Cheerfully Intense

Roundabouts, rails, and regional jets

Release Date: 5/29/2021

Duration: 33360 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: What's going to become of international travel if we don't do something about the hijacking in Belarus? And, on a different note, should rail enthusiasts start recruiting for their cause at airline hubs?

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On truck stops and Dr. Fauci

Release Date: 12/23/2020

Duration: 10860 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: Dr. Anthony Fauci got his first coronavirus vaccine shot yesterday, and my thoughts turned to truck stops

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To be fair about it

Release Date: 11/2/2020

Duration: 22440 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: Unless you actually believe we're all living in a simulation (like The Matrix), then it's time to recall that everyone around you -- even your opponents -- is living a complex, rich internal life just like yours. And we can't do right by them unless we're dedicated to being fair.

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Do I look like a manager to you?

Release Date: 6/30/2020

Duration: 36060 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: If people persist in thinking that I "look like a manager" for no good reason other than my gender and my skin color, then we're a long way from equitably treating everyone with the dignity that is inherently theirs.

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News for Nerds

Release Date: 6/8/2020

Duration: 33420 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: Where did James Mattis have his letter published this week, and what does it have to do with the Capital Weather Gang?

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Victory Gardens of the mind

Release Date: 3/23/2020

Duration: 37140 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: The most important thing for people to do amid the COVID-19 outbreak is nothing: Stay home and socially distance. But there are lots of things to do while you're doing nothing, and taking action can make you feel better about having some control over the future.

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The Old Gray Lady shouldn't shut up

Release Date: 3/9/2020

Duration: 42480 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: The New York Times editorial board wants to publish its consensus opinions less often. That's a giant mistake.

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Away go troubles down the drain

Release Date: 3/2/2020

Duration: 39000 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: The Surgeon General wants you to quit hoarding masks because you're panicked over coronavirus. But it's not just doctors and nurses and EMTs who will need to be masking up if this thing gets worse.

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Paging Doctor House

Release Date: 2/24/2020

Duration: 45180 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: Getting the difference between a "human right" and a "universal need" shouldn't be this hard, but Sen. Bernie Sanders sure wants to make it tougher than it is.

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Let your "yes" mean "yes", wherever you're the President

Release Date: 2/17/2020

Duration: 39300 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: It's not often that the Catholic Church has a Sunday reading that fits with the news, but China's President Xi definitely should have been in the pews this week.

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Who's afraid of a little Korean cinema?

Release Date: 2/10/2020

Duration: 43080 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: The people who are chicken about facing competition from "foreign" films are really no different from the people who want to "build a wall". Money, ideas, goods, and people ought to move with the maximum practicable freedom.

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Caucus Eve in Iowa

Release Date: 2/3/2020

Duration: 35880 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: It's Caucus Eve in Iowa, and we've already celebrated with our traditional dinner of pork chops and corn syrup. (I kid.) This is going to be a big week for news. But is it going to be a good one for the Constitution?

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Are we as humble as the Founders?

Release Date: 1/18/2020

Duration: 31260 Mins

Authors: Brian Gongol

Description: 101 years ago, Americans made a big mistake by ratifying Prohibition. It took almost a decade and a half to fix that mistake. Correcting our errors is job #1 for Americans.

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