by Barry Fagin | Mar 17, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published in the Colorado Spring Gazette, January 30, 2014} The news from the [[Ukraine]] is grim. It appears her struggle toward democracy, prosperity and the protection of basic freedoms for her citizens is far from over. Government buildings are being occupied and...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 10, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published March 10, 2010, in the Colorado Springs Gazette, under the title “We Should Make Women’s Day an Occasion of Substance”} Last Monday was [[International Women’s Day]], always an underwhelming event in America. This time last year, I was...
by Barry Fagin | Mar 3, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, along with counter-point by John Horner, October 26, 2011} The collapse of the housing bubble is not due to devious Wall Street whizzes, or predatory bankers, or evil capitalist greed. Such forces make compelling villains in...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 24, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, August 17, 2011} Next week marks a watershed in the public life of Colorado Springs. Our town may be known for its more vocal citizens’ emphasis on unquestioning belief, but some of us are trying to change that. Next...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 17, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette as “Looking back one last time at love, hope and transitions” on June 14th, 2012} Three times on these pages I’ve dropped off a child at college or seen one graduate. Today’s column will be the last. Three years...
