by Barry Fagin | Aug 5, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, July 4, 2013} I would rather live with the possibility of terrorism on U.S. soil than the certainty of domestic surveillance. There, I said it. I don’t think that makes me less of a patriot; the Founders would have...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 29, 2013 | Business & Economics, Education, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, Aug 19th, 2010} “Hypocrite! You’re always writing about how government needs to be smaller. But you work for a government institution! Why don’t you write about that?” I get e-mails like this from time to time, I...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 22, 2013 | Society & Culture
{Published June 17th, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette. OCR provided by “Free Online ORC”} There are about 50 of us at a conference, an international meeting for those who work in my area of mathematics. We heard of many of the people presenting but...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 15, 2013 | Education
{Published May 19, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette} I’m up at the white board, marker in hand, showing how mathematics can keep information secure. One of my students politely points out a mistake in one of my equations. Another sees where I am going and jumps...
by Barry Fagin | Jul 8, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published March 24, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette} Why, oh why are we so desperate to live in historic times? It’s actually not that tough a question. If you can convince yourself that your life is unfolding during some momentous, world-altering event, your...
