Evening Post & Mail

By Brian Gongol

Make money, have fun, clean up after yourself, and mind your business. Weekdays at 7pm Central, generally in 750 words or less.

Previous issues

That's not a threat, it's a promise

#309 May 20, 2022

Don't touch that dial

#308 May 18, 2022

A matter of corporate principle

#307 May 17, 2022

#306

May 16, 2022

Look! Up in the sky! It's a disappearing Moon! – On the lunar eclipse, your car's extended warranty, and when public intellectuals ought to stop tweet
#305

May 15, 2022

Making time for periodicity – On the BBC pips, the tweets of Big Ben, and Ecclesiastes
#304

May 13, 2022

Who is the greater fool? – On Milton Friedman, mysticism, and cryptocurrency market meltdowns
#303

May 11, 2022

Liberalism on the march – On Friedrich Hayek, the French President, and the really awful branding of classical liberalism
#302

May 10, 2022

Who speaks for us? – On lucky offspring, the Queen's speech, and the only ones who can come to our rescue in America
#301

May 9, 2022

What to do when there's too much power – On electric airplanes, surplus sunshine in California, and the need for creative outlets for on-suppl
#300

May 8, 2022

See the whites of their eyes – On the power of eye contact, our co-evolution with dogs, and the dangers of watching too many YouTube
#299

May 6, 2022

The war from the living room – On the Marquis de Lafayette, volunteers trying to help Ukraine, and the urgent need for a true U.S. C
#298

May 5, 2022

Stopping before you cross the line – On median barriers, the value of a human life, and the types of interventions that even strident libe
#297

May 3, 2022

Not so stealthy now, eh? – On "stealth" lockdowns, Tip O'Neill's advice for staying in power, and the madness of Communist manag
#296

May 2, 2022

Indiscriminate bombing – On cowardice, civilians at war, and missiles coming much too close to the UN Secretary-General
#295

May 1, 2022

The fear of history – On Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, and the personality traits that make for good leaders
#294

Apr 29, 2022

Bad math doesn't break the real economy – On Belgian chocolates, Taiwanese semiconductors, American automakers, and the very bad math of thinki
#293

Apr 28, 2022

A real head-scratcher – On the attraction of Wordle, computers dreaming at night, and the aptitude test we need but haven't y
#292

Apr 27, 2022

Where do you get your news? – On the New York Times, America's center-right nature, and the need to interest the public in the publ
#291

Apr 26, 2022

Costly playthings – On the nation's newspaper of record, hyperventilation, and Elon Musk's expensive new bauble
#290

Apr 22, 2022

Reclamation and rehabilitation – On maintenance, rehabilitation, and starting over

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