by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 26, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Reverse-racism doesn’t justify racism. But you know what? Racism doesn’t justify reverse-racism. It’s all a childish game that is beside the point. We are dealing with the symptoms, not the disease. But one blogger keeps the playground fight going by...
by Barry Fagin | Dec 15, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, April 10, 2014} Two weeks ago, I wrote about an important religious freedom case before the Supreme Court, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby. We won’t hear their decision for a while. But just last week the court announced its...
by Luis Clemente | Dec 13, 2014 | Politics & Law
I will confess that I have been very surprised with Uruguay’s outgoing president, José “Pepe” Mujica. In contrast to the typical head of state and/or government, Mujica has been an obvious outlier, commuting to office in his VW Beetle, brewing his own coffee, refusing...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 11, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
It took me nearly two days to compose myself after details of the news hit me, at least enough to write a coherent article that wasn’t a nerve-wracking rant. It felt like watching every last cute kitten on the Internet wasn’t going to sooth how...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 9, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
This TED Talk by George Takei shows the most unlikely perseverance of faith in Democracy by citizens non grata, the Americans during WWII of Japanese descent. Recently, I actually met a much older gentleman who defends to this day the choice for the US Government to...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Dec 5, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
In a recent interview, comedian Chris Rock makes a lot of thoughtful if not insightful statements. He speaks of the impact of technology (camera video) on comedians testing out their lines on audiences before it’s polished for the road or screen; he speaks of...
