Brian Gongol
Why deflation hurts
As well as some thoughts on the importance of making America 2100 a better place than America today
Hulu CEO resigns
It's still owned by Fox, Disney, and NBC
Why is Eric Schmidt going to North Korea?
Google's executive chairman says he's going on a "personal humanitarian mission", but there's also a lot of cheap labor available there.
Twitter may plan to go public in 2014
Going public is a curious choice for a firm that's making money. It -- somewhat obliquely -- telegraphs the moment when a company's owners think the prospects are at their peak.
A truce in the war between the cities
Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty may agree to stop trying to snipe one another's business. But what's really needed is a national prohibition on trying to steal other places' stuff.
Chinese newspaper journalists sign letter against a propaganda official
The tension between China's controls on personal freedoms and their exploitation of some market forces simply cannot go on forever.
Some reasons to be positive about 2013
Not everything must be doom and gloom
Return of the airship
A rigid-bodied airship for military and cargo use is ready for some test flights soon
Does Rosetta Stone really work as a language teacher?
A credible reviewer says yes, as long as you're curious enough to conduct some additional study of the details
