by Barry Fagin | Feb 10, 2014 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{Published in the October 21, 2011 print edition of the Colorado Springs Gazette, also available here.} (The following letter is fiction intended to make a point. I have never met the Sultan of Brunei, although I look forward to the opportunity to engage with him and...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 3, 2014 | Business & Economics, Society & Culture, Uncategorized
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette as “White Privilege Conference at CC oppresses capitalism”, Sept. 28, 2011} The bumper sticker says “Just because God is a bigoted *$#@! doesn’t mean you have to be.” It’s going to be an interesting day. I’m...
by Barry Fagin | Jan 27, 2014 | Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, February 7, 2013} Next week, the scientific community will mark the two hundred and fourth anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. According to its website, Darwin Day 2013 will be “an international celebration of science and...
by Barry Fagin | Jan 20, 2014 | Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, July 8, 2011} What do you wear to the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster? Well past my 50th birthday, it’s nice to start a day with a question I’ve never faced before. Shorts and sandals, apparently, are forbidden....
by Barry Fagin | Jan 13, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, as “Obesity is not a disease; neither is alcoholism”, August 31, 2011} This week, I achieved a personal milestone: 20 lbs of weight lost in six months. How? I’ve discovered this ancient Zoroastrian dieting secret...
