WHO Radio Show Notes - 2018
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2018
January 6, 2018
(BGS: fighting crime by cutting regulations)
January 13, 2018
(BGS)
January 20, 2018
(BGS: a government shutdown is not a victory)
January 27, 2018
(BGS: a huge difference between being principled and being obstinate)
February 3, 2018
(BGS: the stock market isn't the economy)
February 10, 2018
(BGS: North Korea tensions)
February 17, 2018
(BGS: the Russian indictments matter)
February 24, 2018
(BGS: the generational turning point on gun violence)
March 3, 2018
(BGS: justice and humanity)
March 10, 2018
(BGS: what to do with a time machine)
March 17, 2018
(BGS: "Safe Passage" by Kori Schake)
March 24, 2018
(BGS: Facebook and a flying chair)
March 31, 2018
(BGS: "Is journalism also activism?")
April 7, 2018
(BGS: China knows which tariffs cause the most pain)
April 14, 2018
(BGS: Syrian missile strike, good and bad)
April 21, 2018
(BGS: teaching kids to deal with complexity)
April 28, 2018
(BGS: when trust breaks down, so does the economy)
May 5, 2018
(BGS: "Woodstock for Capitalists" weekend in Omaha, but capitalism is neither completely triumphant today, nor permanently triumphant forever; Scouting's change to integrate girls is a small but very real flashpoint; the Upper Midwest is fighting a low-growth situation)
May 12, 2018
(BGS: "Genius-bias" is a real problem, why police don't drive Crown Victorias anymore, professional reading lists and their limits)
May 19, 2018
(BGS: Commerce makes us nicer, the ongoing public-health emergency of violence in American schools, we need a technological solution to children being left in hot cars)
May 26, 2018
(BGS: Federal government workers have lost track of 1,500 migrant children and heads should roll for it; Dr. Megan Reiss on the North Korean nuke problem; if the President won't turn over his cell phone for a security review, he's responsible for what happens when it's hacked)
June 2, 2018
(BGS: Tariffs aren't what America really wants, ideas matter as much as ever, Iowa's energy is almost as green as our tractors)
June 9, 2018
(BGS: Iowa's institutional progress on mental health needs to be matched by personal understanding; Nicole Flatow of CityLab; pardon me, but what is legal is what the law says at the time of the act)
June 16, 2018
(BGS: Move over and slow down because every individual deserves a little leeway; can the republic survive the LOLs?)
June 23, 2018
(BGS: We will never be post-national, but don't be surprised by the return of the city-state; decriminalization may be the answer for marijuana; 47 of 99 Iowa counties have naturally-declining populations)
June 30, 2018
(BGS: The thing we ought to consider this Independence Day is just how little it was that the Founders started with; John Stineman of the US Trade Council)
July 7, 2018
(BGS: Marc Goldwein on the ever-rising Federal debt, America is neither doomed nor perfect, remembering Larry Cotlar, how socialism can work by meeting six different tests)
July 14, 2018
(BGS: The world is better with friends/zero-sum isn't the usual way, density and Des Moines, innocent children ought never to be subjected to malicious cruelty or endangerment)
July 21, 2018
(BGS: Jay Cost on "The Price of Greatness", Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison; Emily Barske on tornado recovery in Marshalltown; a better country is only the product of better people)
July 28, 2018
(BGS: A person without a code never knows when they're in truly uncharted territory; more true Federalism, please; tariffs aren't "the greatest")
August 4, 2018
(BGS: Egalitarianism defines Iowa behavior, Apple reaches a $1 trillion market capitalization, filling the void for moral leadership when the President abdicates)
August 11, 2018
(BGS: National leaders should start as local leaders, wildfires in Canada darken Iowa skies, Iowa City Public Library shares "books we hated")
August 18, 2018
(BGS: Passing of Rep. Leonard Boswell, Rep. David Young at the Iowa State Fair)
August 25, 2018
(BGS: When you become aware of criminals in your orbit, you should welcome the chance to purge them; the problem with Sen. Warren's "Accountable Capitalism"; Jim Golby on civil/military relations; Congressional candidate Cindy Axne)
September 12, 2018
(BGS: Open-minded conservatism, Ed Wilson on Hurricane Florence, Matthew Hennessey on "Zero Hour for Gen X")
September 15, 2018
(BGS: Paul Manafort flips, Mark Zuckerberg needs to know that technology isn't enough, 12% of Americans don't value democracy)
September 22, 2018
(BGS: Turning feelings into words enables us to share)
September 29, 2018
(BGS: Nationalizing every fight leads to paralysis, ignore the ransom notes in your email, memory is a complicated thing)
November 24, 2018
(BGS: Government's real job is to preserve and protect human rights, Varsity Theater to close, finding moral imagination)
December 1, 2018
(BGS: Passing of George HW Bush, the GDP sugar high is wearing off, the unpardonable pardon of Paul Manafort)
December 15, 2018
(BGS: Our little tribes are good for us, except when we let the Internet misdirect us; national unity requires common purpose; decide what you want, limit your wants as much as possible, and pay for everything in full)
December 22, 2018
(BGS)
December 29, 2018
(BGS: Small can be beautiful, saving Sears, another vote on the Local Option Sales Tax)