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September 21, 2003 (Ted Turner's worst nightmare)
September 28, 2003 (power outages and Iowa)
October 5, 2003 (the do-not-call registry)
October 12, 2003 (expanding casino gambling)
October 19, 2003 (what stinks about Iowa tax rates)
October 26, 2003 (Iowa Emergency Management Director)
November 2, 2003 (the drought)
November 9, 2003 (paying for the public employees' retirement program)
November 16, 2003 (importing drugs from Canada isn't necessarily a good idea)
November 23, 2003 (how to help our servicemembers overseas)
November 30, 2003 (free trade is really good for Iowa)
December 7, 2003 (lost those darned notes)
December 14, 2003 (Saddam found in a hole)
December 21, 2003 (the last potpourri show we'll ever do)
December 28, 2003 (Gephardt's laughable "international minimum wage")


January 4, 2004 (ridiculous things said at the Democratic debate)
January 11, 2004 (lost those darned notes)
January 18, 2004 (Iowa Caucuses)
January 25, 2004 (Bill Gates says he'll eliminate spam forever)
February 1, 2004 (the worst email worm ever)
February 8, 2004 (Presidents don't create jobs)
February 15, 2004 (raise our speed limits)
February 22, 2004 (save time on your taxes)
February 29, 2004 (the lies behind Social Security)
March 7, 2004 (skyrocketing tuition at state universities)
March 14, 2004 (Spanish voters give in to terrorism)
March 21, 2004 (killer health care costs)
March 28, 2004 (April Fool's Special: comic strips)
April 4, 2004 (find out who's behind high gas prices)
April 11, 2004 (Iowans: You owe $1.4 billion, and fighting graffiti)
April 18, 2004 (Iowa communities could live or die on Internet access)
April 25, 2004 (the English language's Enemies List)
May 2, 2004 (Is a bigger Iowa a better Iowa?)
May 9, 2004 (how to make sure your kids get good jobs)
May 16, 2004 (airfares in Des Moines)
May 23, 2004 (ten things that are going well today - part 1)
May 30, 2004 (ten things that are going well today - part 2)
June 6, 2004 (remembering Ronald Reagan)
June 13, 2004 (ten things to learn from Ronald Reagan)
June 20, 2004 (why the Des Moines/Polk County merger should flop)
June 27, 2004 (stop the "secret Bush draft plans" nonsense)
July 4, 2004 (ammunition for your next argument with a whiner)
July 11, 2004 (how universal health care won't solve our real problems)
July 18, 2004 (the good side of police discretion)
July 25, 2004 (what's making Iowa's small businesses go bankrupt)
August 1, 2004 (what's coming in 25 years)
August 8, 2004 (why you aren't shopping at Montgomery Ward's anymore)
August 15, 2004 (toll roads are great)
August 22, 2004 (where Rock the Vote can go)
August 29, 2004 (how either political party could win my vote)
September 5, 2004 (storm coverage)
September 12, 2004 (federal disaster aid)
September 19, 2004 (how the market solved the CBS/fake documents mystery)
September 26, 2004 (Mao rolls over in his grave...and we solve the battle of the sexes)
October 3, 2004 (buy your ticket to the moon...and why we don't get it about gambling)
October 10, 2004 (the report from New Orleans...and why we should take lessons from The Apprentice and use them to fight terrorism)
October 17, 2004 (we can't solve the Social Security problem by ignoring it)
October 24, 2004 (the hidden costs of a city-county merger)
October 31, 2004 (don't take away the Electoral College)
November 7, 2004 (the election's over, and now the world complains)
November 14, 2004 (jaywalking, fatty foods, and other things government should butt out of)
November 21, 2004 (NBA fighting and smoking bans)
November 28, 2004 (an alternative to the gas tax)
December 5, 2004 (Oliver Stone and his love note to Castro)
December 12, 2004 (if markets are OK for "Apprentice" betting, why not for preventing terrorism?)
