by Barry Fagin | Apr 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2009-11-25} Guess what’s not in the news? Gas prices. Gas does not cost $4 a gallon, and hasn’t for a while. Anybody remember when this was a big deal? In 2006, before Republicans lost control of Congress, we were treated to...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 15, 2013 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Colorado Springs Gazette, 2013-01-24} The growing disparity between Colorado’s whites and nonwhites in virtually every important statistic of social well-being is a national disgrace. As the recent I-News series “Losing Ground” documents (full disclosure: I was a...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
{Publsihed in the Colorado Springs Gazette, November 11, 2009} The House of Representatives has passed a bill which, if it became law tomorrow, would require every American to purchase a certain product in order to remain a legal resident of the United States. In...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 25, 2013 | Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2009-04-15} Today marks the last day of Passover, when Jews all over the world gather over a meal whose traditions go back to pre-biblical times. No matter what your level of observance, every one of us feels a special pull...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
{Colorado Springs Gazette, 2013-01-14 18:52:46} What if we don’t need fairness anymore? Any parent has heard one of the first sentences out a child’s mouth: “That’s not fair!”. Fairness seems to be inherent in our psychological and emotional makeup. We are viscerally...
