Welcome back to Practically Ideal! We're back, talking about gun control in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting. Logan and Bob explore the issue from the points of view of liberty, equality, and personal responsibility, and propose their approve

It's about time we did an episode on immigration, don't you think? We take a look at the issue from our trio of Practically Ideal perspectives (liberty, equality, personal responsibility), and address some pros and cons in coming to practically ideal posi

The big news of the week was the Arizona shooting of Representative Giffords, but it's hard to know what to learn from it. We decry knee-jerk, politicized responses to the tragedy and urge thoughtful, moderate ones. Now that we know more about Verizon an

We're back! It's the first episode since our year-long hiatus. We tackle the supposedly libertarian Tea Party, differentiating the legitimate aspects from the kooky ones. Bob reports on Goldman's large--and financially "creative"--investment in Facebook

With Bob on vacation, Logan is joined by Adam Hansen, an innovation consultant and serious music geek. We get to know Adam a little, then dive right in to evaluating President Obama's State of the Union speech and his first year as president. (Adam stron

Obama's proposed financial regulations aren't terrible, but are they motivated by prudence or populism? The NY Times's new revenue model also has potential, but need to be pulled off the right way. Bob reports on the latest in the Microsoft/Google/Apple

Google has second thoughts on its presence in China after suffering a cyberattack, but is its response the right thing to do? And Conan and Leno, what a circus! Twitter and Facebook seem to be getting more and more alike. Is this a good thing? This epis

The security theater being imposed on us after the Christmas Day underwear bomber gets the Practically Ideal treatment this week. Then we turn to our comparison of the Nexus One (an incremental advance for Android-based tech-geeks) and the iPhone (still b

I've been excited to get to Conscious Capitalism ever since we started the podcast. It's one of my passions. Bob plays devil's advocate with some good ol' fashioned business school wisdom bringing the practicality to the idealism. Bob's Tech Report is al

It's same-sex marriage and the surge in Afghanistan today. We're in favor of one, and not so much of the other. Bob reports on the JooJoo/Crunchpad fiasco and Facebook's ever-changing privacy policies. The pop culture update is about Muse and other great