December 19, 2004 (China head-butts us with spam)
December 26, 2004


January 2, 2005 (making 2005 a better year)
January 9, 2005
January 16, 2005
January 23, 2005
January 30, 2005
February 6, 2005
February 13, 2005 (Small Business Development Centers)
February 20, 2005 (Iowa's community colleges a better investment than Vision Iowa)
February 27, 2005
March 6, 2005
March 13, 2005
March 20, 2005
March 27, 2005
April 3, 2005
April 10, 2005 (Arizona border militias)
April 17, 2005
April 24, 2005
May 1, 2005
May 8, 2005 (government waste and wasting the government's time)
May 15, 2005 (time stuck in traffic, and why we say "clean as a whistle")
May 22, 2005
May 29, 2005 (what to do about the West Des Moines Wal-Mart controversy)
June 5, 2005 (computer fraud, roundabouts, and care packages for troops)
June 12, 2005
June 19, 2005 (why more regulations won't necessarily help solve credit card fraud)
June 26, 2005 (the Supreme Court has a plate of stupid for breakfast)
July 3, 2005 (Minnesota shuts down)
July 10, 2005
July 12, 2005 (filling in for Jan Mickelson)
July 17, 2005 (environmentalists and irrational politicians)

July 24, 2005 (dry weather and recycled water)
July 31, 2005 (passenger planes that refuel in mid-flight)
August 7, 2005
August 14, 2005 (joking about the "freshman 15" can mean expulsion)
August 21, 2005 (destructive movements rarely last)
August 28, 2005 (Hurricane Katrina on the way)
September 4, 2005 (assessing the Katrina disaster)
September 11, 2005 (the mass migration of Katrina evacuees)
September 18, 2005 (really big businesses often end up failing)
September 25, 2005 (how to evacuate a major city)
October 2, 2005 (broadband Internet everywhere)
October 9, 2005 (how much to spend housing evacuees)
October 16, 2005 (saving lives with the World Food Prize)
October 23, 2005 (drugmakers and their patents)
October 30, 2005
November 6, 2005 (natural disasters don't kill -- poverty does)
November 13, 2005
November 20, 2005 (rehabilitation and punishment)
November 27, 2005 (what our political priorities really should be)
December 4, 2005 (bailing out the big automakers)
December 10, 2005 (Wise Guys)
December 11, 2005 (ending the nanny state, from beer kegs to nutrition labels)
December 17, 2005 (Wise Guys)
December 18, 2005 (renewing the USA Patriot Act)
December 24, 2005 (Wise Guys)
December 25, 2005 (navigating charity)


January 1, 2006 (parents need to just say "no")
January 8, 2006 (on not relying on the Federal government)
January 15, 2006 (socialism moves in down South)
January 22, 2006 (government should stop overreaching)
January 28, 2006 (Wise Guys)
January 29, 2006 (Congress wastes time on indecency)
February 5, 2006 (what Ben Franklin would think of us)
February 12, 2006 (eminent domain and e-mail spam)
February 18, 2006 (Wise Guys)
February 19, 2006 (paying university presidents)
February 25, 2006 (Wise Guys)
February 26, 2006 (Des Moines' thriftlessness)
March 4, 2006 (Wise Guys)
March 5, 2006 (how PowerPoint and bad writing can kill)
March 12, 2006 (severe weather)
March 18, 2006 (Wise Guys)
March 19, 2006 (banning junk food in schools)
March 25, 2006 (Wise Guys)
March 26, 2006 (getting real about immigration)
April 1, 2006 (Wise Guys)
April 2, 2006 (we're raiding the emergency fund)
April 8, 2006 (Wise Guys)
April 9, 2006 (Massachusetts's plan for mandatory health insurance)
April 15, 2006 (Wise Guys)
April 16, 2006 (tax day and dependency)
April 22, 2006 (Wise Guys)
April 23, 2006 (who spies on Internet users)
April 29, 2006 (Wise Guys)
April 30, 2006 (the $100 gas rebate and why it won't work)
May 7, 2006 (who gets what deals to stay in Iowa)
