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What to do with 25 years
On the Lusitania, Pearl Harbor, and the deceptively hard-headed role models who deserve another hearing a quarter of a century after 9/11
 • Brian Gongol
Cowardice and illegitimacy
On leadership both elected and unelected, short tempers, and the thoroughly contemptible imprisonment of democratic activists in Hong Kong
 • Brian Gongol
Kids should get to go home
On “48 Hours”, Patriot missiles, and the drop in the bucket of the US budget that should go towards helping Ukrainian children go home to their families
 • Brian Gongol
Unsettling odds
On slot machines, James Watt, and the need to hold expectations high for human decision-making around cutting-edge AI
 • Brian Gongol
Facts on the ground
On the UN, Teddy Roosevelt, and the proper application of maps
 • Brian Gongol
Resetting the clock
On upstarts, bathroom sinks, and the incrementalism that applies to everything
 • Brian Gongol
By no other name
On the Book of Genesis, UN Conventions, and the meaning of names
 • Brian Gongol
Against athletic extremism
On workout fads, Green Berets, and a tragedy unfolding in Arizona for a college athlete who deserved better
 • Brian Gongol

August 2026

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