by Barry Fagin | Sep 1, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Originally published in the Colorado Springs Gazette as “Not one taxpayer dime for downtown stadium” on June 6, 2013} Not one taxpayer dime for a stadium downtown. Not one dime! I love baseball, always have. Heck, I pulled off an unassisted triple play in...
by Barry Fagin | Aug 25, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, May 23, 2013} Oh no! A highly successful American corporation has successfully avoided billions in taxes! I’m shocked, shocked to find that tax avoidance is going on in America. Congress should call a hearing...
by Barry Fagin | Aug 18, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Psychology, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, July 18th, 2013} Anyone who has Googled “bikini” within the past two weeks (90 percent of hormonally active males with an Internet connection) knows all about Madelyn Sheaffer. While trying to enjoy the...
by Barry Fagin | Aug 11, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, May 9, 2013} This week, I am ashamed to say, the U.S. Senate passed bill 743. It’s supposed to be cited as the ‘Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013. ‘ But if I called it that, I’d be violating every...
by Barry Fagin | Aug 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, March 8, 2013} According to the outgoing secretary of defense, the spending cuts that went into place last Friday will produce a “hollow force … incapable of fulfilling the mission of the United States military,” Here’s a...