May 13, 2006 (Wise Guys)
May 14, 2006 (offering state-funded incentives leaves us exposed to extortion)
May 20, 2006 (Wise Guys)
May 21, 2006 (student loans and economic growth)
May 23, 2006 (Wise Guys)
May 27, 2006 (Wise Guys)
May 28, 2006 (preventing identity fraud through smaller government)
June 3, 2006 (Wise Guys)
June 4, 2006 (only a cruel world cares more about Britney than Borlaug)
June 11, 2006 (ratings for doctors)
June 17, 2006 (Wise Guys)
June 18, 2006 (getting teachers from overseas)
June 24, 2006 (Wise Guys)
June 25, 2006 (technology and freedom)
July 1, 2006 (Wise Guys)
July 2, 2006 (the value of spreading American ideals)
July 8, 2006 (Wise Guys)
July 9, 2006 (energy savings and air conditioning)
July 10, 2006 (Project Destiny)
July 15, 2006 (Wise Guys)
July 16, 2006 (what kind of security a CEO gets)
July 23, 2006 (creepy advertising and cash for finding security flaws)
July 29, 2006 (Wise Guys)
July 30, 2006 (if home prices stay flat, will Americans keep buying stuff?)
August 5, 2006 (Wise Guys)
August 6, 2006 (what FEMA should be buying instead of trailer homes)
August 13, 2006 (getting a grip on what really threatens us)
August 20, 2006 (how dumb it is to obsess about killers)
August 23, 2006 (bad music videos thanks to YouTube)
August 27, 2006 (one year after Katrina)
August 31, 2006 (dancing on treadmills and other nonsense)
September 3, 2006 (real sunlight at your desk)
September 9, 2006 (Wise Guys)
September 12, 2006 (snooty party invitations)
September 17, 2006 (no state money for startups, please)
September 24, 2006 (fish oil for kids)
October 1, 2006 (no progress in a thousand years for some)
October 6, 2006 (make Congress bigger)
October 8, 2006 (North Korea's nuclear test)
October 15, 2006 (why no massive casualties in the Hawaii earthquake)
October 29, 2006 (knowing when to shut up)
November 5, 2006 (if it has to be mandatory, it probably doesn't save money)
November 12, 2006 (who's running for President in 2006)
November 19, 2006 (the passing of Milton Friedman)
November 23, 2006 (turkey fryers)
November 24, 2006 (economics weblogs)
November 25, 2006 (Wise Guys)
November 26, 2006 (the connection between stock-market spam and terrorism)
December 9, 2006 (Wise Guys)
December 10, 2006 (trans-fat bans and other bad ideas)
December 16, 2006 (Wise Guys)
December 21, 2006 (no hugging at school)
December 22, 2006 (tips on avoiding identity theft)
December 25, 2006 (long live James Brown)
December 26, 2006 (what people are doing the day after Christmas)
December 27, 2006 (no one uses the old names anymore)
December 28, 2006 (best movies and worst role models)
December 29, 2006 (year-end planning and celebrity rivalries)


January 1, 2007 (flying saucers at O'Hare)
January 6, 2007 (image spam...Windows Vista previews...Google Earth for emergencies)
January 7, 2007 (coaches' salaries aren't formed in a vacuum)
January 13, 2007 (Wise Guys)
January 14, 2007 (the Culver inaugural address)
January 20, 2007 (Wise Guys)
January 21, 2007 (why the Presidential race is already on)
January 27, 2007 (Wise Guys)
January 28, 2007 (saying one thing and believing another)
February 3, 2007 (Wise Guys)
February 4, 2007 (magazine fun)
February 10, 2007 (Wise Guys)
February 11, 2007 (notes missing)
February 12, 2007 (notes missing)
February 13, 2007 (the day after the snow)
February 14, 2007 (alternative approaches to Valentine's Day)
February 16, 2007 (bad planning through PowerPoint)
February 17, 2007 (Security Update)
February 18, 2007 (lower pay could mean more corruption)
February 24, 2007 (Wise Guys)
February 25, 2007 (stupid tax breaks)
March 4, 2007 (a ban on McDonald's?)
