by Barry Fagin | Dec 24, 2012 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2009-12-22} Christmas should not be a Federal holiday. Christmas should be celebrated by everyone. How can I lead an op-ed with two such contradictory statements? To make the point that we shouldn’t use the same words to...
by Barry Fagin | Dec 17, 2012 | Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 4-30-09} It’s a cliché for Americans living abroad to write home about the things they miss. As an American living in St Petersburg, it’d be particularly easy for me. You and I could bond over about how much better life is...
by Barry Fagin | Dec 14, 2012 | Politics & Law
{Colorado Springs Gazette, 2012-12-03} As will surprise no one who drove past my house, I supported [[Gary Johnson]] for president. Over 1.2 million voters cast their ballots for the Libertarian presidential ticket, giving Johnson essentially 1 percent of the vote and...
by Barry Fagin | Dec 10, 2012 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 4-6-09} Russia, like Europe, is obsessed with organizing society around work. Russia still follows the European idea based soundly in Marxist thought: The primary purpose of people’s lives is to work, and it is in that...
by Barry Fagin | Dec 3, 2012 | Education, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 3-5-09} Imagine that Russian language classes are mandatory, starting in 6th grade. Imagine that, in order to get in to college, you had to pass an exam that tested how well you spoke it. Imagine that all the trendiest...
