Gongol.com Archives: September 2014

Brian Gongol


September 1, 2014

Threats and Hazards The nonchalant beligerence of Vladimir Putin
He's reportedly boasted that he could "take Kiev in two weeks" and is knocking around threats of the use of nuclear weapons. The United States is doing very little to overtly confront the situation, which might be a deliberate and thoughtful strategy -- or it might be a colossal error of dallying at a time when a full-throated defense of a nation we've been courting as a potential ally may be necessary.

News Lawsuit threatened over letting the "Redskins" use the University of Minnesota football stadium
The Vikings are using TCF Bank Stadium this season, and one of those games will be against Washington. Some parties say they'll sue if the ethnic slur naming the team is actually used on the campus.

Business and Finance Membership in labor unions, by the numbers, in Iowa and Nebraska
You're far more likely to encounter a union member in the public sector than in the private

Business and Finance Think twice before taking the Ice Bucket Challenge -- or donating

Business and Finance How far a dollar goes in the cheap seats
Lower housing costs go a long way in the Midwest and elsewhere

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