Brain drain is real -- and mid-sized cities have to fight back

Sometimes you report them, but mostly you should just hang up

The Federal budget is a giant disaster with even worse to come

No fluff, no hype. Just the facts and what you need to know in plain English. And what you need to know about "Grade 14".

It's arrogant and anti-factual to say that any "threat" the news media might pose is greater than that of a government that is openly hostile to personal liberty and the rule of law.

Even if we can't solve all the world's problems, we have to be committed to recognizing them

Microsoft proposed a bold set of projects, and they're worth considering seriously

Artificial intelligence is finding its way into all kinds of devices -- but how far should it go to protect us?

America can't fix everything about the world, but we have to be a moral lighthouse. Also: Straight talk on the economy, Microsoft's rural broadband plan is like the trans-continental railway, and how Des Moines is like Helsinki.

Propaganda is rarely about one big effort, happening once. It's about a repeated and relentless effort to influence minds. That's what's happening on the DC radio dial as Sputnik moves in.