March 10, 2007 (renewable energy...taxing cable TV...Daylight Saving Time)
March 11, 2007 (carbon neutrality hurts)
March 17, 2007 (Wise Guys)
March 18, 2007 (personal debt, calling cards)
March 24, 2007 (Wise Guys)
March 25, 2007 (advice to a 22-year-old)
March 31, 2007 (Wise Guys)
April 1, 2007 (special two-hour show)
April 7, 2007 (Wise Guys)
April 8, 2007 (how much a car company is really worth)
April 15, 2007 (notes missing)
April 22, 2007 (notes missing)
April 29, 2007 (Bill Cosby: our ambassador to space)
May 6, 2007 (elections just last too long)
May 12, 2007 (Wise Guys)
May 13, 2007 (please, no miniature cars)
May 19, 2007 (Wise Guys)
May 20, 2007 (why we can't wait any longer to fix money problems)
May 26, 2007 (Wise Guys)
May 27, 2007 (Caribbean casino gambling and pirated software)
June 2, 2007 (Wise Guys)
June 3, 2007 (Democratic candidates' debate...DVD diplomacy...discount wedding gowns)
June 8, 2007 (explosives as a bad hobby...protecting kids from abduction...aid to Africa)
June 10, 2007 (Republican candidates' debate...Project Destiny...the London Olympics logo)
June 11, 2007 (two sets of simultaneous sextuplets...the Auditor of State tells how bad it is...Google meets the Big Ten)
June 13, 2007 (credit out of control..."Ocean's 13"..."Freedomnomics")
June 16, 2007 (Wise Guys: MST3K, Patch Tuesday, and the new Safari browser for Windows)
June 17, 2007 (the sword and the book...stupid keg laws...94,000 families homeless)
June 23, 2007 (Wise Guys: Google's new data center...MovieMaker...the iPhone cometh)
June 24, 2007 (hurricane predictions gone bad...Google's new data center in Council Bluffs...free speech)
June 30, 2007 (notes missing)
July 1, 2007 (the paleo-future...lunch with Warren...Ben Stein's mortgage advice)
July 7, 2007 (cracking the iPhone...dragon stupidity...the Wii Exercise Plan)
July 8, 2007 (Project Destiny...Mark Cuban's billions...red-light cameras cause more accidents)
July 14, 2007 (Wise Guys: Internet fraud...the Wii "shortage"...solar cells)
July 15, 2007 (why people leave Iowa...the Presidential field shrinks...the future of energy)
July 22, 2007 (satellite TV and dictators...presumed consent for organ donations...feeding the pig)
July 28, 2007 (Wise Guys: space travelling drunk...iPhone sales...the Burj Dubai)
July 29, 2007 (letter to Mark Cuban...less security through more security...talking with one's hands)
August 5, 2007 (no policy without a catastrophe...infinite life expectancy...where the oil is)
August 11, 2007 (space hotels...a replacement internet...free WiFi everywhere - or not)
August 12, 2007 (pre-school for some, not all...the mortgage bump...what kids know about economics)
August 18, 2007 (notes missing)
August 19, 2007 (preventative health care...sky-high P/E ratios...consumers running out of money)
August 20, 2007 (fishing for pirhanas...voting on the new ISU uniforms...advice for college freshmen)
August 25, 2007 (Wise Guys: efficient cars...the iPhone as IE4...debates on YouTube)
August 26, 2007 (seeing the future...how anti-terror surveillance could make terrorism easier...inflation taxes)
August 30, 2007 (campus safety...Big Brother warning alarms...honkless in Seattle)
September 1, 2007 (Wise Guys: bionic athletes...road traffic...social-networking trolls)
September 2, 2007 (the best place for a job...GM's hybrid SUV...fines for hugging)
September 3, 2007 (Generation Iowa)
September 8, 2007 (Wise Guys: bee death...dancing on the ceiling...a new technique for CPR)
September 9, 2007 (the world labor milestone...carrying cash...why economics really matters)
September 16, 2007 (unmanned machines of war...the 13,000-foot building...jaywalking tickets)
September 18, 2007 (the oldest man in the world...China's massive evacuation...headlights with wipers)
September 22, 2007 (asteroid defenses...a history of Yahoo and Google...smoke modeling)
