In the month absence since we last waxed philosophic from on high, we took a short hiatus to creatively retool hello.column and hellocomein.com and prep for an EXCITINGLY droll season two. In the meantime we briefly return from endless vacationing to answer YOUR questions. Thats right, you faithful readers and rabid fans can FINALLY get [...]

This week we talk urban redevelopment. In the last ten years, a glut of new sports stadiums and ballparks and arenas have been built around the country. Some have been financed by the city, some by taxpayers and the rare few by the actual owners of the sports teams. But does this investment actually lead [...]

This week we take a break from the scheduled topic and weigh in on Fox News host Tony Snow being named new Press Secretary for Bush administration. What does this say about the role of media to objectively cover the news without bias or conflict of interests? Can Fox News even have any pretense of [...]

Recently, an organization and engineering firm announced plans to create a computer that was affordable to those areas of the world and country where people would not have access to them. NPR did a bit of reporting on the topic and brought up that many, including Bill Gates himself had doubts [...]

How do you find good local music? This week Mike and Greg discuss their opinions and hesitations on local music scenes.
Mike: So how interested are you typically in local music?
Greg: I would like to be more so, but right now I couldn’t name a single local KC band, and maybe two Lawrence bands… When [...]

John Edwards and Barrack Obama in 2008? Getting off foreign oil helps our national security, AND saves the environment? Bush supports new hybrid technologies and math and science education? This week Mike and Greg discuss their opinions and hesitations on upcoming political issues.
Mike: I love the talk show Meet the Press. Tim Russert is a [...]

This week Mike and Greg and Aryn chat about the purpose of critics of art and media. Why do we need them? Why do they sometimes come off as angry? Read on as we review the reviewers…
Mike: Okay, so Aryn inspired me to try something for next week’s Hello.Column… I read this review and was [...]

This week Mike and Greg and Aryn chat about the Google behemouth… Are they the innovators we want them to be, or a collage of bad hype in the eyes of the US Govt?… All this plus a few other random bits!!!
Mike: Much has been reported, speculated, analyzed and compiled about Google recently. Especially in [...]

Recently, the film V For Vendetta opened to mixed reviews. Based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd and helmed by screenwriters\producers the Wachowski Brothers and director James McTeigue, the story is of a dsytopic Britain in the not so distant future rocked out of complacency by a terrorist\freedom fighter named V. [...]

The DEBUT column! This week Mike, Aryn and Greg chat about a few bands that they have been heavily listening to and what makes them so great to go back to.
Okay so this is kind of an experiment so bear with us…. Basically we are going to attempt to create a conversation on [...]