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 Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 5, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Guest post by Matthew Taylor} I had a good, long conversation with one of my world-traveling friends a few nights ago about Russia. He works with an international consulting firm and has had exposure to several different types of governmental systems including Russia...
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 Ken JP Stuczynski | Mar 13, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
Austerity may be a mistake. But austerity is only a mistake when it’s too little too late, not because it’s the wrong answer in general. Government spending only stabilizes temporarily and as long as that is stable — the economy becomes dependent on...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Mar 11, 2014 | Business & Economics, Society & Culture
This TED Talk features reality show man-of-action Mike Rowe, host of “Dirty Jobs”. The moral of the story is that things are not what you expect, or even what you are told as to how things “should be”, whether it’s animal cruelty or the...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Mar 4, 2014 | Business & Economics, Philosophy & Ethics
This TED Talk description is enough said: To “include value, purpose and sustainability in top-level decision-making is not just savvy, it’s the only way to run a 21st century business responsibly.”