September 23, 2007 (Obama's tax plan...gas prices of the future...nanotechnology)
September 30, 2007 (economic growth...printed organs...stopping nonsense in its tracks)
October 6, 2007 (15 minutes of Wise Guys)
October 7, 2007 (caucuses and the big states...garbage competition...border fences)
October 14, 2007 (notes missing)
October 21, 2007 (Russia's subsidized skyscraper...Coke in China...security screener success rates)
October 28, 2007 (falling house prices...the Medicare crisis...the value of a cancer vaccine)
November 2, 2007 (Des Moines community websites...scriptwriters on strike...evacuation plans for Polk County)
November 4, 2007 (still no talk of Medicare reform...Federal spending...Citigroup CEO quits)
November 5, 2007 (flooding in Mexico...dancing at work...coup d'etat in Pakistan)
November 11, 2007 (gas prices and passenger rail...wind power at home...popularizing science)
November 17, 2007 (Wise Guys: computers winning Nobel Prizes...trick search links...Patch Tuesday)
November 18, 2007 (monkeys like a square deal...restaurant density in Des Moines...censored cartoonists)
November 24, 2007 (bigger airplanes and bigger airports...Internet access for everyone...spam wins the e-mail war)
November 25, 2007 (Chinese espionage...developing Jamiaca...Middle East peace through jobs)
December 1, 2007 (genuine software...free presentation programs...heat in a power outage)
December 2, 2007 (China spends a fortune on airplanes...Chavez tries for a dictatorship...Google changes gears)
December 9, 2007 (stopping war with Iran...using currency to wage war...ice storms)
December 15, 2007 (getting better customer service...drug companies losing money...why websites are hard to read)
December 16, 2007 (peak oil...rising gas prices...incentive prizes)
December 22, 2007 (digital television...text-to-speech conversion...free antivirus)
December 23, 2007 (Earthpark misses Federal funding deadline...free programs for new computers...corruption in China)
December 29, 2007 (history of biological weapons...new technology meets old...the new energy bill)
December 30, 2007 (confiscation in Russia...the future for the next President...checking e-mail on vacation)
December 31, 2007 (John McCain...Medicare...New Year's traditions)


January 1, 2008 (Chris Dodd...Duncan Hunter...manufacturing in America)
January 5, 2008 (Facebook privacy...unwitting downloads...data-collection rules)
January 6, 2008 (long-term health savings...Google knowledge...One Laptop Per Child)
January 12, 2008 (Chinese handheld computers...high-definition DVD types...flex-fuel cars)
January 13, 2008 (living standards...twins separated at birth...Moody's warns us about Federal debt)
January 19, 2008 (air-powered cars...rogue nuclear scientists...remote video surveillance)
January 20, 2008 (the economic-stimulus package we can't really afford)
January 26, 2008 (fire in Las Vegas...micro-laptops of the near future...super contact lenses)
January 27, 2008 (losing billions...return of Keynesian economics...durable investments)
February 2, 2008 (bacon salt...missing iPhones...Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo)
February 3, 2008 (Volcker endorses Obama...perpetual campaign season...making money on the Internet, for real)
February 10, 2008 (President Bush goes "Brewster's Millions"...too much state spending...the end of Netscape Navigator)
February 17, 2008 (Bloomberg dislikes the economic stimulus...knee-brace electricity...Ted Turner's buffalo)
February 24, 2008 (Fidel finally goes...bicycling...traffic cameras)
March 1, 2008 (laptops for college students...recovering lost e-mail...recording streaming audio)
March 2, 2008 (advertising for the future...what you need to know about Putin...the value of NAFTA)
March 8, 2008 (social networking on the job...invisible circuits...the Netflix Prize)
