses. That's like taking out a loan at the bank to pay for dinner. In related news about fiscal irresponsibility, the White House is hoping to create 500,000 new jobs with the highly unwise economic-stimulus package. Total cost: $336,000 in new debt spending per job. And as we all know, someday, we'll have to pay off the debt -- probably involving lower spending and higher taxes. If anyone thinks that higher taxes don't have unfortunate consequences, consider Greg Mankiw's question: "Have you ever turned down a money-making opportunity that would have accepted if it paid twice as much?"
Today is the 199th anniversary of Lincoln's birthday
And yet 12,300,000 people are still living in slavery around the world today, including stunning numbers of child slaves. In some places, entire populations are held as slaves in order to pay off their ancestors' debts.
Writers' strike ends at long last
UI hospital sued over Legionnaires'
Russia uses oil money to pay for bombers to annoy US aircraft carriers
Four Tupolev-95 bombers were launched from far eastern Russia on Saturday, and one of them flew 2,000 feet above the USS Nimitz. Forget global warming: Energy efficiency and research is a national security issue. Russia's government is making a lot of money by exporting high-priced oil and natural gas in greater volumes than in the past through the nationalized petroleum businesses, and it's using that money to fund a bit of revived militarism. If we could reduce our consumption of energy through efficiency gains, learn to produce more of our own energy, or (better still) do some of both, we could help ease pressure on the world energy market. That would put less money in the pockets of countries and groups that are trying to make things worse in the world. And if that helps the environment, too, then so much the better. Anyone who doesn't think we need to be paying heightened attention to Russia and China right now is missing the big news.
Notes from the "Brian Gongol Show" on WHO Radio - February 10, 2008
Waterloo approves new stormwater ordinance