by Barry Fagin | Jun 24, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published May 5, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette} Two columns ago (before I was so rudely interrupted by Earth Day) I wrote about the importance of cutting taxes and cutting spending. The column was very specific on taxes (abolish the income tax), but readers...
by Barry Fagin | Jun 10, 2013 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published April 7, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette} It’s time to abolish the federal income tax. What should we replace it with? Absolutely nothing. There are a number of reasons to get rid of the income tax. It is a terrible intrusion into the private lives of...
by Barry Fagin | May 27, 2013 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, January 20, 2010} Is [[Pat Robertson]] insane, or simply mean and deluded? It’s a question people should no longer be afraid to ask. On a recent episode of the [[700 Club]], Robertson implied that the reason an earthquake...
by Barry Fagin | May 13, 2013 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, January 6, 2010} The conservative movement, to the extent there is such a thing, moved two steps forward and one step back this week. Two steps forward because the [[Conservative Political Action Committee]] accepted a...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2009-12-14} I must be the only writer in town who gets accused of both “liberal media bias” and “right wing dogma.” That’s fine by me, I get more readers that way. But I’d like to take today’s column to suggest a heretical...