March 9, 2008 (what survived funnel week...Daylight Saving Time...spontaneous traffic jams)
March 15, 2008 (Google vs. the old gray lady...portal mergers...newspaper bloggers)
March 16, 2008 (text messages and threats...Chinese cyberterrorism...electrical grid reliability)
March 17, 2008 (divorcing Paul McCartney...protecting your computer for free...fly me to the Moon)
March 22, 2008 (Intel's cheap laptop...Safari for Windows...Guerrilla Mail)
March 23, 2008 (Bear Stearns bailout...pack mules of the future...viral videos)
March 29, 2008 (China's airport boom...curing blindness...antivirus software that won't work)
March 30, 2008 (entitlement spending still looms large...bans on junk food...free markets work)
April 5, 2008 (X-Prize for Genomics...computer chips with lasers...sunspots and climate change)
April 6, 2008 (consequences of knowing your genes...living much longer...buying microwaves in Cuba)
April 12, 2008 (I-235 speeds...file backups...food riots)
April 13, 2008 (income taxes...rising food prices...China and Tibet)
April 20, 2008 (more earthquakes will come...storing food...ten things to do in Des Moines)
April 26, 2008 (Mechanical Turk...laws of robotics...Cubs fans aren't crazy)
April 27, 2008 (climate change vs. national security...CNN t-shirts...the right communications tool for the right job)
May 3, 2008 (OEM software)
May 4, 2008 (new oil refineries...Russia and the natural-gas market...tax competition)
May 10, 2008 (PDF files...Microsoft gives up on Yahoo...video on cell phones)
May 11, 2008 (Microsoft needs to stop chasing Google...oil booms run out...the susceptibility of I-80)
May 17, 2008 (not your grandfather's privacy anymore...jet packs and lasers...designing your own websites)
May 18, 2008 (unemployment now lower than ever...recovering from a disasater...creative stop signs)
May 24, 2008 (the Gorillaz...Google's energy investments...putting economic-stimulus checks to work to save energy)
May 25, 2008 (show preempted by severe weather)
June 1, 2008 (the importance of voting in a primary...running out of Internet addresses...custom copies of the NY Times)
June 7, 2008 (motorcycles and efficiency...Automotive X-Prize...the time to switch to Vista)
June 8, 2008 (flooding across Iowa...robotic pets for the elderly...Tiananmen Square)
June 15, 2008
June 22, 2008 (stolen kitchen grease...landfills as banks...time to save)
June 28, 2008 (iPhone turns one...alternatives to Microsoft Excel...burning home videos to DVD)
June 29, 2008 (China has more cell-phone users than we have people...Bill Gates retires...what makes things funny)
July 5, 2008 (the end of Windows XP...getting Linux...who knows your YouTube viewing habits)
July 6, 2008 (fiscal independence for America...education in the future...Chinese troops on Segways)
July 12, 2008 (no bowling at the Olympics...the next-generation iPhone...Fake Steve Jobs retires)
July 13, 2008 (big trouble at the mortgage lenders...breakaway movements in China...working for a million dollars a year)
July 19, 2008 (golden tickets to space...high gas prices change the auto industry...cell phones become CCTV cameras)
July 20, 2008 (Ireland dumps the EU constitution...Katrina Cottages for Cedar Rapids...new prizes for energy innovations)
July 26, 2008 (bringing back the Streamline Era...Cuban microwave ovens...the problem with meta tags)
July 27, 2008 (bad predictions on gas prices...fixing enery problems...sounding like you look)
July 28, 2008 (flood recovery...Cedar Rapids pulls itself up by the bootstraps...free printable tools)
August 2, 2008 (roller-coaster absurdity...DVD rentals...the Apple Newton rises from the dead)
August 3, 2008 (China breaches the Great Firewall...free-trade talks fall apart...Bill Gates protects your bread)

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