by Barry Fagin | Apr 21, 2014 | Science & Pseudoscience, Technology & Futurism
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette as “Some day man should master Mother Nature”, June 20, 2013} As we grieve for all that we have lost during the fire, I urge all of us to come together as a community and rededicate ourselves to the study of the...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 14, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published as a point/counterpoint with an article by John Horner in the Colorado Springs Gazette, February 6, 2012.} Mr. President: What a pleasure to see your byline on The Gazette’s opinion pages. Of course, you must have had your people write that column on your...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 7, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, February 22, 2012} Religious conservatives are in an uproar over health insurance and birth control. And well they should be. The Obama administration’s initial ruling that Catholic institutions must offer health insurance...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 31, 2014 | Politics & Law
{Published November 1st, 2012. The audio of a debate of this topic by this author and a contrary speaker can be found here.} The numbered amendments on Colorado’s ballot may not seem to have much in common. What could legalizing marijuana and limiting campaign...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 24, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law
{Published March 7, 2012 in the Colorado Springs Gazette} What’s the difference between [[Rick Santorum]] and [[Barack Obama]]? You got me. Oh sure, they have disagreements about some policy issues here and there, and they draw on different bases of support. But their...