Brian Gongol




It's hardly an active, widespread social-networking site...for now. But the company just isn't going to give up on the project. Guaranteed.

The more it becomes possible -- and even rewarding -- to have employee-free businesses, the more they're going to show up. Technology enables this. It's bad for people who just want to punch a clock or who aren't interested in making their own skill sets more valuable.

That includes Amazon.com. The Internet is great for consumers, but it can definitely be painful to the people who own the companies whose markets it undercuts.

A team of kids in Iowa City is using Twitter to say nice things about other people

Not all of them will be effectively asked in Washington, but they should be


The Iowa DOT is looking to lawmakers for help matching the registration fee to that paid by other drivers. And it still won't cover their share of wear and tear on the roadways that isn't recouped by the gasoline tax.

A 20-story tower planned for Iowa City might get $13 million in tax subsidies towards its $54 million price tag


After how they treated Ron Santo over the years, it should be no surprise they let down everyone this year

South Korea has a household debt level of 89% of GDP. That doesn't make it good for either country -- but it does signal that we perhaps have a common problem.

Or, put another way: "What happens if we spend all day exposed to the extremes of life, to a steady stream of the most improbable events, and try to run ordinary lives in a background hum of superlatives?" It's a good question. Maybe even a great one.


And yet again, The Onion satirizes a painful truth

(Video) A most interesting two-hour Q-and-A session with the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman

Milt Rosenberg's nightly program was unique: It was public-radio highbrow without being public-radio boring. Sometimes he had his mind already made up on a topic, but more often than not, it was enlightening listening.

What message could you really have for the guy that would be really so important?

We're in for a world of hurt. Cities, counties, school districts, and states have all been badly underfunding their pension systems. It's going to be a disaster when the reality hits.

It's been a bad week for Boeing

The chances of being in a crash are infinitely low. But if the cost of reading and internalizing the information is sufficiently low, it might be a worthwhile exercise.


(Video) News anchor finds himself surprised by the camera

Where that nutty song came from

ISU economist says: "Manufacturing remains a huge part of our economy, but it’s relying on less and less labor over time." True.
