Brian Gongol
Elected officials need to come with three things: Humility, competence, and curiosity. A "perfect" ideology is usually a terrible thing. But if we get those three from an official, we're living well.
Bill Gates has issued his annual charitable report. Anyone in the public-service realm should take note if they really want to do some good. What gets measured gets done.
South Korea can build weapons just like their Communist neighbors, but they chose to build something useful to prove it. The communists just make bombs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is at a long-time high, but it's nothing to get overly celebratory about.
Everyone involved in the Applebee's dispute comes off looking bad.