Somewhere Between Bizarre and Outrageous

• Nicholas Johnson
• May 6, 2013

That President Obama would appoint as his FCC Chair someone who lobbies the FCC, Congress, and the White House on behalf of communications companies is outrageous.

Are the Iowa Universities' Stations No Longer 'Educational'? (Blog)

• Nicholas Johnson
• Apr 10, 2013

The FCC gave Iowa's state universities special privilege radio licenses, because their stations would be (a) "educational" and (b) "non-commercial." They're neither.

First Step to Reducing National Debt (Blog)

• Nicholas Johnson
• Apr 4, 2013

Here's an effort to pokesa finger up a loophole and explains with video the dance step politicians learn to avoid the obvious.

Step One to Congress' "Journey of a Thousand Miles"

• Nicholas Johnson
• Mar 26, 2013

If "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," what's Congress' "single step" on the way to a control of our national debt?

Thinking About War -- Before Starting One

• Nicholas Johnson
• Mar 20, 2013

This week marks the tenth anniversary of our ill-considered war of choice in Iraq. Here's a decade-old prediction of how it would turn out -- and did.

Spreading UI's Message Over Cattle and Corn

• Nicholas Johnson
• Mar 1, 2013

UI Prez Sally Mason wants to spread the message that we are a "helpful university." How about using the radio network we already own -- "right in our own back yard"?

What Would Presidential Candidate Pat Paulsen Do About Guns?

• Nicholas Johnson
• Feb 2, 2013

Pat Paulsen was a presidential candidate on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. What would he do about gun violence? Mason Williams, the show’s head writer, and Nicholas Johnson have some ideas.

Government

Obama as National Community-Organizer-in-Chief

• Nicholas Johnson
• Jan 23, 2013

President Obama may, at long last, be willing to draw upon his community organizer experience to translate legislative proposals to legislative enactments. Here's what you can do to make it happen.

Social Security and the Cliff: A Response

• Nicholas Johnson
• Jan 7, 2013

When it comes to the Social Security inflation index, and it's impact on national debt, everyone's not entitled to their own facts.

Rappelling Down the Fiscal Bluff (Blog)

• Nicholas Johnson
• Dec 16, 2012

Don't get me wrong. There is no painless way out of our nation's fiscal quicksand, only a variety of worst solutions. Of them, which is the "least worst" -- and why?